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New report finds women over 50 are three times more likely than men to read for pleasure

New research has found that women over 50 years of age are three times more likely than men to read for pleasure weekly. That's according to a report by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), which discovered that participating in creative ...

23 Nov 2021 at 12:54

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Five Longford projects at Aldi Foróige Youth Awards

Five groups of young people from Longford exhibited their community action projects at the event. One of these groups, Attic Transition Year Group, won a bronze star award for their project, which organised a tribute night in memory of a cherished ...

13 May 2018 at 16:00

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Transition Longford: Growing food in the town during Covid-19 lockdown

Delighted to be back with our series of Transition articles. It’s been a very difficult and challenging few months, particularly of course for our elderly, our young people and the vulnerable within our communities. The disruptive impact of this ...

25 Jul 2020 at 17:00

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EXPLAINER: What are the new Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions from Christmas Eve

New Level 5 Restrictions for Ireland have been announced for Ireland by the Government and they will start coming into force on Christmas Eve. It will begin on Christmas Eve with restaurants and gastropubs shutting at 3pm. The measures will be ...

22 Dec 2020 at 15:41

Business

Less than half of employers provide well-being support to staff, according to survey

Over three-quarters (76%) of Irish employees believe their employer has a responsibility to provide well-being support to employees during the coronavirus pandemic, yet less than half (45%) of employers currently provide such supports. The ...

03 Jun 2020 at 15:05

Local News

Mental Health charity urges Leaving Cert students to use its services

Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, is urging students across the country to use its services when they get their leaving cert results in the morning. The charity said it runs free support groups most evenings at 6pm and a free ...

01 Sept 2022 at 19:00

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Longford Operation Transformation leader among guests for first Late Late Show of new year

This Friday night's Late Late Show line-up has been revealed and will feature Operation Transformation guests, including Granard business man Thomas Hynes, along with Love Island's Greg O'Shea Julian Benson will talk about finally ...

06 Jan 2023 at 16:50

Covid-19

SURVEY: 54% of parents believe that Covid-19 restrictions have impacted their child's mental health

A new survey by school-age childcare provider Sherpa Kids has found that as many as 47% of parents would avail of mental health support services for their child as they return to school after the Covid-19 lockdown. Almost half of ...

06 Sept 2020 at 17:25

Christmas In Longford

A good wellbeing guide for the festive season

...a source fulfilment and or frustration. Familiarising yourself with the Five Ways to Wellbeing is recommended by MENTAL HEALTH IRELAND as an excellent way to help you maintain your mental wellbeing at what can be a stressful and or lonely time of...

17 Dec 2018 at 00:40

Covid-19

We need to take care of the vulnerable as #Covid19 becomes more embedded in our daily lives

...over the next number of weeks. Also read: Appeal to help elderly people as the coronavirus pandemic escalates MENTAL HEALTH IRELAND’s CEO Martin Rogan said, “For most of us, this is our first experience of a situation of this kind, and it is a...

14 Mar 2020 at 15:28

Local News

All roads lead to the Tullamore Show

The show will be officially opened by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue. Many other dignitaries will be in attendance. Offaly’s own Olivia Douglas will entertain the throngs of spectators with many other musical acts ...

11 Aug 2022 at 12:00

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New study highlights dangers of alcohol in Longford

Longford had the highest hospital admission rate for mental and behaviour disorders as a result of alcohol consumption in 2017, a new study has found. A HSE document, dubbed the 'Longford alcohol-related harm profile 2019' ...

19 Sept 2019 at 15:00

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