Looking at the history of the area, the Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter week 1916.  The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland.  It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798.  Organised by the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Rising lasted from Easter Monday, 24 April to 30 April 1916.  Members of the Irish Volunteers, led by schoolteacher and barrister Pádraig Pearse, were joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James...

 The crisis in youth unemployment has reached alarming levels according to Longford-Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy. Deputy Troy was speaking after the party launched its National Strategy to Tackle Youth Unemployment.  There are currently 1,699 signing on the Live Register in Westmeath and 860 in Longford. He said: “The unemployment crisis is the greatest crisis facing the country.  The inability to find a job is particularly hard on young people.  I think the hopelessness that chronic youth unemployment can bring is not limited to the individual affected, nor indeed to their immediate families.  Youth...