As families spend time at home over the holiday period, BirdWatch Ireland is asking people to spend a short amount of time each week watching their garden birds and recording what they see.

They received their award from Minister of State for Transport Jack Chambers at the RSA Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards recently.

His comments come following this week's motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister.

It comes as many cafe and restaurants across the region have had to close because of a lack of customers during the week.

Tulsk native, Callum Clarke, was just 11-years-old when he saved his grandfather from drowning during a fishing trip in 2021.

According to last year's statistics from the CSO, 13,797 couples chose to marry in other locations, while just over 9000 were married in the Catholic Church.

Local man Eamonn McGrath described the assembly as irrelevant and said it won't have the necessary impact.

According to the local man, a member of hospital staff at the Midlands Region Hospital in Tullamore was using a vape device at his bedside while working.