Thomas Lyons

Ireland

Deputy Editor at Westmeath Examiner

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Articles

Marvellous Mosh thrills audience

5 days ago | westmeathexaminer.ie | Thomas Lyons

Following a successful run at the Dublin Dance Festival, as well as performances in Cork and Galway, dance show Mosh had its midlands show in Longford last Wednesday. Mosh is a new production by Rachel Ní Bhraonáin, a multidisciplinary artist who has combined dance, music, and storytelling to create a visually exciting spectacle. Featuring the choreography of Mullingar's Robyn Byrne, this theatrical production is a hybrid of a music gig and a theatrical journey into the heart of a moshpit.
Robbie Henshaw launches The Precision Health Park

1 month ago | westmeathexaminer.ie | Thomas Lyons

By Thomas Lyons “I played Gaelic football across the road from here for Westmeath a couple of times against Longford,” said Robbie Henshaw, pointing up hill from Longford Rugby Club to Pearse Park. The Leinster and Ireland centre is visiting the midlands town for the rededication of the home of Longford rugby to The Precision Health Park.
Great achievement: Longford farmer is crowned Irish Hereford Prime Farmer of the Year

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

Longford farmer Mervyn Johnston of Cureen, Lanesboro was recently crowned the 2024 Irish Hereford Prime Farmer of the Year. The part-time farmer runs a suckler-to-beef system dominated by Hereford genetics. “Once you are registered there are a number of targets you have to hit,” Mervyn explained the process that saw him selected as the Irish Hereford Prime Farmer of the Year.
The incredible John Banville speaks at Longford's Booktown Festival

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

Capping a glorious three day festival Granard Booktown 2025 welcomed John Banville to the School Hall for a conversation with Belinda McKeon on Sunday evening. Born in Wexford in 1945, the esteemed author is now resident in Dublin. Considered one of the great contemporary stylists, Banvill is an auto-include in any list of Ireland's literary greats. His first offering, Long Lankin, was published in 1970.
Suspended sentence for Longford man who stole trousers and alcohol

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

A defendant who stole alcohol and trousers has received a two month suspended prison sentence. Patrick Stokes of 80 MacEoin Park, Longford pleaded guilty at the local district court to the theft offences. Sergeant Mark Mahon said on November 14, 2024 the defendant entered Tesco in Longford at 9.10pm and he stole beer valued at €21.50 and trousers valued at €32 and left without paying for the items that were not recovered.
Today is final day for Longford people to make submissions on Lough Ree Greenway

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

The closing date of the public submission deadline for the planned Lough Ree Greenway has been extended. The submissions deadline was moved from last Wednesday (April 2), to the new closing date of April 11. Roscommon County Council, in partnership with Westmeath County Council is in the early stages of developing the greenway linking Athlone, Ballyleague / Lanesborough and Roscommon Town.
30 Years: Longford Backstage Theatre celebrates three decades in the arts

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

The past is a foreign country. Time goes by in a blink of the eye. Go back ten years, Ireland is voting to reflect a social change, the citizens will make gay marriage legal. Twenty years ago the Provisional Irish Republican Army ended its armed campaign and ordered all units to dump arms. Then dial the clock back 30 years and another referendum on divorce is a litmus test indicating a changing country. Longford in 1995 was a very different place. Patterns of socialising are different.
Longford Journalist Peter Geoghegan: A watchdog for democracy

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

In the 1970s the media landscape underwent a dramatic evolution. The emergence of tabloid journalism, televisions in every home, the rise of talk radio, and the proliferation of lifestyle magazines all served a society experiencing increasingly rapid change. There was a sense that the role of the media as a social watchdog was eroding, however the truth was that media impartiality may always have been a myth.
Trumps tariffs leave Longford companies counting the costs

2 months ago | longfordleader.ie | Thomas Lyons

Longford companies are bracing themselves for a bumpy future as the cost of exporting to America dramatically rose following US government actions. On April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day”, with an executive order issued to tariff all imports to the United States at a minimum of ten percent. For 57 nations and entities that tariff comes in at a higher rate ranging from 11% to 50%.
Trumps tariffs leave Longford companies counting the costs

2 months ago | ireland-live.ie | Thomas Lyons

Longford companies are bracing themselves for a bumpy future as the cost of exporting to America dramatically rose following US government actions. On April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day”, with an executive order issued to tariff all imports to the United States at a minimum of ten percent. For 57 nations and entities that tariff comes in at a higher rate ranging from 11% to 50%.