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A TOTAL of 1,051 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this Sunday afternoon. It is a drop on yesterday's figure of 1,586. There are no figures for counties released over the weekend. As ...

03 Oct 2021 at 17:30

National News

New poll finds huge majority backs cigarette ban for under 21s

...raised from 18 to 21, new research shows. The Irish Heart Foundation says the findings send an overwhelming message to GOVERNMENT that the public wants decisive action to save a new generation from the “health catastrophe” of smoking – which claims...

16 Nov 2021 at 13:08

National News

'Women's healthcare has always taken a back seat' - TD calls on Government to fast track legislation

Labour Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik has called on GOVERNMENT to fast track her legislation to provide paid leave to women who suffer early miscarriage. Speaking in advance of The Good Summit at Trinity College Dublin, Deputy Bacik said there is a need...

27 Oct 2021 at 11:45

National News

'Supply has not caught up' - Expert warns of rising fuel costs

...in demand, supply from the oil producing countries has not been able to keep up and this could take time. In addition, GOVERNMENT tax increases in the recent budget of two cent on a litre of petrol and 2.5 cent on a litre of diesel, in addition to...

27 Oct 2021 at 11:10

National News

Funding announced to help food producers diversify and develop post Brexit

...Fine Gael Senator has said. 22 projects in the dairy and meat sectors across the country are to receive funding from the GOVERNMENT’s Capital Investment Scheme for the Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products. Senator Cummins said: “Funding in...

09 Nov 2021 at 15:45

Local news

Debt deal delivers significant boost says Bannon

Longford Fine Gael TD James Bannon said this week that the deal agreed between the GOVERNMENT and the European Central Bank to ease the debt burden on the Irish people from the Anglo promissory notes has delivered a significant boost to Ireland’s economic...

17 Feb 2013 at 14:56

Business

Carers save €35m per year for State

...said that the grant reduction was “unthinking and heartless” and pointed to all the “broken promises” made by the current GOVERNMENT, pre-election 2011. “Leaving aside the election promises which have not been kept it, is incomprehensible that for a...

13 Dec 2012 at 17:00

Local news

“Closing the stable door after the horsemeat has been found is not good enough” - Bannon

Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, James Bannon has blamed the previous GOVERNMENT for failing to introduce clear and unambiguous food labelling laws as a factor in horsemeat finding its way into frozen beef burgers. “That administration chose to leave...

18 Jan 2013 at 12:41

Local news

Council’s cutbacks after levy shortfall

...county council executives this week as finance officials attempt to withstand a €1.3m cut in its funding from central GOVERNMENT. Longford Co Council has confirmed that as many as seven different areas have already been identified for cost cutting...

22 Aug 2012 at 16:04

Business

Opinion Editorial: Credit unions remain a social and economic force in Irish society

...between the Irish public and accessible, community based financial services. Therefore it is hugely important that the GOVERNMENT, and by extension the Central Bank, do everything they can to ensure that the credit union movement is safe guarded and...

13 Nov 2013 at 11:11

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Longford's St Joseph's Care Centre staff being left "high and dry" by delays to Covid bonus payment rollout

...to their own safety. "We banged pots and we banged windows and we lit windows and now it’s about time we banged on the GOVERNMENT’s door and say: "Pay them and pay them without any further delay." Cllr Nolan said besides the great lengths healthcare...

16 Jun 2022 at 18:00

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