Data released by the CSO shows the local notices. which are designed to register that a person intends to carry out building work, for July 2023.

Longford Rugby Club are seeking to construct a standalone gym building at its club in the Desmesne in Longford.

Longford Councillors have previously called for the creation of an advanced business park for IDA clients.

The film titles, "The Assault on and Capture of Ballymahon RIC Barracks" and is the creation of filmmaker Michael Conlan and Rónán Ó Ceallaigh, a local man who organised the erection of a plaque to commemorate the event last year.

The town has been selected to benefit from the Just Transition programme funding, with the council also to receive ownership of the a building on the site of the former Lough Ree Power Plant.

The Longford Lights Festival took place in February at Connolly Barracks, with over 11,000 people attending the show.

The pool, gym and sports hall are a key part of the town's Albert Reynolds Peace Park .

Longford County Planners will decide on the issue in August.