The Minister for Children is visiting Longford this morning to hear about the need for a family resource centre in the town.
Norma Foley will visit the Attic House on the Ballinalee Road, which is the proposed site for the facility.
Longford missed out last year when it was confirmed it wouldn't be one of five locations for a new centre.
Local TD Micheal Carrigy is confident Longford's application will be successful this year: