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Longford students reveal favourite places in world to visit

ELENOREA LAPIO, ITALY "My place in the world is wherever I feel comfortable, where I can be free to express my opinions without being judged, where the people around me are loyal." INÉA NAVARRO, SPAIN “My place in the world is a place with justice, ...

19 Oct 2019 at 18:00

Local News

‘I always make time for farming’, says Longford student

Somehow, she finds time for her daily jobs on the farm as she has a huge passion for all things farming. What type of farm do you have? We have a beef and sheep farm. At what age did you grasp an interest? I have loved animals and farming since I ...

19 Oct 2019 at 20:00

Local News

Get artistic this St Patrick’s day in Longford with #Paddy’sPanes

Longford’s Aisling children’s arts festival have issued a call-out to all children staying home this St Patrick’s day to get creative and use their artistic skills to decorate their windows. The initiative - known as #Paddy’sPanes - encourages ...

16 Mar 2020 at 15:07

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Aisling Arts Festival set for 21st year of children's entertainment in Longford

It's been a busy several weeks for the students of Árdscoil Phádraig, Mercy Secondary School Ballymahon and Mean Scoil Mhuire, who have been working hard to create a beautiful 16-page supplement for the Longford Leader which previews all that ...

17 Oct 2019 at 17:00

Longford Sport

Funmi Talabi, the talented Longford athlete who is sprinting to golden success

Fifteen year old, All-Ireland medal winning sprinter, Funmi Talabi, is a student at Ardscoil Phádraig, Granard and she has represented herself, family, school and county with distinction at various athletics events. Asked about when she ...

16 Oct 2019 at 17:00

Features

Longford animator Mary Smyth uses local folklore to her creative advantage

The oldest of four siblings, she comes from a small village of Ardagh in County Longford. It's none other than Longford animator, Mary Smyth. She is a very successful Longford animator. Many of our readers have an interest in animation ...

21 Oct 2018 at 15:00

Arts & Entertainment

Longford Leader Writing Corner: 'Dive'-rsity in the Deep Blue Sea

A long time ago, deeper in the past than the pacific ocean, lived a little sea creature named Georgie. Georgie was just like every other fish that swam through the rippling sapphire waves of the great Atlantic Ocean; he slept the same ...

22 Oct 2018 at 14:00

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Hard work pays off for Longford's rising equine afficionado

But he needed to have a language in his Leaving Cert, which he did not have. He decided to go to AIT to do a year of engineering whilst doing French on the side. He passed French and applied for the cadetship in March through an ...

23 Oct 2018 at 11:00

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Celebrating Our Community at the 20th annual Aisling Arts Festival

This year's festival runs from October 21 to 27, with a programme bursting with artistic, theatrical and musical events for children of all ages to enjoy - and most of it is completely free. "This year, the Aisling Festival is ...

21 Oct 2018 at 17:00

Local News

Welcoming exchange students to Granard with open arms

When an exchange student tells everybody before leaving their home that they are going to spend four to ten months abroad, the most frequent question is: “Who are you going with?” and they are shocked when they answer that ...

19 Oct 2018 at 11:00

Ballymahon

Shrek returns to Ballymahon's Bridgeways Resource Centre

As part of The Aisling Children's Arts Festival, the Bridgeways Family Resource Centre will be hosting Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Dragon and all the other fairy-tale characters for a fun couple of hours family ...

18 Oct 2019 at 16:00

Local News

Fighting Words comes to county Longford

Children who aspire to be writers wil have a chance to put their pens to paper this summer as Fighting Words comes to Longford. Fighting Words is a creative writing workshop programme for children and young ...

21 Jun 2019 at 15:00

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