It follows a candle-lit vigil held yesterday where hundreds of people attended.

Ballaghaderreen Concerned Citizens organised this protest after the teenager was allegedly attacked in the town last Friday morning.

Many speakers called for more gardai to be urgently sent to the town.

Hundreds of people gathered at the car park in St Nathy's Cathedral at 5pm before making their way down to the garda station at the other end of town, carrying lighted candles.

It comes ahead of a crime protest in the west Roscommon town at 5 o'clock this evening, starting at St Nathy's Cathedral car park before making its way down to the garda station at the other end of town. 

Construction work has started on the new development in the Shambles area of the west Roscommon town.

The new operators are promising that the facility will be an "exciting" and "important boost" for the community.