Over 4,000 patients over 70 who need cataract operations to correct sight will have to fork out more if they go over the border for treatment.

Home Instead provides private home care services, HSE Home Support Services, Live-in care services and specialist home care across the country, with offices covering Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon.

The Irish College of GPs published research last week showing only two counties have adequate GP cover.

The Food Safety Authority say filthy premises, unsafe food storage, and inadequate pest control demonstrate "a total disregard for food safety requirements."

The facility, opened by then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in 2020, is home to the CAMHS Connect and Psychiatry of Later Life Services.

The national figures show 5,428 deaths in Emergency Departments nationwide in the past five years.

Bryonny Sainsbury passed away in August 2021, days after she was injured by her horse in Longford.

The works will see bed capacity at the care centre increase to 68 bed spaces with works expected to begin later in Summer.