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IRISH MP Maria Caulfield is already planning for St Patrick’s Day 2025 after a successful event saw Longford natives celebrating Ireland’s national day in Westminster earlier this month. The Conservative MP for Lewes, whose parents moved from Ireland to England in the 1950s, invited members of the Longford Association (London) to celebrate St Patricks day in the State Rooms of … [Read more...] about MP Maria Caulfield ‘already planning’ next year after successful event brought Longford natives to Westminster

A CONSTRUCTION company and local council in Northern Ireland have been fined for health and safety offences in relation to an engineer who died while working during a storm in Co. Armagh. Matt Campbell, 24, was killed in Slieve Gullion Forest Park during Storm Ali on September 19, 2018 after being struck by a 200-year-old beech tree that had become uprooted by strong winds. A … [Read more...] about Construction company and local council fined over engineer’s death during storm

GARDAÍ in Co. Wicklow have a launched an appeal to find the owner of an urn that is inscribed with the word 'Dad'. The urn, which also has a date inscribed on it, was handed into Bray Garda Station on Sunday after being found by a member of the public. Gardaí now want to reunite the 'sentimental' piece with its owner and posted an appeal for information on the Wicklow Garda … [Read more...] about Gardaí launch appeal to find owner of urn with ‘Dad’ inscription

A WOMAN is due to appear in court today after Revenue seized €300,000 worth of cannabis at Dublin Airport on Tuesday. The 15kg of herbal cannabis was discovered vacuum-packed within the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked from a flight from Toronto, Canada. Revenue said officers made the discovery as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog … [Read more...] about Woman due in court after €300,000 worth of cannabis seized at Dublin Airport

FIVE people, including two children, have lost their lives following two tragedies in Co. Mayo on Tuesday. In the first incident, two people died in an early-morning house fire in Swinford. They have since been named locally as Tom and Eileen Mahon, who were in their 60s. Later on Tuesday, a woman and two girls died following a two-vehicle a collision on the N17 in … [Read more...] about ‘Dark day’: Simon Harris offers condolences after five people die in two tragedies in Co. Mayo