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Center Parcs plans to create another 250 jobs as part of an €85m expansion in Co Longford

Center Parcs to spend €85m on Longford resort expansion

Center Parcs is to spend €85m expanding its forest resort in Co Longford, with the creation of 250 permanent jobs once the development is complete.

Business • 15 Jun 21

The case related to a wedding celebration that took place in a marquee in Longford last Wednesday

€3k fines and apology from four men over wedding breach

Four people who were involved in organising a wedding celebration that took place in a marquee in Longford last Wednesday have apologised in court and are each to pay €3,000 to charity.

Courts • 10 May 21

Appeal over Granard turbine plan rejected

An Bord Pleanála has upheld the decision of Longford County Council to refuse planning permission for the proposed development of a 169m single wind turbine within Kiernan Milling Mill Building at Granardkill in Granard.

Leinster • 16 Feb 21

Gardaí said a sophisticated growhouse was located in the residence

Man arrested after cannabis worth €130,000 seized

A man has been arrested following the seizure of suspected cannabis worth €130,000 in Co Longford.

Leinster • 24 Jan 21

Longford school closes due to confirmed Covid-19 case

A Longford secondary school, Meán Scoil Mhuire, has announced its closure due to a confirmed case of Covid-19.

Leinster • 08 Oct 20

Five cars have been burned out following the fire

Five cars burned out following fire at Longford garage

An investigation is under way into a fire at a garage in Longford town during the early hours of this morning.

Leinster • 17 Sep 20

The man is being questioned at Longford Garda Station

Man held after robbery during Longford school meeting

A man has been arrested after he threatened people attending a meeting at a primary school in Longford last night, before making off with a sum of cash.

Crime • 28 Aug 20

This chub was captured on rod and line at a targeted location on the River Linny (Pic: Inland Fisheries Ireland)

Invasive fish species chub returns to River Inny

The reappearance of the invasive fish species chub on the River Inny in Co Longford has been confirmed, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Ireland • 25 Aug 20

Conroy Gold has identified a promising prospect running along the Longford-Down Massif

Conroy deal improves prospect of a border gold mine

A gold mine could be developed in the border region as part of a joint venture that has been agreed between Irish company Conroy Gold and Natural Resources and Anglo Asian Mining Plc.

Business • 21 Jul 20

One of the 20 piglets born to a first-time mother in Co Longford

On the pig's back! 20 piglets born to sow in Longford

The village of Moyne in Co Longford is celebrating the arrival of 20 piglets to a first-time mother. The bumper delivery is believed to be one of the highest ever recorded in the area.

Leinster • 18 Jul 20

The horse was pulled out and is now recovering at the Hungry Horse Foundation (pic: @gardainfo)

Horse saved after falling into bog drain

A horse that had fallen into a bog drain has been saved after a three-hour operation to rescue him.

Leinster • 21 Dec 19

All eleven are due to reappear before Judge Seamus Hughes at a special sitting of Longford District Court on Friday 27 December

11 men remanded in custody over Longford incident

Eleven people who were charged in connection with a violent disorder incident in Longford town earlier this week have been remanded in custody with consent following a court sitting in Longford this afternoon.

Leinster • 20 Dec 19

The items seized included six vehicles (Pics: An Garda Síochána)

Vehicles, luxury watches, handbags seized in CAB raids

Six vehicles, three Rolex watches, designer handbags and over €18,000 in cash were among items seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau during searches targeting an organised crime group based in Longford.

Crime • 14 Nov 19

Gerard Melia appeared before a sitting of Longford District Court

Man charged with manslaughter over Longford death

A man charged with assault causing harm in connection with fatal injuries sustained by a man outside a pub in Co Longford earlier this year has had his charge upgraded to manslaughter.

Courts • 01 Oct 19

Three women are being held at Longford Garda Station

Three arrests over feud-related violence in Longford

Gardaí in the midlands who have been investigating feud-related violence in the Longford area have arrested three people and recovered a shot gun and ammunition.

Leinster • 03 Sep 19

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Longford Garda Station on 043 3350570

Shots fired at house in Longford Town

An investigation is underway after a number of shots were fired at a house in Longford town overnight, no one was injured in the incident.

Leinster • 26 Aug 19

Longford gardaí are investigating the incident

Man dies following alleged assault in Longford

A man in his 50s has died following an alleged assault in Foigha, Co Longford last Thursday.

Leinster • 06 Aug 19

78 seasonal workers have already been laid off

Hundreds protest over Bord na Móna layoffs in Longford

Hundreds of people have attended a demonstration in Lanesborough, Co Longford this evening to protest the planned layoff of workers at the Bord na Móna plant in the town.

Leinster • 22 Jul 19

The source of the biomass timber product has caught attention this week

Why Is Bord na Mona adding more fuel to the fire?

Bord na Mona's plans to convert power stations to biomass, and the source of that biomass, is the cause for much debate this week.

Analysis and Comment • 14 Jul 19

78 seasonal workers are being laid off immediately

Bord na Móna to lay off 150 workers in Longford

Bord na Móna is laying off 78 seasonal workers with immediate effect and will temporarily lay off another 72 permanent workers from next Thursday after the ESB suspended operations its power-plant at Lough Ree in Co Longford.

Leinster • 11 Jul 19

The new attraction will be developed at the site of Granard Motte in Co Longford (above)

'Living model' tourist attraction set for Granard Motte

A major tourism and amenity attraction featuring a "living model" of a Norman village is to be developed at the site of Granard Motte, a national monument on the outskirts of Granard in Co Longford.

Leinster • 07 Jul 19

Drew Harris said drug-fuelled crime, repeat offending and mental health issues can only be dealt with by a multi-agency response

Harris says law and order will prevail in Drogheda

The Garda Commissioner has said that while the upsurge in crime in Drogheda and Longford were "very different scenarios", law and order would prevail.

Crime • 26 Jun 19

The President of the High Court will decide next week what sanction should be applied to Seamus Kane

Farmer jailed amid dispute over Longford land sale

A farmer has been jailed until next week amid allegations he attempted to frustrate the sale of land in Co. Longford.

Ireland • 26 Jun 19

Permission to bring the challenges against the board was granted, on an ex parte basis, by Mr Justice Seamus Noonan

Two challenges brought against Westmeath wind farm plan

Two separate High Court challenges have been launched against An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the "highest structures in the country".

Courts • 27 May 19

Gardaí have appealed for any witnesses to come forward

Three people injured following incident in Longford

A father and two of his children are in a stable condition in hospital this evening after they were the victims of a suspected hit-and-run incident in Longford town.

Leinster • 30 Apr 19