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No planned return of water charges

Plans unveiled to charge people for water in the last decade eventually had to be scrapped

May 11, 2021 12:21

Attempted theft of €12,000 from Athlone woman's bank account

Gardai are investigating how exactly the fraudsters accessed her details

May 11, 2021 11:08

Protests taking place outside maternity hospitals against Covid restrictions

May 11, 2021 10:29

Child cyclist dies in Kerry after collision with van

The accident involving the 11 year old cyclist and a van happened near Abbeydorney, Tralee, in Kerry around half past seven yesterday evening

May 11, 2021 09:56

Taoiseach says housing is government's number one priority

The government is to be updated today on plans to curb the influence of big property investors on the housing market here

May 11, 2021 09:22

Roscommon council to co-opt newest member this morning

The co-option of 21 year old Emer Kelly to a seat on Roscommon County Council comes as a result of the resignation of former councillor Ivan Connaughton in recent weeks

May 11, 2021 08:16

Longford school wants to stop strangers coming into classrooms

A cover letter letter attached to a planning permission application for St Michael's Boy's NS in Longford town outlines security issues at the school because of its present design

May 11, 2021 07:40

Just 5 Covid cases locally today out of 381 nationwide-with no deaths

Good news for Longford and Leitrim this evening following no new cases of the virus identified.

May 10, 2021 17:45

CMO urges people not to buy supermarket Covid test kits

Lidl started selling packets of the tests in its stores last week

May 10, 2021 17:32

Major vaccine delivery sees 40% of Longford people receive first dose

The significant over-supply of the vaccine last week and an increase in operations at the county's mass vaccination centre has seen numbers jump over the last 7 days.

May 10, 2021 17:29

Family behind Longford wedding reception fined over court order breach

According to the Judge, the party showed disrespect to frontline workers, those who lost loved ones to covid and people out of work over a year due to the pandemic.

May 10, 2021 17:06