
Alan Walsh
Managing Editor at Longford Leader
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3 weeks ago |
longfordleader.ie | Alan Walsh
A man with 47 previous convictions, including one for hit and run, and three for unauthorised taking of a vehicle, has been jailed for the unauthorised taking of a vehicle, which was never recovered. Dylan Flood (28), with an address at Fortlawn Park, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, appeared before Judge Jonathan Dunphy at Longford Circuit Court, where he faced a charge of unauthorised taking of a vehicle from a filling station in Mullingar in January 2022.
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1 month ago |
longfordleader.ie | Alan Walsh
Longford’s local economy is poised for a massive boost with the creation of two hundred new jobs at Food Village’s €3 million state-of-the-art, 35,000sq ft facility at Mastertech Business Park. Food Village (foodvillage.ie) is the most innovative and largest provider of tech-enabled secondary school meals in the country and Minister of State at the Department of Finance and TD for Longford-Westmeath, Robert Troy, will officially open the new facility today (Thursday, May 29) at 4pm.
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1 month ago |
longfordleader.ie | Alan Walsh
Mercy Ballymahon celebrated their annual school awards ceremony Congratulations to Eimear Dempsey who was named Leaving Cert Student of the Year at Mercy Ballymahon.
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1 month ago |
longfordleader.ie | Alan Walsh
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1 month ago |
longfordleader.ie | Alan Walsh
Two former students of Meán Scoil Mhuire, Longford have been awarded a prestigious All-Ireland Scholarship, sponsored by JP McManus, in recognition of their exceptional Leaving Certificate results in 2024. Khadija Mahmood and Naida Daugelaite were honoured at a memorable ceremony which was held on Friday, April 25 in the Concert Hall at the University of Limerick.
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