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  1. planningPlanning application received: proposed construction of a storey-and-a-half dwelling house, detached garage,...
  2. planningRoof style change to rear extension of approved build
  3. planning(a) the material change of use of an existing post office building to 1 no. 1 bed

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Roof style change to rear extension of approved build

Brendan Donna Curwin is seeking permission to tweak the design of a previously approved extension at Derawley, Drumlish. The change involves altering the roof style on the rear extension to the property. The original planning permission was granted under reference 2560162.

Brendan & Donna Curwin
File ref: 2660123 · Longford County Council
26 May 2026 · Longford County Council (Planning)

(a) the material change of use of an existing post office building to 1 no. 1 bed

Sharon Kane is seeking permission (a) the material change of use of an existing post office building to 1 no. 1 bed apartment unit (b) permission for an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house to include internal and external alterations to same and convert into 1 no. 1 bed and 1 no. 2 bed apartment units, and (c) external private and public amenity areas, hard and soft landscaping…

Sharon Kane
File ref: 2660140 · Longford County Council
28 Apr 2026 · Longford County Council (Planning)

Court Reports

Cases and rulings mentioning Drumlish from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-02-08 Courts News Ireland

Human trafficking trial collapses, expected to start with new jury

A human trafficking trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been discharged after ten days due to unforeseen circumstances. The case against Natalia Nogueira Da Silva of Drumlish, County Longford, and Ivanilce Vailones Fidelis of Roscommon is expected to recommence before a...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-01-30 Courts News Ireland

Human trafficking trial adjourned as complainant unavailable

A human trafficking trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been adjourned following the unavailability of a complainant. The witness, who has been giving evidence via video link with the aid of an interpreter, was scheduled to face cross-examination but became unable to...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-01-27 Courts News Ireland

Alleged trafficking victim a sex worker, defence propose

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a defence barrister has proposed that a Brazilian woman alleging she was trafficked to work as a prostitute was in fact already a sex worker who chose to come to Ireland for that purpose. The complainant, giving evidence via video link with an...

Court of Appeal 2020-07-06 Courts News Ireland

Court upholds sentencing of Queen's visit bomber

The Court of Appeal has upheld an eight-and-a-half year sentence imposed on a 70-year-old man convicted of placing an explosive device on a bus during Queen Elizabeth's 2011 state visit. Dónal Billings, with an address in Drumlish, County Longford, had appealed against the...

High Court 2019-11-29 Courts News Ireland

Beef protest injunction lifted

The High Court has struck out injunctions that were secured in September against two men accused of blockading and intimidating workers at a pet food manufacturing plant in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford. C&D Pet Foods, part of the ABP Food Group, had obtained the orders against...

Special Criminal Court 2019-05-28 Courts News Ireland

Queen's visit bomber loses appeal based on Irish language rights

A 67-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, has lost his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal following his trial at the Special Criminal Court. Dónal Billings was convicted of possessing an explosive substance at Longford railway station car park on 16 May...

Court of Appeal 2018-05-14 Courts News Ireland

Queen's visit bomb plotter seeks to have appeal heard in Irish

A 67-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, has sought to have his appeal heard in Irish at the Court of Appeal. Donall Billings was convicted by the Special Criminal Court of possessing an explosive substance at Longford railway station car park in May 2011, and of...