News from around the 32 counties of Ireland

(Source: The Limerick Leader)

 

LONGFORD

Longford may yet claim a top ten single this Christmas season! The newly formed Drumlish NS Sixth Class Rockers released their first single last Friday and it will be on sale locally, nationally. It will also be available in music shops throughout Longford. The single, which is titled "Christmas is Coming" was written by John Halnon of Halnon Music Distribution, Drumlish, in conjunction with the eleven St Mary's NS students.

(Source: The Longford Leader)

 

LOUTH

Football fans in Ireland and the UK could soon be familiar with the catchphrase 'another bulge of the onion bag' as Tommy Smyth is set to appear on sports channel ESPN.Smyth joined ESPN in America in 1993 as a football analyst and has called over 2,000 matches in his time, including many at the last World Cup.Now though, the Knockbridge native is set to grace screens in Ireland and the UK when his already popular show 'Press Pass' comes to screens in January.

(Source: The Dundalk Democrat)

MAYO

Residents of the village of Dooniver on Achill Island were awakened to the sound of hailstones last months which were so big that they caused considerable damage to property.

While Achill is no stranger to hail showers, the hail which fell on Sunday, November 22 last were described as lumps of ice, the ice of golf balls. The shower took place at approximately 8.45am and residents were awoken to the sound of the ice breaking tiles and slates on roofs.

The weight and ferocity of the hail shower was such that it broke tiles on roofs and damaged the bonnets of many cars, some of which looked like they were attacked with a hammer. The chunks of ices were so heavy that they crashed through a perspex roof of a shed owned by a local man. The roof was completely destroyed with the number of holes in it and it had to be replaced. The glass roof of a glass house was also completely destroyed but thankfully nobody was injured by the shower.

 (Source: Mayo News)

 

MEATH

Voting in the Irish Farmers Association leadership elections is underway and the national count will be held in Dublin on Monday 21st December. A weighted branch voting system will operate to reflect the strength of turnout by branch members, and Eddie Downey of Slane, Meath's candidate for deputy president, has called on Meath members to ensure that their voice is heard in these elections and asks that his candidacy for deputy president be supported, placing the county at the heart of IFA national decision-making. There are a total of 15 candidates for the top six IFA positions, directly elected by the association's 85,000 members.

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