The driver of the van has been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It was recently announced he would be leaving the west to become an Auxilary Bishop of Dublin. 

The local authority will now refurbish the houses and let them out as social homes.

The public meeting took place following confirmation that planned modular housing for Ukrainian refugees would now not go ahead at a site in Ballaghaderreen.

It comes following recent confirmation from the Department of Integration that 47 modular units proposed for a site in the town would not go ahead.

Many of the homes in Gleann Ard are derelict and there is widespread illegal dumping.

Fianna Fáil local elections candidate Aidan Sampey says the estate is a disgrace.

It's to cater for a 35 per cent increase in pupil numbers in St Attracta's National School over the past seven years.