Gardaí and GSOC are both investigating after a man was injured, and a dog killed, during an incident in Granard in County Longford this evening.

A Longford man accused of making bomb threats during the state visit of the UK Queen five years ago told gardai that the British monarch stood for the security forces in Northern Ireland and that he did not like her, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Center Parcs' plan to build a holiday village in Co. Longford has got approval from An Bord Pleanála.

Willie Mullins is set to unleash yet another hugely exciting novice chasing prospect at Thurles on Thursday in the shape of Un De Sceaux.

The Army bomb disposal team has carried out a controlled explosion on a home-made bomb found in County Longford.

A woman has been killed in a road accident in County Longford this morning.

On the 31st of January this year, thirty years will have passed since a 15-year-old girl called Anne Lovett was found semi-conscious, bleeding and suffering from exposure in a Grotto to the Virgin Mary in the small town of Granard in County Longford.

The Kevin Prendergast-trained Daymooma opened her account in the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden before a huge crowd in Ballinrobe last night.

A man in his late 50s has been killed in an industrial accident in County Longford.

VETERAN trainer Cecil Ross savoured the first double of his training career when favourites Lisrenny Lady and Son Of My Heart, both ridden by Robbie Colgan, landed the opening maiden hurdles at Sligo last night.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a crash in County Longford last night which claimed the life of a 50-year-old man.

THE DONEGAL Mini Stage Rally in Glenties fell victim to the weather conditions despite the heroic work of the organisers who salted the roads over which the event was to traverse.

RUBY WALSH made his first ride at Ffos Las a winning one when Irish raider Carsonstown Boy claimed the opening Iwan Thomas Novices’ Hurdle at the official opening of the Welsh track.

Management and unions at C&D Foods in County Longford are to meet tomorrow to discuss the future of 53 jobs at the plant.

Gardai have said that there are no suspicious circumstances in the death of a man in County Longford.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man in his 50s in County Longford.

A Garda investigation has started in County Longford after the discovery of a body yesterday evening.

A Lithuanian man has been acquitted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of raping a fellow national in his car on a Longford roadside after a vodka drinking session.

The Garda authorities have agreed to implement a new set of procedures on how they handle sieges.

Gardaí in the midlands have been involved in a high-speed car chase following what is understood to be a bungled raid in County Roscommon.

SURVIVORS of abuse in children’s residential institutions have said plans by the Laffoy Commission to interview people who were not abused will make nonsense of the commission’s work.

A Dail sub-committee will today begin an inquiry into the killing of John Carthy in Abbeylara, County Longford last April.