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Frank McCormack is proposing to build a new vehicular entrance to access a landholding at Drinagh, Ballymahon. It's a straightforward access project to serve the property.
St. Nete's College from Ballymahon is competing against Granard in the All-Ireland College Senior B Football Championship final at Páirc Sheáin Uí Escreoláin in Ballymahon. The match features strong young talent including Mayo minor footballer Murray Arty, who scored a brilliant early goal for St. Nete's. Granard are seeking their first Paddy Drummond Cup title in 24 years.
We don't have enough information about this planning application to give you a proper summary. The council file (reference 2660137) is missing key details like the site location, what's being proposed, and who's applying. You might want to check the Longford County Council planning portal directly using this reference number.
Michael Claire Delaney wants to knock down an existing house at Drinan, Ballymahon and build a new four-bedroom home with a storey-and-a-half design, along with a detached garage. The application includes a new wastewater treatment system for the site.
Louis Herterich Junior wants to demolish storage areas at the rear of Ballymahon Street and build 4 new apartments with their own entrances. The development will include parking spaces and connect to existing drains on the site.
Louis Herterich Junior wants to knock down some storage areas at the rear of Ballymahon Street in Longford and build 4 new apartments with their own entrances instead. The development will include parking spaces and connect into the existing drains on the site.
Francis Nimrata Rodrigues is looking to renovate and extend a two-storey house on Main Street in Ballymahon. The work includes a new roof, a rear extension, and changes to how the building looks from the outside, plus associated site works.
The Vatican has elevated Father Edward Flanagan, a priest from Roscommon who founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska, to Venerable status. This is a major step toward his canonization as a saint. Father Flanagan, who grew up in the Leibeg townland, is renowned for his work with homeless and disadvantaged youth and remains an influential figure in both Irish and American history.
Cases and rulings mentioning Ballymahon from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Christopher Thompson (35) pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, without a driver's licence, and with excess cannabis in his system after being stopped on Mostrim Road, Ballymahon on February 16, 2020. An oral fluid sample tested positive for both cannabis and cocaine, with
By Eimear Dodd A violent offender put an Irish Rail ticket inspector in a headlock, punched him several times and threatened to have him killed after being asked to leave a train for drinking alcohol, a court has heard. Gerry Nevin (32) was today jailed for two years for the assa
By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean A Brazilian brothel-keeper who ran a network across rural Ireland and was caught with almost €800k in various bank accounts as well as child abuse material has been jailed for nine years. Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro (54) was arrested by investigating
A Brazilian man who rented out properties across rural Ireland under false pretences and used them as brothels had almost €800k in various bank accounts and was found with child abuse material on his phone when arrested at Dublin Airport, a court has heard. Two of the brothels we
A Brazilian woman who was allegedly trafficked in Ireland to work in prostitution has told a jury that she only expected to end each day alive. The woman was giving her evidence via video-link and through an interpreter at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial of Natalia Noguei
A man who forced a curtain pole into the anus of his mother's lover in a “vile, sadistic and barbaric” attack has had his jail term increased by the Court of Appeal today. Nathan Doherty (24), from Legan, Co Longford, attacked Derek Murphy with the broken pole in the bedroom of a
The three-year jail term handed down to a man who forced a curtain pole into the anus of his mother's lover in a “vile, sadistic, vicious, cruel and barbaric” attack was unduly lenient, the Court of Appeal was told today. Nathan Doherty (24), from Legan, Co Longford, attacked Der
A stolen power tools seller caught with goods valued at approximately €3,000 at a Sunday market has been given a suspended sentence. Brian Nevin (30) was caught with the stolen tools when a tradesman found a drill that had been stolen from his van in Tullamore, Co Offaly, among g
By Fiona Ferguson and Brion Hoban A would-be burglar who told the occupants of the house he entered that someone was after him and replied "good" when they told him gardaí were on the way, has received a partially suspended sentence. James Smith (35) of Mostrim Oaks, Ballymahon R
A cage fighter and his accomplice in the murder of a 23-year-old man beaten and left to drown in the river Shannon have had their convictions upheld by the Court of Appeal. Leszek Sychulec (35), a Polish cage fighter with an address at Drinan, Ballymahon, Co Longford, and Andrzej
A cage fighter and his accomplice in the murder of a 23-year-old beaten and left to drown in the river Shannon have moved to appeal their convictions. Polish-born Patryk Krupa drowned in the Shannon outside Athlone while incapacitated with a head injury from a violent assault. Le
A would-be burglar told the occupants of a house he entered that someone was after him and replied "good" when they told him gardaí were on the way, a court has heard. James Smith (33) later opened the door of the house to admit the gardai when they arrived. Smith, of Mostrim Oak
A man jailed for an aggravated burglary has failed to overturn his conviction despite the "unlawful" retention of his DNA sample beyond a 12 month deadline. Eamon Murphy (48) of Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin 7, had pleaded not guilty at Longford Circuit Criminal Court to aggravate
A Longford man in "dire financial circumstances" who facilitated the construction of an improvised explosive device at his home has been sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to two and a half years in prison. The court heard that Paul Dodd (29) had accommodated the storage of
A Polish national has avoided jail for the false imprisonment of a man who was eventually murdered. Symon Tarkowski (28) of Church Hill, Tullamore, Co Offaly pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the false imprisonment of Patryk Krupa (23) at Bogganfin in Athlone, Count
A Polish national who helped two older men find a man who was eventually murdered was "out of his depth" on the night of the crime, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Szymon Tarkowski (28) of Church Hill, Tullamore appeared at the court today for his sentence hearing after hav
The mother of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon has said she cannot forget her son's "massacred face" when she closes her eyes. This morning a cage fighter and another man were jailed for life for murdering Polish-born Patryk Krup
A Westmeath man has been jailed for three years for possession of an improvised explosive device. The Special Criminal Court heard evidence today from a member of the Special Detective Unit that the man was seen leaving a house "used to construct explosive devices for the IRA". L
A man jailed for an aggravated burglary has moved to appeal his conviction on grounds that retention of his DNA sample beyond a 12 month deadline – and before he was charged – amounted to a breach of his Constitutional right to privacy. Eamon Murphy (48), of Attracta Road, Cabra,
A cage fighter and another man have been found guilty of murdering a 23-year-old by beating him unconscious and leaving him to drown in the River Shannon. Polish-born Patryk Krupa drowned in the Shannon outside Athlone while incapacitated with a head injury from a violent assault