The Medtech company announced the new jobs this morning to be based at their Carrick-On-Shannon factory.

The company is the biggest employer in the county and plan to employ close to 1,000 people locally by 2026.

Cllr Cormac Flynn says the ambulance base only just one crew at any given time.

The Shannonside Recreational Campus was allocated €18.6 million in government and EU funding yesterday.

It comes 15 years after record floods caused millions of euro worth of damage to homes and businesses in the town.

The shooting was highlighted on RTÉ's Crimecall show last night.

The deputy noted that timetable changes have been made recently to rail lines in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Dublin, but that no upgrades were announced for Sligo-Dublin.

Independent Councillor Des Guckian has called on An Post to donate the Post Office building to the local authority for use as a possible new library or town hall.