Des’s daughter Irene played the fiddle and was delighted with how the event went.

Harriet Cox from Church View House in Kilglass, near Rooskey, died yesterday at the age of 92.

No arrests have been made and anyone with any information is being urged to contact Longford Garda Station on 043-3350570

Cllr Laurence Fallon says Transport Infrastructure Ireland is trying to guide motorists away from the county.

Gareth Scahill says thousands of households have had long power outages over the past year, due to storms.

The EU's planned agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay is controversial as farming groups say it'll allow lower quality beef into the European market.

A site has now been secured for the proposed Western Alzheimer's centre at Hawthorne Drive in the town.

The Abbeyfield Hotel currently accommodates around 192 refugees - but a planning application was lodged to increase capacity to 310.