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Elections 2019: Granard municipal district turnout was a huge 66.75% even though 666 less votes were cast

Granard municipal district boasted the largest turnout of the three Longford MDs in the 2014 local elections and it is poised to emulate the feat this time around also. Although there were 666 votes less cast in the Granard Municipal District than ...

26 May 2019 at 21:09

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Naughten to run poster free election campaign

Former Minister for the Environment Denis Naughten TD has confirmed that he will contest the general election without the use of posters. He stated: “During my time as Minister for the Environment I led a number of initiatives to eliminate single ...

14 Jan 2020 at 10:55

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Election profiles: Smith to focus on a number of key issues

Independent Marian Harkin, who isn’t seeking re-election, captured the fourth and final seat in the midlands north west constituency in 2014 with 106,520 votes, just 275 more than Fianna Fáil’s Pat The Cope Gallagher. On May 24 next, Fianna Fáil ...

07 May 2019 at 18:00

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Ballymahon Municipal District tallies: Fine Gael's Paul Ross romping towards poll topping performance

Fine Gael's Paul Ross has polled exceptionally well in the Ballymahon Municipal District, according to tallies. The Legan man is currently on 820 first preferences, a huge 26.5% of the vote. The candidates in positions two to six respectively ...

25 May 2019 at 14:41

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Granard MD election profiles: 'Comeback Kid' Kilbride still has plenty to offer

What more can be said about Frank 'The Comeback Kid' Kilbride? A former County Mayor on two occasions in the past and with 15 years of local representation behind him, the affable north Longfordian is hoping to make yet another comeback in ...

20 May 2019 at 12:01

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Count Two outcome in Longford municipal district results in elimination of two Independent candidates

The result of the second count in the Longford municipal district area, which involved the distribution of Joe Flaherty's 215 votes surplus, has been declared by Returning Officer Nora O'Farrell at the count centre in Edgeworthstown. Also ...

26 May 2019 at 23:14

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Fine Gael's Paul Ross thrilled to top the poll in Ballymahon Municipal District

Legan man, Paul Ross has had a very successful day at the local election count as initial tallies show him topping the poll in Ballymahon MD. The outgoing Cathaoirleach of Ballymahon MD received particularly strong support in Legan and ...

25 May 2019 at 17:27

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Cllrs Cahill, O’Toole, Murray & Farrell nab final four seats in Ballymahon MD

It was late last Tuesday night when the marathon election count for Longford finally came to an end following the election of Cllrs Mick Cahill, Colm Murray, Pat O'Toole and Gerard Farrell. Count staff, election candidates, their ...

06 Jun 2019 at 14:00

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Boxer, Burke and Carrigy in major battle for final seat in Longford/Westmeath

It comes following the poll topping exploits of Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke which looks set to see the former Westmeath County Councillor elected on the first count with over 11,600 first preference votes. She is poised to be ...

09 Feb 2020 at 16:32

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Threats to family resource centres in Longford highlighted

The threats facing Family Resource Centres (FRCs) in Longford – and nationwide – are being highlighted by the Family Resource Centre National Forum, the national representative body for FRCs. In the lead-up to the general ...

29 Jan 2020 at 00:22

Elections

Ballymahon Municipal District: Cahill on course to take third seat

He now stands at 826 votes after picking up 18 votes after the latest count, leaving him 123 votes off the required 949 quota. COUNT THREE: Cahill, Mick (FF) +18 826 Duffy, Bridget (FF) +2 556 Farrell, Gerard (FG) +5 657 ...

28 May 2019 at 00:15

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Referendum Commission urges people in Longford to register to vote

The Referendum Commission has launched a nationwide campaign to encourage people to make sure they are registered to vote on the forthcoming referendum on the regulation of divorce and as part of that campaign it is ...

12 Apr 2019 at 01:18

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