Independent councillor Gerry Warnock was speaking after a fight between two men went viral on social media earlier this week.

The festival aims to broaden the appeal of community-based light and lantern art making around the county and grow Longford Lights each year.

Over 230,000 people nationally were without power at some stage within the past week.

The hospitality industry in particular has seen significant closures, with 188 establishments folding between October and November last year.

Cllr Gerry Warnock also called on the Government to pause its current immigration policy due to a lack of accommodation.

The company said staff will be offered a number of options including taking up employment with the new Postmaster or deployment elsewhere in the An Post network.

In an official statement, the club say that in the early hours of yesterday, electrical equipment with an estimated value of €3,000 was stolen from the stadium.

Longford Town was also among the worst performing towns across the country in last year's EPA report for air quality.