The party secured three out of the five seats in the constituency with Cllrs Garry Murtagh, Paraic Brady and Padraig McNamara all elected.

They received the money under Farm Assist or the Rural Social Scheme.

Non residential properties such as businesses or industry saw the highest drain on the grid locally last year.

The Leitrim town had a 61.2 fertility rate per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 49 that year.

A Bill will be signed off at Cabinet today which gives the Central Bank new powers to address problems in rural and regional areas.

The hotel suffered fire damage following two arson attacks in 2019 before direct provision plans were scrapped.

Lynders Mobile Home Park confirmed this month that it would open for business at a site in the Roscommon village.

With the deadline now passed, only three Sligo people have been nominated to contest the Sligo-Leitrim selection convention - Keith Henry and councillors Edel McSharry and Paul Taylor.