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Food for thought as thrills and spills of Election 2019 take over

This county doesn't do things by halves does it? Just when we thought the long drawn out saga that was the SIEGE OF KENAGH, last week we had the stand-off at St Mary's as four gruelling days of counting took hold to elect 18 councillors across three municipal...

06 Jun 2019 at 16:00

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

...and re-elect 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 cake...

05 Feb 2020 at 19:00

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

...since 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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WATCH | Longford Westmeath General Election 2024 - Jubilant scenes as Micheál Carrigy takes Dáil seat

...he is the first Longford based FG TD since the 2016 General Election when James Bannon lost his seat following the infamous SIEGE OF KENAGH count. Also read: Longford Westmeath General Election 2024 latest: Carrigy’s sweet success gives Fine Gael two seats while...

02 Dec 2024 at 04:10

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Longford Westmeath General Election 2024 latest: Carrigy’s sweet success gives Fine Gael two seats while Troy’s triumph tainted by loss of FF seat

...he is the first Longford based FG TD since the 2016 General Election when James Bannon lost his seat following the infamous SIEGE OF KENAGH count. Senator Carrigy ran a highly successful campaign, tapping into the ‘new energy’ message of FG party leader Simon...

02 Dec 2024 at 03:48

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

...an 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 8,000...

13 Feb 2020 at 13:00

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Election fever in full swing as Longford /Westmeath candidate campaigns get underway

...career in national politics. The former housing minister only just managed to cling on to his seat during the infamous ‘SIEGE OF KENAGH’ four years ago in the wake of a marathon six day count. A former Westmeath inter-county footballer, there is no denying the...

15 Jan 2020 at 16:00

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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 have...

12 Feb 2020 at 11:55

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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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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 ...

12 Oct 2024 at 20:00

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Former Longford Fianna Fáil general election candidate takes swipe at the party and ‘running mate’ Robert Troy

...candidate Ms Gerety-Quinn received an impressive 3,944 first preferences and she was eliminated from the marathon ‘SIEGE OF KENAGH’ contest after Count 12. Ironically, it was her running mate, Robert Troy, who was the biggest beneficiary of the...

02 Mar 2019 at 16:24

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