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Deputy Gabrielle McFadden has welcomed the allocation of more than €243,000 to Longford and Westmeath for the adaptation of local authority housing to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities - Westmeath County Council has been allocated €83,792.

Deputy Gabrielle McFadden has welcomed the allocation of more than €243,000 to Longford and Westmeath for the adaptation of local authority housing to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities - Westmeath County Council has been allocated €83,792.

The inaugural Cruthú Arts Festival was launched this week by the cathaoirleach of Longford County Council, Mark Casey, who joined organisers and exhibitors for a special photocall in Longford town’s Market Square.

Eamon de Valera was in Galway on the evening of May 11 1940 engaged in a by-election campaign, when he was told that Germany had invaded Belgium and Holland that morning. He was outraged. Belgium felt that by declaring its neutrality it was protected from Hitler. But it was sadly mistaken. Germany felt threatened (at least it pretended to be), that the Allies may use Belgium as a ‘jumping off’ base to attack her. With terrifying speed and ruthlessness, using new tactics of fighter bombers and tanks, Germany subdued both countries in a matter of days.

As we say goodbye to the long evenings, Longford’s Backstage theatre has just the thing to keep us entertained with one of their strongest season line-ups to date.