There was a lot of different views expressed by shoppers in relation to the upcoming General Election at Longford Shopping Centre in recent days. Housing, the cost of living, the regeneration of Longford Town, public order and further support for the Defence Forces are just some of the issues local people will consider before casting their vote. One of the main topics when the election is being discussed is whether Longford candidates can secure two seats. Fianna Fáil TD Joe Flaherty was elected in 2020 and secured the second of four seats in the Longford-Westmeath constituency following a nail-biting final count in Athlone, which saw him pick up 2,828 votes from Fine Gael's Micheál Carrigy. In 2020 Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke gotaround 3,500 from county Longford and where those votes go this time could be a key factor.placeholder image
There was a lot of different views expressed by shoppers in relation to the upcoming General Election at Longford Shopping Centre in recent days. Housing, the cost of living, the regeneration of Longford Town, public order and further support for the Defence Forces are just some of the issues local people will consider before casting their vote. One of the main topics when the election is being discussed is whether Longford candidates can secure two seats. Fianna Fáil TD Joe Flaherty was elected in 2020 and secured the second of four seats in the Longford-Westmeath constituency following a nail-biting final count in Athlone, which saw him pick up 2,828 votes from Fine Gael's Micheál Carrigy. In 2020 Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke gotaround 3,500 from county Longford and where those votes go this time could be a key factor.

Voice of the people in Longford Town

By Longford Leader Reporter
Published 28th Nov 2024, 08:33 GMT

Housing, the cost of living, the regeneration of Longford Town are on the mind of Longford voters

“As a teacher I would like more focus and more money spent on the education sector. I would say things I would like to see are a reduction in class sizes and more resources for primary schools and they are things I would consider important when I am considering who to vote for on Friday. Personally housing is not an issue for me but I can see that housing is a big issue for a lot of people in county Longford and across the country and it's something that needs to be addressed by the next government. I would like to see more focus on services certainly in within primary schools and more focus on housing as well because it's clearly an issue for an awful lot of people.”

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“As a teacher I would like more focus and more money spent on the education sector. I would say things I would like to see are a reduction in class sizes and more resources for primary schools and they are things I would consider important when I am considering who to vote for on Friday. Personally housing is not an issue for me but I can see that housing is a big issue for a lot of people in county Longford and across the country and it's something that needs to be addressed by the next government. I would like to see more focus on services certainly in within primary schools and more focus on housing as well because it's clearly an issue for an awful lot of people.”

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