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21 things all Irish mammies said to us growing up

1. Get up for mass! Sunday morning came around and your mother's head appeared at the bedroom door with this inpatient call. If you refused, you approached her with extreme caution for the rest of the weekend. She would return on Monday with a ...

10 Mar 2018 at 22:07

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Longford Leader letters: A letter from actor Sophie Thompson ahead of mother's day

This Mother’s Day, I am thinking about everything women do to give their children the best start in life. Like the women in countries such as Malawi, Liberia and India, who rise early each day to cook and serve food to hungry children in ...

16 Mar 2020 at 19:00

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President Higgins signs Mother and Baby Homes Bill

President Michael D. Higgins, having given careful consideration to all constitutional and other aspects of the ‘Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020’, ...

26 Oct 2020 at 00:24

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Minister says discovery of human remains on site of former Mother and Baby Home is 'upsetting'

This follows work by the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes which carried out planned excavations there. Minister Canney said: “I am deeply saddened by the news. The upsetting development confirms what had been claimed locally ...

04 Mar 2017 at 17:36

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‘Mother’s Day highlights the distance’ as Longford child visits granny through a window pane

After what was an unusual St Patrick’s Day came a very different Mothering Sunday, with Minister for Health Simon Harris urging people to spend the day apart to prevent transmission of the Covid-19 virus. For Longford Leader ...

25 Mar 2020 at 09:00

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‘Survivors of mother and baby homes deserve more respect’, says Longford/Westmeath Sinn Féin TD

The reaction by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party to the public outcry on the passing of this legislation is further proof of a government who are rapidly losing touch with public opinion as they continue to ...

05 Nov 2020 at 09:00

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ALERT | Concerned Gardaí seek information on missing Roscommon mother and her four children

Gardaí are concerned for the wellbeing of a mother and her children who have been missing from their home for over a week. Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance to find 32-year-old Martina Ward and her children ...

06 Jul 2023 at 13:06

Local News

Make it a very special Mother's Day by sending the Longford Leader your photos and messages

There is no-one as special and as loved as a mother, and this year the Longford Leader, proudly supported by ÁINE'S Fashion & Lingerie Boutique, Main Street, Longford wants to help you wish your mum a very happy ...

27 Feb 2021 at 14:40

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‘State must listen to the voices of those directly impacted’, says Longford Women's Link CEO

CEO of Longford Women’s Link and chairperson of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Louise Lovett, has welcomed a clarification by government last Wednesday night that survivors of and adoptees from mother ...

04 Nov 2020 at 11:00

'An insult to survivors' - TD condemns Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of Dáil motion

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'An insult' - Carlow TD condemns Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of Dáil motion

A TD has condemned the recently announced Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of a Dáil motion on the issue tomorrow (November 23rd). Carlow-Kilkenny TD, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, is calling on all TDs to back ...

22 Nov 2021 at 16:55

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Work to identify buried babies at Tuam home could begin by end of year

Work at the site of the notorious Tuam mother and baby home could begin by the end of the year, as a new Bill to allow the exhumation and identification of bodies at such institutions enters the Irish ...

22 Feb 2022 at 20:30

What's On

Longford Art Exhibition shines a light on Mother & Baby Homes

The exhibition, entitles 'Reborn', is inspired by Ambroise's mother, a lady who was born into the Castlepollard Mother and Baby Home. “It's my mother who has always been the main influence in my life ...

26 Jul 2017 at 11:51

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