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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Election posters are in service of the country

The recent wind storms must have had a terrible effect on the hundreds of posters adorning poles, trees, walls, the odd pillar here and there, along with vans and cars plastered with even more posters. Now of course we know that everyone putting up ...

14 May 2019 at 13:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Last weekend's All Ireland was a game for the ages

A game for the ages on Sunday in Croke Park, anyone attending felt lucky to be there to witness the absolute splendour of it all. Kerry, a young team, will have learned greatly from this game, and they’re still in the All-Ireland. Conor Lane from ...

10 Sept 2019 at 11:00

Local News

Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: It takes a great deal of courage to cause change in any country

So based on her resolute decision, she refused to move to the back of the bus, when the bus filled up, and the driver demanded that she give up her seat so a white male passenger could have it. But Rosa refused, pointing out that the only reason ...

25 Aug 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox - Wexford hurlers have helped lift the hearts of the nation

The GAA lived up to its reputation for showing the nicer sides of life when on Sunday the Limerick and Wexford teams served up mouthwatering displays. The supporters for each team were alive and bubbling with sheer joy after their hard won ...

09 Jul 2019 at 11:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Mickey Graham's Cavan beginning to mirror Mullinalaghta

Cavan’s Mickey Graham has followed on from his exploits with Longford champions Mullinalaghta, and used the precise same template which he is quickly adjusting for the Cavan team. I’ve read many pieces in the papers recently lauding the ...

10 Jun 2019 at 14:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Longford library is wonderful and it's right on our doorstep

The Collison brothers - Patrick & John - were on the last Late Late Show of the season on Friday, May 31. This, for a change, was Ryan Tubridy’s natural ground. A good interviewer needs to be a good listener. If he seems bored at all, ...

17 Jun 2019 at 14:01

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: GAA need to address declining interest

Last Sunday, for the first time in almost twenty years, I didn’t bother going to the Leinster Senior Football Championship semi finals in Croke Park. Part of the reason is the poor spectacle that football has become, and the other ...

18 Jun 2019 at 13:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: A hard Brexit will do serious damage

If readers were under any illusion about Brexit being nothing too important, then last week was surely a huge wake up call. A plan hatched in the UK for governing the export and import of goods in the event of a hard Brexit has ...

25 Mar 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: All children have a right to education

Is it possible that the Irish government is knowingly breaking the law? Collectively the Irish government is breaking the law. The law that says every child must be provided with an education that meets their needs.When the ...

22 Apr 2019 at 16:00

Local News

Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: How an 84-year-old man took on intruders and won

When he heard the breaking glass he reached for a billiard cue, which he kept beside the bed since last time he suffered a break in. The Cork man, who’s lived in the house since 1965, said he had got the cue because of the ...

31 Jul 2018 at 10:00

Local News

Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Rural people know who’s who in their regions

That’s a silly smokescreen, and as a rural TD he should know better than to propagate that line. The same claim was made about Oughterard, where outsiders who tried to insert anyone into the meetings were quickly turfed ...

12 Nov 2019 at 16:00

Features

Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Magic of Christmas fading every year

Longford Town on Saturday, December 14. I had to check the date to make sure I wasn’t out of sync with maybe being a week later than I thought. But no, it was still only December 14. The weather was freezing and the ...

21 Dec 2019 at 12:00

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