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Longford County Council to remember road traffic victims

Local Council Buildings and Fire stations will be lit up from 7pm to 8pm on Sunday. A renewed focus for World Day of Remembrance this year is on the victims of serious injuries and their families. 24,663 people have died on our roads since we began ...

20 Nov 2021 at 18:00

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Longford survivors called on to have their say on National Centre for Research and Remembrance

Planning is underway for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance, to honour survivors and former residents of institutions, such as Industrial Schools, Magdalen Laundries, Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, and Reformatories. The ...

29 Aug 2023 at 18:00

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Longford communities asked to ‘Light up for Road Safety’

Longford County Council will ‘light up for road safety’ as part of this years ‘World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims’ on Sunday, November 15. Local Authority Road Safety Officer, Ann Marie Mc Keon, is asking the public to get involved ...

15 Nov 2020 at 12:23

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Longford Municipal District plans for World War I cenotaph

Plans to have the names of Longford men who served in World War I permanently inscribed on the plinth of the Market Square memorial may be progressed under the town regeneration plan. The issue was raised at the November meeting of Longford ...

02 Dec 2023 at 09:01

Motoring

Longford Leader Motoring: 24,000 people killed on Irish roads since records began

24,103 people have been killed and 79,761 seriously injured on Irish roads since recording began 60 years ago. These shocking statistics will be remembered this Sunday, November 19 on ‘World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims’. ...

18 Nov 2017 at 15:55

National News

Irish premier to attend Auschwitz commemoration on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Irish premier Micheal Martin is set to join world leaders for a commemoration at Auschwitz to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former German Nazi concentration ...

27 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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'Life will never be the same again', vigil hears as Longford unites in support of family of Ashling Murphy

Vigils marking the 23-year-old’s insatiable zest for life and inimitable contribution to her chosen passions of music, sport and education were held in the wake of her death last Wednesday. The most recent of those took place on the ...

19 Jan 2022 at 08:00

National News

Atrocity of Dublin-Monaghan bombings 'will always be remembered' - Harris

The Minister for Justice is remembering "the ordinary people going about their daily lives" on the 49th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. Today (May 17) marks forty nine years since three bombs exploded in Dublin City ...

17 May 2023 at 12:44

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Longford's Garden of Remembrance to mark centenary of RMS Leinster sinking

Amongst the 569 people who were drowned were six Longford people: Violet Barrett, Kenagh; Edward Finnan, Churchland, Longford; Edward Kelly, Granard; Patrick McBrien, Moyne; William Henry Thompson, Ballynulty, Granard; and ...

11 Oct 2018 at 14:00

Pictures & Videos

Longford Leader gallery: Longford plays its part in Remembrance Sunday

Here are a flavour of some of the pictures which were taken on the day.

25 Nov 2019 at 12:31

National News

Stardust victims ‘written into the history books’ as State commemorates the dead

Those who died in the Stardust fire tragedy have been written into the history books, the Irish premier said, as a State ceremony honoured the victims and survivors. Hundreds of people attended the ceremony of ...

23 Jun 2024 at 21:06

State ceremony honours Stardust fire victims

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State ceremony to honour Stardust fire victims

A remembrance state ceremony is taking place in honour of the victims, survivors and those affected by the Stardust fire in Dublin. The ceremony of commemoration is being led by Irish President Michael D ...

23 Jun 2024 at 13:02

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