The scheme provides funds to applicants who wish to renovate old and uninhabited properties.

County planners will decide on the issue in March.

The owner of the property has now withdrawn it from the agreement to house Ukrainian refugees.

Cllr O'Rourke said the GAA was at risk of ignoring those who had supported it for generations.

The deadline for the receipt of tenders is the 2nd of February and the project is expected to take three years.

The proposed centre of excellence will be built on the Racecourse Road

Statistics show that the number of online transactions have steadily increased in the last eight years.

According to the Council, the figures for 2022 were impacted by the re-tenenting of three long term derelict homes during the year.