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Events industry calls for full capacity as Tánaiste pictured at UK festival

The Event Industry Alliance (EIA) has released a statement calling for the events industry to open at 100% capacity, following a photo of Leo Varadkar attending the Mighty Hoopla festival in the UK emerged on the same weekend Electric Picnic was due ...

06 Sept 2021 at 16:37

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Longford Annual 2021: Fifth edition of packed Longford Annual now on sale in local shops

...he experienced in Belfast around the time of the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre. Colin Carberry’s memoir of growing up in LANESBORO is a wonderful read and the ambitious regeneration projects planned for Longford town and Ballymahon are highlighted and...

24 Nov 2021 at 12:09

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Small scale turf cutting can continue despite Bord na Mona exiting peat harvesting

...said the ESB will be required by planning law to demolish its former peat-fired generation stations in Shannonbridge and LANESBORO but he believes both sites should be used for community gain projects.

27 Jan 2021 at 11:06

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Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland for the coming week

The weather forecast for Ireland for the coming week from Met Eireann is for changeable weather in the week ahead, with some rain at times, but overall a good deal of dry weather. Turning cooler from midweek. The weather forecast for Ireland for ...

14 Jun 2021 at 14:22

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Distraught Longford bride pleads for return of camera containing precious wedding and family photographs

...went missing following a night out in a local pub. Fiona (nee Egan) walked down the aisle at St Mary’s Church, LANESBORO last Friday, March 14 to marry the love of her life Kevin Hanley and the couple celebrated with a reception at the Hodson...

21 Mar 2014 at 16:42

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Longford schools Highly Commended at BT Young Scientist & Technologist Exhibition

...by four of the county's nine schools impress the crowds that gathered in the RDS, Dublin for the 55th annual event. LANESBORO Community College, Moyne Community School, Ballymahon Vocational School and Cnoc Mhuire Granard were all well-represented...

16 Jan 2019 at 10:00

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We won't be blown away: No to Derryadd Windfarm group vow to fight controversial Bord na Móna plan

Controversial plans to develop a major wind farm in south Longford will be challenged until every conceivable avenue of opposition has been exhausted, protestors have warned. Members from the ‘No to Derryadd Wind Farm’ group issued the sobering ...

23 Jan 2019 at 10:00

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Feast of theatrical treats from Longford’s future stars at Backstage Theatre

Backstage Theatre is thrilled to be back working with the wonderful Backstage Youth Theatre on their 2021 production. Every year Backstage teams the members of BYT up with a professional director who works with the young actors throughout the ...

24 Sept 2021 at 20:30

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Longford people invited to nominate their Heritage Hero 2021

The search for Ireland’s ‘Heritage Hero’ for 2021 was launched on Monday, September 6, by the Heritage Council. Every year, the Heritage Council seeks nominations for an individual or a group of people who have worked tirelessly to protect ...

06 Sept 2021 at 17:04

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Deaths in Longford - Thursday, July 12, 2018

...Church, Kenagh on Friday, July 13 at 12 noon followed by burial at Kilcommock Cemetery. David Farrell, Knock, LANESBORO, Longford The death occurred, peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family, on Monday, July 9 of David...

12 Jul 2018 at 10:46

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Council to close south Longford road to undertake bridge upgrading works

...at Foygh, Ballymahon, to allow for works to be carried out on Foygh Bridge. A detour route has been put in place from LANESBORO to Ballymahon with motorists asked to take the N63 to Ballymacormack before turning right on to the R397 and...

10 Jul 2020 at 16:03

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Minister Robert Troy: Transition to renewable energy 'painful' but must happen

...be manufactured at Derrinlough when current supplies run out. The peat-fired power stations in Shannonbridge and LANESBORO have been switched off. The electricity generating station owned by Bord na Mona near Clonbullogue, Edenderry Power,...

14 Oct 2021 at 15:40

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