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15 schools in Shannonside region feature in list of best performing schools

15 second level schools from the Shannonside counties of Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon feature in this year&rs...

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Over 200 objects recovered from St Mel's Cathedral Christmas Day fire

Over 200 objects have been recovered from the Christmas Day fire at St Mel's Cathedral in Longford. The...

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Appeal for volunteers to make St Mel's College Sportshall suitable for masses

There are appeals for volunteers to help make St Mel's College Sports hall suitable for weekend masses which are...

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Granard Gardai carry out door to door enquiries into viable device investigation

Door to door enquiries are being carried out as part of an investigation into a viable device found outside a ho...

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Two housing developments in the Shannonside region win LAMA awards

Two developments in the Shannonside region have won at the Zurich LAMA Awards 2010. There was good news for County Rosc...

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Longford Gardai appeal for witnesses to assault

Longford Gardai is making a fresh appeal for witnesses to an assault during an attempted robbery of a house in t...

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Longford pharmacist calls for reduced price scheme to be extended to all drugs

A Longford pharmacist is calling for all drugs on the Irish market to come under a new price reduction scheme intr...

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Longford Gardai issue fresh appeal for witnesses to assault in the Desmesne

Longford Gardai are making a fresh appeal for witnesses to an assault during an attempted robbery of a house in the town...

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Over crowding at A&E's in Shannonside Hospitals

Over-crowding at Accident and Emergency rooms across the Shannonside region remained a problem over the weekend....

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Ballinasloe Gardai investigate fire in the town

Gardai in Ballinasloe are investigating a fire which broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning a...

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Protestors say campaign to close Roscommon Head Shop will continue

Protestors against a new 'Head Shop' in Roscommon say their campaign will continue until the shop closes. ...

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65 drug seizures at Castlerea Prison

There are calls for the Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to roll out strict restrictions in Prisons including no-co...

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Athlone Institute of Technology double jobber will not get two pensions

An Athlone Institute of technology lecturer who was double jobbing will not, after all, qualify for two pensions...

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Elan's MS drug linked to 31 cases of a deadly brain infection & 8 deaths

Multiple Sclerosis drug Tysabri which is manufactured by Athlone based Pharmaceutical Company Elan and its partn...

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Granard Gardai treating fire at a flat in Edgeworthstown as suspicious

Granard Gardai say they're treating a fire at an apartment in Edgeworthstown as suspicious. The blaze broke out just af...

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Naughten calls for review of Fine Gael party following the departure of George Lee

The Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny says he's greatly saddened by George Lee's decision to resign from the party - and from ...

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Investigations continue after Longford device is found to have been viable

Granard Gardai say they're keeping an open mind into the origins of a viable pipe-bomb device discovered in Edgeworthtow...

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