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After six exhaustive days of meticulously sifting through voting papers, ‘The SIEGE OF KENAGH’ finally concluded last Thursday morning with Longford waking up to the news that the county won’t have a resident TD in the 32nd Dáil. The 15th and final count of a...

12 Mar 2016 at 10:00

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Paul Hogan bidding to win Dáil seat for Independent Ireland in Longford/Westmeath constituency

Cllr Paul Hogan is to contest the Longford/Westmeath constituency for Independent Ireland in the upcoming General Election. Hogan previously contested three General Elections (2007, 2011 & 2016) and a By Election (2014) as a Sinn Féin candidate but ...

12 Oct 2024 at 20:00

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Profile: The impressive rise of Micheál Carrigy up through the Longford Fine Gael ranks

...death of her sister Nicky, and Legan-based James Bannon were not. It meant that following a marathon General Election 2016 SIEGE OF KENAGH count, county Longford was left without a sitting TD in the 32nd Dáil, the first time that ever occurred. The onus on...

10 Jun 2017 at 11:00

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Photo Gallery: An Taoiseach Enda Kenny during his visits to Longford

Meanwhile in a statement this evening on the resignation of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach, Minister Leo Varadkar said, "Enda Kenny has been an extraordinary Taoiseach and Fine Gael’s most successful leader ever. After decades of service to our Party and ...

17 May 2017 at 19:24

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Historic election sees Sinn Féin surge and return of Longford TD

It might have not have conjured up the same drama as the SIEGE OF KENAGH four years previously, but the upshot of its 2020 equivalent delivered what many of its main protagonists had hoped for-the election of a Longford TD. Fianna Fáil’s Joe Flaherty looks to...

12 Feb 2020 at 11:55

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2019 Longford local election will live long in memory

...ahead of a likely general election in the new year. Just who comes out on top and whether voters learn from the SIEGE OF KENAGH in 2016 by reinstating a Longford based TD is anyone's guess.

07 Jan 2020 at 14:00

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Longford's 2019 local elections threw up plenty of surprises

...labyrinth that rarely goes about its business by halves. In a strikingly ironic throwback to its gruelling 2016 ‘SIEGE OF KENAGH’ general election equivalent, it was a democratic process which threw up as many surprises as a Paul Daniels magic show....

31 Dec 2019 at 16:00

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FIRST COUNT RESULT | Triumphant scenes as Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke officially declared Longford/Westmeath poll topper

...Fine Gael's James Bannon, who was re-elected in 2011. The Legan man subsequently lost his seat following the infamous SIEGE OF KENAGH marathon count in 2016. There was much frustration four years ago when Longford was left as the ONLY county in the country...

09 Feb 2020 at 22:26

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No 'Siege of Kenagh' repeat but general election 2020 underlines much changed political landscape

Fianna Fáil’s Joe Flaherty looks to have ended the county’s four year lacuna from the corridors of Leinster House by claiming the constituency’s third seat and in so doing obtained his party’s pre-election two seat target. Not alone has it ...

10 Feb 2020 at 15:45

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Parish Pump: Race to Dáil has been uneventful, forgetful and down right dull

...a Longford TD, all will be revealed over the course of the next seven days. That is, of course, we avoid 'The SIEGE OF KENAGH Part II'. Please, oh please, let's all hope we avoid that unmerciful possibility. Birthday boys looking to have their...

05 Feb 2020 at 19:00

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‘The people have spoken’ says Longford/Westmeath Sinn Féin poll topper Clarke

...early on and this, in turn, led to her successfully contesting the Westmeath local elections in 2014. Read also: No 'SIEGE OF KENAGH' repeat but general election 2020 underlines much changed political landscape After then losing her seat in the 2019...

12 Feb 2020 at 15:00

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Transfers prove pivotal for Longford/Westmeath candidates in the race to the Dáil

...uphill task to retain Labour’s national representative presence in Longford-Westmeath following the well documented ‘SIEGE OF KENAGH’ in 2016. Though his 1,904 first preference return was respectable, it left the Castletown Geoghegan man a massive 8...

13 Feb 2020 at 13:00

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