101 animal welfare charities across the country are in line for funding of €6 million in Department of Agriculture funding.

They are appealing for witnesses after a woman on the Dublin to Sligo train reported being robbed as she arrived into Carrick On Shannon.

Simon Harris has been speaking outside Government Buildings in the last few minutes. 

It comes after a 73-year-old man in Ballinamore was forced to wait two hours for an ambulance last month.

The outgoing Roscommon-Galway TD, first elected in 1997, announced his decision not to contest the General Election last year.

Outgoing Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc McSharry says his 22 years as an Oireachtas member was a 'frustrating privilege'.

Robert and Geraldine Stewart have lodged the application for the Walled Garden Complex at Doory Hall.

Councillor O'Rourke was re-elected to Leitrim County Council earlier this year, topping the poll in the Ballinamore Local Electoral Area.