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Women of Honour programme members express concerns over Simon Coveney's interim measures

...which a number of female soldiers detailed alleged cases of bullying and sexual harassment while serving at the Permanent DEFENCE FORCES (PDF). Last week, Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney announced the appointment of a Confidential Contact...

11 Oct 2021 at 10:40

National News

NASA launches spacecraft destined to crash into rogue meteors

A NASA mission to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system, lifted off from its base at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday night. The Double Asteroid Redirection ...

24 Nov 2021 at 12:18

National News

Coveney to establish independent review of Defence Forces harassment 'in coming weeks'

The Minister for Defence intends to establish an independent review of reported harassment in the DEFENCE FORCES "in the coming weeks". Minister Simon Coveney made the comments yesterday at the Biennial Delegate Conference of the Representative Association...

24 Nov 2021 at 10:55

Local notes

Ballinagh

...retreat to Lough Derg takes place on Thursday, 21st August and will be led by Rev Robert McCabe, a chaplain to the Irish DEFENCE FORCES based at Gormanstown, Co Meath. The retreat is offered to all young people of the diocese aged from 16 to 35 years and to...

19 Jul 2014 at 15:29

National News

'Simon Coveney must restore Defence Forces Naval Service to full operational capacity'

... Minister Simon Coveney and the Government in general must commit to restoring the Naval Service, and indeed the wider DEFENCE FORCES, to their full operational capacity. As an island nation, our Naval Service is incredibly important and it must be given...

14 Aug 2020 at 18:22

Gaelic games

Ladies GAA

Longford Ladies U-16 team qualified for the Leinster B Shield Final after staging a second half comeback to beat Louth by one point. Longford went in at half-time eight points down on a scoreline of Louth 3-3 to Longford 1-1. The Longford girls ...

26 Apr 2013 at 12:00

Soccer

Dean Williams penalty earns Longford Town a share of spoils against Waterford FC

In their final home league fixture of the season on Saturday evening at Bishopsgate, Longford Town secured a share of the spoils thanks to a 78th minute penalty from the boot of Dean Williams. SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Round 35: ...

13 Nov 2021 at 23:14

Gaelic games

Sharp-shooting Longford save their best till last

Emphatic on the scoreline and dominant on the pitch, Longford earned promotion to Division Three with a facile win over a ragged Carlow in Pearse Park on Sunday last. The added bonus comes in the form of a Division Four League final against ...

13 Apr 2011 at 11:23

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Burke urges Longford families to continue to make sacrifices and outlines government supports

...is going in right across the system and is being done in partnership with private hospitals, the hotel industry, the DEFENCE FORCES, the Garda Siochána, private nursing homes and others. Field hospitals are currently being put in place. The vast...

27 Mar 2020 at 17:45

Gaelic games

Killoe will be hard to stop for title

After bringing the coveted Connolly Cup back to the parish for the first time in 17 years last season, the general opinion among GAA followers around the county is that the current crop of Killoe footballers could develop into a serious ...

24 Jul 2013 at 15:00

Longford Sport

Longford Athletics Club & Longford and District Schoolboy/girl Soccer League News

Longford Athletics Club Seville Marathon: Adrianna Mulligan, Donal Mulligan and Declan Newman were amongst the field of 12,000 for the Seville marathon. Winter training paid off for Adrianna achieving a personal best of 2:46:52 ...

21 Feb 2024 at 14:21

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Longford Westmeath TD Clarke slams lack of determination 'to tackle the housing crisis'

The failure by the government to “grasp the crisis in housing” was “laid bare” by the revelations over the last 10 days about a local elected representative, an opposition Longford Westmeath TD has claimed. Deputy Robert Troy, ...

25 Aug 2022 at 12:37

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