Gardaí have appealed for information after the horrific killing of a foal at an animal sanctuary in Longford.

The Garda Representative Association has said there is an urgent need for more resources to tackle up to five feuds in Longford.

Nine people are due to appear before Longford District Court this morning following an incident of violent disorder in Longford town yesterday.

The Labour Court has ordered Longford County Council to re-instate a 68-year-old lorry driver and allow him to work for the Council until he turns 70.

The Garda Representative Association is raising serious concerns about the level of policing to deal with criminal gangs in Longford.

The search was carried out as part of an ongoing operation into the activities of organised crime gangs in the county.

Shots were fired at a house in Longford early this morning.

The newly opened Center Parcs in Co Longford offers a vast array of activities, both indoors and out, to suit all the family, making it the perfect short holiday break, writes Vickie Maye.

The announcement that 148 workers would be laid off was made on July 11 and since then, union representatives and Bord Na Móna have been in talks over the staff losses.

Another Irish person will enter the Love Island villa tonight.

An impasse between the ESB and the Environmental Protection Agency that has led to the suspension of operations at a power plant in Longford could lead to industrial action by Bord na Móna employees, unions are warning.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will visit Longford today to mark the completion of a €233m holiday village.

There were no surprises at Pearse Park. Tyrone flexed their muscles and delivered a message that they’re in this for the long haul.

Two counties with their championship season on the line but only one that seemed in any way interested in extending their campaign as Longford cruised to victory over an insipid Carlow side

Both incidents occurred in the Edgeworthstown area between last night and the early hours of this morning.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

One week after the width of the goalpost saved Kildare from Leinster championship elimination at the hands of Longford in Tullamore, the two sides returned to Bord na Móna O’Connor Park and played out a game that couldn’t have been any more of a contrast.

The incident occurred on the Strokestown Road at Aughareagh at around 12.50pm today.

A man has died after a serious assault in Longford.

Center Parcs opens at Longford this summer. Vickie Maye visits the Woburn Park resort near London to see what Irish families can expect.

The Irish Wildlife Trust is objecting to a wind farm in Co Longford.

A teenager who hit the director of a children's detention centre on the head with a metal bar and smashed up the centre has been jailed for four years.

TDs are not happy with Fianna Fáil's plans to hold a European election selection convention for the North-West constituency in Longford on Friday, March 15.

Westmeath and Derry top Division 2A and 2B respectively, while Roscommon (3A), Sligo and Longford (3B) are through to finals in the Allianz Hurling League.

A GP practice has been sprayed with anti-abortion graffiti in Longford.

"Only for the football field, I’d say the majority of our team would’ve emigrated by now.'"

A tractor driver who was involved in a fatal crash has been found not guilty of careless driving causing death, and not guilty of careless driving causing serious bodily harm.

The Lake County await the winners of this evening's second semi-final between Dublin and Meath.

Gardaí are looking for witnesses after a man in his 20s was injured in a stabbing in Longford town.

Something in the region of 17,000km separated James McGivney from his home place of Mullinalaghta when he pitched up in Australia four years ago. Truth is, his mind never left.

Two puppies have been rescued after being found under a pile of rubbish in Longford when their cries were heard by a passer-by.

Video footage has emerged online of an incident under investigation by the Garda watchdog, during which a man was shot in the leg.

Video has emerged on social media of an incident in which a man was injured and a dog was killed near Granard in County Longford.

GSOC is investigating after a man was injured and a dog killed during an incident in Granard in County Longford yesterday.

Gardaí have recovered a number of suspected stolen industrial plant, tools, trailers, vans, cars, engines and car parts with an initial estimate of up to €500,000 after a raid in an industrial lock-up in Co Longford.

Two people are being questioned at Longford garda station in connection with what has been described as a vicious robbery in the town on Wednesday night.

Our lack of knowledge when it came to recognizing counties along with eating potatoes with everything has been revealed thanks to new research.

A cash and carry business has secured freezing orders against an employee who it claims may have allegedly misappropriated hundreds of thousands of euro from it for her own use over the last nine years.

A recruitment process for 1,000 new jobs in Longford begins this morning.

Three men have been arrested after gardaí seized two firearms in Longford.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized sterling and documentation after a search operation was conducted in Longford.

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Latest: Eight people, seven men and one woman, will appear before a special sitting of Longford District Court this afternoon, charged in connection with a drugs seizure in Longford this morning.