News - Longford

Longford County Council has been shortlisted in six categories for the annual Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards. The projects are "Putting a heart

A man on trial accused of the unlawful killing of another man outside a pub last year in Longford told gardai he "never meant for

A woman who was on a first date with a man who died following a fatal assault thought it was "only messing" when a 32-

A motorist has failed to overturn a drug driving conviction after the Court of Appeal ruled the omission of the word “or” in a section

A 37-year-old man has been charged with damaging garden ornaments and trespass following two incidents in Longford last Sunday night. Stephen Maguire, of

Almost €82,000 in funding has been allocated to local libraries for programmes supporting older people, marginalised and disadvantaged groups. The funding was announced by

Five people are due before a special sitting of Longford District Court shortly charged in connection with criminal damage which occurred in Longford Town last

A status yellow wind warning is in place for Donegal, Mayo and Sligo this morning. Gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour are expected

A man in his 30s has been arrested after an assault in Longford town last night. The incident occurred on Richmond Street at around 8pm.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is to transfer the management of its hostels to other homeless charities. The society says it believes it

429 more cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic with one more death. That takes the death toll to 1,804. 189

Over €330,000 is being allocated for small scale works to libraries in the Shannonside region. Approximately €110,000 euro is being allocated to each

The principal of a Longford secondary school says parents and students are responding well to stay at home protocols put in place in the school.

Clonbroney/Wolfe Tones landed the 2020 Longford minor championship after a 3-7 to 1-12 victory over  Longford Slashers. Tiernan Hussey converted a penalty