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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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Independents set to be Longford county council king makers once again

...Longford County Council. Election 2019 unquestionably had it all. 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. One...

29 May 2019 at 10:00

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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 swing...

02 Mar 2019 at 16:24

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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 have...

12 Feb 2020 at 11:55

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2019 Longford local election will live long in memory

...credentials 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

...democratic 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. At...

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

...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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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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GALLERY | The Siege of Kenagh - marathon Longford / Westmeath general election count of 2016

Eighteen candidates went to post in the 2016 general election in Longford / Westmeath with the four seats on offer all being filled by Westmeath-based candidates - Robert Troy (Fianna Fáil, 11,653 1st preferences), Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran ...

23 Jan 2020 at 16:19

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