Rural Life
Longford students get a 'handle' on farm safety
Three transition year students at Ballymahon Vocational School are tackling a common hazard in farmyards, as they represent Co. Longford...
Rural Life
Three transition year students at Ballymahon Vocational School are tackling a common hazard in farmyards, as they represent Co. Longford...
Beef
Granard Mart in Co. Longford hosted its weekly sale of suckler cows, as well as weanling heifers and bulls on...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) addressed members of Longford County Council today (Wednesday, February 14) about the issues currently facing...
Rural Life
The chair of the Irish Hospice Foundation and a Longford farmer are working to assist nuns in Central Africa who...
Rural Life
“Are cow collars worth the hype?” was the question posed by three friends in transition year at Ballymahon Vocational School,...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has appointed Dr. Helen Sheridan to the Teagasc Authority. Dr....
Agri-Business
The petfood division of ABP Food Group, C&D Foods, has announced an investment of €48 million for flagship facility at...
Rural Life
The people of Longford and further afield are working to raise funds for a 57-year-old husband, father and grandfather from...
Rural Life
The Ballinamuck Olde Fair Day, which was to be held for the first time since before Covid-19, was cancelled last...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) will hold a special event titled ‘Rewilding for People and Nature’ this coming weekend on...
Rural Life
Against a backdrop of rapid upheaval in agriculture, volatile commodity markets, rising input costs and demands to mitigate the impact...
Rural Life
The resilience, generosity of spirit and positive outlook of people over 70 in Longford has been captured in ‘Longford Memories,...
Rural Life
The comfort brought to a 15-year-old Longford boy by his canine comrade during his treatment for a rare form of...
Beef
Farming approximately 240ac of tillage and 300ac of grassland in Co. Longford, Philip Stewart and his family are running an...
Rural Life
Dairy farmers in Co. Longford recently came together to raise a substantial sum of money for the Hooves 4 Hospice...
Rural Life
A number of Longford farmers have launched a campaign to promote local family farms all around the “O’Farrell County” in...
Rural Life
Members of An Garda Síochána have issued an appeal for information after a Toyota Hilux was stolen from a property...
Rural Life
Gardaí seized approximately €52,000 worth of drugs on farmlands in Longford last night, Thursday, July 16, An Garda Síochána has...