An Irish woman killed following an alleged stabbing inside a New York bar last night has been named locally as 41-year-old Sarah McNally from Longford town.
Longford county councillor Gerald Farrell has announced his resignation from Fine Gael and intention to stand as Independent candidate at the local elections in June, the Irish Independent website can reveal.
A jilted farm labourer who carried out a drive by shooting when firing two shots from a double barrel shotgun outside a Longford pub where his ex-girlfriend had been socialising has walked free from court.