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Irish rugby star raises Tullamore school's fifth Green Flag

IRISH rugby star Shannon Tourhey raised St Philomena's N.S.'s fifth Green Flag at a ceremony at the Tullamore school last Friday. Shannon is a past pupil of St. Philomena’s and has represented Ireland and achieved her first cap for Ireland recently. ...

23 Dec 2021 at 11:31

National News

Irish flag being ‘weaponised’, Taoiseach tells security forum

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Irish national flag is being “weaponised by a small minority”. Speaking during a major security conference in Dublin, Mr Varadkar said the tricolour is a symbol of peace and reconciliation. “It has represented ...

26 Jun 2023 at 12:23

National News

'101 great green spaces' - Ireland leads the way in Europe with this year's Green Flag Awards

The Green Flag Award for Parks was awarded to 101 parks, gardens, grounds and wildlife sanctuaries around the country. The award benchmarks excellence in the management of green spaces which are open free to the public. 150 parks were awarded ...

20 Sept 2023 at 11:50

Newsletter LongfordLive

Longford town to examine the prospect of Purple Flag Award

Longford County Council are embarking on a suite of measures to achieve the prestigious Purple Flag Award for the county town. The Association of Town and City Management (ATCM) Purple Flag award recognises excellence in the management of ...

08 Apr 2024 at 08:03

National News

Downing Street criticised over Irish flag on post about Northern Ireland

Downing Street has been accused of failing to understand Northern Ireland after mistakenly adding an Irish flag to a social media post celebrating the region. The post on Instagram shows photographs of a showcase of the region’s culture ...

21 Nov 2023 at 14:30

National News

M&S issues apology following backlash of Christmas advert

Marks & Spencer have issued an apology following online backlash of their Christmas advert. On Wednesday, the UK retail chain, that has 21 stores across Ireland, released their Christmas ad which sees a host of stars including actress ...

02 Nov 2023 at 17:36

Newsletter LongfordLive

Longford County Council to take action on illegal flag

An illegally raised flag on Longford town's Market Square will be removed by Longford County Council. The flag features the symbols of the four provinces of Ireland and was the subject of debate at the January meeting of Longford ...

03 Feb 2024 at 16:59

Local News

Longford's 'The Mall' receives a Green Flag Accolade for excellence

Ireland notably achieves a huge increase in urban park Green Flag accreditations with The Mall in Longford being on the long list of parks awarded with the Green Flag. Only awarded for exceeding tough environmental standards in ...

28 Sept 2020 at 08:00

National News

Entire country asked to 'fly the flag' to support our heroes on the front line

A Kilkenny auctioneer, Andy O'Keeffe is urging the nation as a whole to support the front line staff who are fighting the coronavirus and to show that support by flying the national flag, county flags or club flags at our ...

02 Apr 2020 at 17:46

National News

'MEP for Gaza?' - Luke Flanagan slammed for raising Palestine flag instead of tricolour

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has been slammed for raising a Palestinian flag instead of an Irish tricolour after his re-election. Flanagan was first over the line in the Midlands-North-West constituency in the early hours of ...

14 Jun 2024 at 11:33

National News

Three arrested, one hospitalised after boat burned out amid row over Irish flag

Three men were arrested after a boat was set alight in Co Antrim amid a row about a flag that was displayed on it. The incident, which police are treating as a sectarian motivated hate crime, happened outside a boat ...

04 Jun 2024 at 17:01

On the Road

GALLERY: A great success for "Vitesse en Blue"

Over 200 cars took part in this year’s Silver Flag Hill Climb, staged in the stunning Italian Province of Piacenza, over the weekend of June 29– July 1 2018. The 23rd running of the famous event this year ...

11 Jul 2018 at 12:35

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