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Ballymahon MD Election Profiles: Mick Cahill offering support for community issues

As Cathaoirleach of Longford County Council 2016/17, Colehill man Cllr Mick Cahill helped to facilitate the arrival of Center Parcs, creating 1,000 jobs in south Longford. He was involved promoting the delivery of the gas pipeline to Ballymahon and ...

15 May 2019 at 12:00

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Ballymahon MD Election Profiles: Mark Casey vows to stand up for rural citizens

Independent Cllr Mark Casey has arguably been one of Longford County Council's most impressive performers over the past fives years. Now seeking a third successive term, the Lanesboro father of three has pledged to work for the betterment and ...

15 May 2019 at 16:00

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Tallies held in Westmeath 'a very bad reflection' on Longford, says Peggy Nolan

The decision to vote election votes in Athlone and then move Longford votes back to Edgeworthstown is appalling according to outgoing Cllr Peggy Nolan who hit out at the agreement. Speaking to the Leader at the count centre in Edgeworthstown ...

25 May 2019 at 23:24

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Elections 2019: Gallery | Lots of Longford faces at tally

The dust has settled on the count of tallies in the Longford local elections in Athlone IT and now the focus of attention will switch to Edgeworthstown later this evening. As we write at 5.52pm, the votes have not departed AIT so it could ...

25 May 2019 at 18:53

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Risky move swapping from Granard MD to Longford MD pays off for Gerry Hagan

It was a risky move for Gerry Hagan when he decided to run in Longford Municipal District following his time as a councillor in Granard MD but it's a risk that has certainly paid off as Hagan mopped up votes across the district with ...

25 May 2019 at 18:33

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Fianna Fáil's support collapses in north Longford as Fine Gael looks set to claim three of five seats

Fianna Fáil's vote in the north of the county has collapsed with Fine Gael swooping in to nab the seats left vacant by Cllrs Luie McEntire and Martin Mulleady who stepped back from the race this year. Topping the poll, according to ...

25 May 2019 at 17:54

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Low voter turnout in Longford municipal district as just over half the electorate has its say

Only 55.4% of Longford people turned up to vote on Friday, according to latest figures released by Longford LEA at the election count centre in Edgeworthstown today. There is a total electorate of 12,356 in Longford municipal ...

26 May 2019 at 14:41

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WATCH | Longford's Peggy Nolan 'humbled' by high vote return

Yesterday's final tally for Longford MD put Fine Gael's Peggy Nolan as one of the favourites to win a seat in the mid Longford area. The first count is not yet officially underway in Edgeworthstown today. See our live blog ...

26 May 2019 at 13:59

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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 ...

25 May 2019 at 17:27

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Longford tally latest: Ross, Carrigy and Flaherty out on top

In the latest round of tallies as part of the local Longford elections, Paul Ross, Micheál Carrigy and Joe Flaherty are on top in their respective polling districts. Both Ross and Carrigy have now passed the 1,000 ...

25 May 2019 at 16:19

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Turnout levels in Longford remain slow but steady

At around 3:30pm, count staff in Colmcille said around 26 per cent of people had so far voted, while in Killoe an almost identical result was recorded. In Longford town, turnouts were somewhat lower with one ...

24 May 2019 at 17:04

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Granard could prove key to council control

Despite having to give up a seat on foot of local election boundary changes, Granard could be the key area in terms of which party secures control of Longford County Council after May 24. Fianna Fáíl, ...

23 May 2019 at 16:00

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