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The Education Minister says the use of a garden shed for an isolation room is not best practice. Norma Foley says there is engagement between

Luke Ming Flanagan says his former colleague in Europe, Marian Harkin, would be an ideal candidate to replace Phil Hogan. The Roscommon-based MEP said

The IRFU have announced that this weekend’s Leinster versus Ulster Pro-14 meeting will go after both team’s players and staff produced zero

Longford Westmeath TD Sorca Clarke is calling on the HSE and HIQA to issue statements to clarify if any Covid case has been confirmed at

A 22-year-old hero who rescued a number of people who got into difficulty in the sea in Kerry yesterday has strong Longford connections.

14 more employees at ABP Clones have tested positive for Covid-19. It comes after over 300 staff were screened as a precaution following two

A new parish priest has been appointed to the east Galway area. The Archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary, has today confirmed that Very Rev Patrick

Three counties in the Shannonside Northern Sound region have seen commercial vacancy rates rise as of mid-June this year. Longford, Leitrim, and Roscommon all

A Roscommon postman will be doing his rounds with a difference this Friday in order to raise money for local cancer services in the Shannonside

An application to build a new waste transfer facility in the environs of Longford town has been refused planning permission. Longford Environmental Ltd applied to

The HSE says that all residents at a Longford nursing home are Covid-free at present. The confirmation comes after reports a staff member of

A quarter of all HSA meat plant inspections this summer were carried out in the Shannonside Northern Sound region. Freedom of Information figures released to

Gardai in Longford are investigating an incident involving the breaking of a window on a bus travelling through the county yesterday. It's understood a