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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: The young seem to be better and kinder people than ever before

Not that there was anything wrong with the climate where we were, between 26 and 30 degrees every day and the day we left it had risen to a scorching 37. Boats often sped across the bay, at frightening speed. Some were more stately and moving rather ...

26 May 2019 at 13:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: We need to think in the politics of today & make our own history

There’s a time for being stubborn; a time for stating the obvious; even a time for defending territory that others have seized in the bygone days, and still cling onto. Maybe even a time for gloating over every ‘victory’. That time is over. None of ...

11 Apr 2019 at 13:00

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Mattie Fox: Time for a reasonable debate on the most difficult of issues

The mother, aged in her mid-twenties and already the mother of two young children, presented to her local hospital on November 27 2013. She complained of severe headache and vomiting. She lost her balance and took a fall in the bathroom only two ...

08 Jan 2015 at 10:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Time for overhaul of Catholic Church

She has certainly set the cat among the pigeons this time, in her speech on women in the church. For someone who was never previously a politician (quite possibly a great advantage) she showed her strength and abilities in bucketfuls while she ...

19 Mar 2018 at 11:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Limerick so deserved their win

In the warm up, their collective tiredness was there for all to see. Unable to summon the energy that has become their hallmark, this was nature taking over and dictating that rest was needed, deep in their subconscious body systems. If ...

27 Aug 2018 at 17:00

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Mattie Fox: Not time to leave the goodwill for St Christopher’s to its own devices

In times of goodwill, there is a serious danger that such goodwill will in fact be taken for granted, and unintentionally ignored, left to do its own thinking, and decide for itself what should be done. There is serious goodwill for St ...

16 Oct 2014 at 17:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: The ‘Green Wave’ should bring the biggest polluters to shore

Of course we all want our environment to be the best we can make it, but at what cost and who will carry that cost? In a country which equates to third world status in many aspects, a country that cannot support a health system to ...

02 Jun 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Now is a time for restraint as the country teeters on brink of chaos

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley, told parliament in Westminster that the shootings by British soldiers weren’t crimes back in the days of the Troubles. Her subsequent apologies were clumsy and hardly ...

16 Mar 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: 'For 2018, try to think of those less fortunate than yourself'

...and say hello. You’ll find it rewarding. The most valuable commodity is time. You may like to read: Longford's MATTIE FOX: An absurd move that threatened Irish foreign policy Longford's MATTIE FOX: After a promising start Taoiseach...

07 Jan 2018 at 16:00

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Longford Leader Columnist Mattie Fox: A confusing value barometer

Longford has a confusing value barometer in terms of house prices on the one hand, and the cost of property tax on the other. Longford County Council has raised property tax by a staggering 15% of the old base price. Making ...

02 Apr 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader Columnist Mattie Fox: Longford OsKaRs a most enjoyable experience

So many people from all over the county attended the Sean Connolly’s OsKaRs that it is incumbent to write about the night. Rural clubs in the GAA world are coming under so much pressure to stay afloat, it can be a daunting ...

17 Dec 2018 at 09:00

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Longford Leader Columnist Mattie Fox: Life isn’t all about a career

Coming across the above quotation recently reminded me of the first time I visited New York in the early seventies. Stepping off the plane in JFK and seeing so many coloured staff in the arrivals area was a total shock to ...

03 Sept 2018 at 11:00

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