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Granard to roll out red carpet for Longford's All-Ireland Fleadh winner

...of Granard Municipal District last week on foot of a request from Cllr PJ Reilly. The latter's motion was endorsed by INDEPENDENT Cllr Turlough McGovern. “She is a very talented girl,” he said. “It's great to see Irish music coming back and we have our...

09 Oct 2022 at 08:03

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Granard pedestrian crossing calls facing uphill task - Longford councillor

...route, namely the N55, it would ultimately require the agreement of the State agency. That came following calls from INDEPENDENT Cllr Turlough McGovern who said intervention was needed to slow passing traffic especially at school pick up and drop off...

08 Oct 2022 at 09:00

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Midlands man jailed for vicious assault that left former Dublin footballer with life-changing injuries

... stated that the victim was a lifelong GAA fan, who played for Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s. Prior to the assault he was INDEPENDENT and regularly attended matches but following the assault he became reclusive and has not attended a GAA match since the...

05 Oct 2022 at 18:21

National News

Kidnap plot suspect known as ‘Dublin Jimmy’ died of natural causes, jury rules

...police or arguing with officers, with him instead being calm and compliant. In a statement issued after the inquest, the INDEPENDENT Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said its investigation had found the force used by officers was reasonable in the...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:02

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Fury as Longford left out of housing review

... "Inflation has gone through the roof and yet the (income) bands don't seem to have moved at all." They were remarks which INDEPENDENT Cllr Gerry Warnock was quick to endorse. He told of how the issue was one he had been "crying for years and years over",...

09 Oct 2022 at 12:01

National News

Aer Lingus receives 6,500 compensation applications after IT system failure

...” The incident, which left hundreds of passengers stranded outside Dublin Airport, was described as a PR disaster by INDEPENDENT TD Michael Lowry. He said the failure of the backup system was not acceptable. “I would have thought that a company of your...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:18

National News

Repudiating mother and baby home report would have ‘huge consequences’

A Government minister has faced criticism for not continuing with an INDEPENDENT review into testimonies given to the mother and baby home commission. Minister Roderic O’Gorman responded that there were concerns about the precedence it would set if the...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:11

Northern Ireland

Family of Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh ‘hopeful’ as new search begins

...will return to a site at Bragan Bog, near Emyvale in Co Monaghan, later on Monday to start a new search effort, the INDEPENDENT Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) has announced. To date, five searches, the most recent ending in...

03 Oct 2022 at 10:45

Northern Ireland

New search for disappeared victim Columba McVeigh set to begin

...will return to a site at Bragan bog near Emyvale in Co Monaghan later on Monday to start a new search effort, the INDEPENDENT Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) has announced. To date five searches, the most recent ending in...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

National News

Public consultation launches on devolution of tax powers to Northern Ireland

04 Oct 2022 at 17:24

Ethics and legal units to be set up in Ireland’s planning appeals body

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Ireland’s planning appeal body needs ethics and legal units, report says

...published and brought to the House expected to be passed before the end of this year.” In August, Mr O’Brien referred an INDEPENDENT report by barrister Remy Farrell into decisions at An Bord Pleanala to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Garda and...

04 Oct 2022 at 16:20

National News

Ireland to step up security around offshore pipelines after Nord Stream sabotage

...whether there is provision to scale up resources for the Defence Forces at short notice in response to the war in Ukraine. INDEPENDENT TD Cathal Berry told the committee: “A big concern of mine, obviously, is the situation in Ukraine. I think it’s shared by...

04 Oct 2022 at 19:23

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