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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: The ‘Green Wave’ should bring the biggest polluters to shore

Of course we all want our environment to be the best we can make it, but at what cost and who will carry that cost? In a country which equates to third world status in many aspects, a country that cannot support a health system to care for the most ...

02 Jun 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: 'For 2018, try to think of those less fortunate than yourself'

Largely gone, are the appealing habits and charming practices of years past. No more do we have visitors calling for a ‘ceili’, without an appointment. For old people this is a change that’s happened gradually, but makes the effort of living ...

07 Jan 2018 at 16:00

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Longford Leader Columnist Mattie Fox: A confusing value barometer

Longford has a confusing value barometer in terms of house prices on the one hand, and the cost of property tax on the other. Longford County Council has raised property tax by a staggering 15% of the old base price. Making Longford the ...

02 Apr 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Leader Columnist Mattie Fox: Life isn’t all about a career

Coming across the above quotation recently reminded me of the first time I visited New York in the early seventies. Stepping off the plane in JFK and seeing so many coloured staff in the arrivals area was a total shock to me. Of course,...

03 Sept 2018 at 11:00

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Longford's Mattie Fox: After a promising start Taoiseach Varadkar has disappointed greatly

He answered Marian’s questioning with calm deliberation, even when he was engaging in monstrous whitewashing and blurring of the reality of what occurred with former Minister Frances Fitzgerald. I’ve never held Government office, nor ...

11 Dec 2017 at 10:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: How can huddles take place with 2m distance between players?

There are rules and regulations drawn up for training and particularly matches. As someone who was involved closely with teams for a time, I find it hard to figure how these rules and regulations will be managed. For example, the ...

18 Jul 2020 at 13:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Robbie's 'score of the year' contender the highlight of great win

An ideal day for football. The stand in Drogheda is very basic, nevertheless it fulfils the primary function of giving the crowd an option of sitting down. Like many GAA pitches the toilet facilities are disgusting. There's an ...

24 Jun 2017 at 18:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: ‘To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often’

Cardinal John Henry Newman once said, “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” In Ireland, it’s easy, and easily tempting, perhaps, to say that Arlene Foster is a bigot, or full of hatred, or ...

27 Oct 2019 at 13:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: How seriously does Government take charter from first Dáil?

“It shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to make provision for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the children, to secure that no child shall suffer hunger or cold from lack of food, ...

28 Jan 2019 at 09:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Longford has some beautiful scenery

On the Sean O’Rourke programme some weeks ago, it was great to hear Katie Hannon singing the praises of the scenery in North Longford, that ‘would compare any day with the Lakes of Killarney’. She was visiting local ...

08 Jul 2019 at 14:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: If nurses agree to government’s ‘deal’ they will never be forgiven

Staff provided her with relief the previous evening by taking her baby son, Darragh, from her for the night, so that she’d get some sleep. According to an Irish Times report, staffing on the overnight shift ...

06 Apr 2019 at 14:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Consign 2020 GAA season to history

John Horan, the current GAA president, gave an interview to Sean O’Rourke last Monday, and came across very well. He was dealing with the current rumour about inter county players maybe training sometime ...

09 May 2020 at 18:00

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