Nationally, over 47,000 properties were upgraded in 2023 with Dublin seeing the highest amount.

The Mayo man is returning to his home county as part of staff transfers at Longford Garda Station.

Of these, failure to pay fines resulted in 26 prosecutions initiated under the Litter pollution act.

Two masked individuals entered the premises on Earl Street in Longford Town on Sunday evening.

The blaze broke out at a house in Ardnacassa Lawns on Saturday evening shortly before 10 o'clock.

Nationally, 1,200 people received Irish citzenship at Monday's ceremony.

The Great Famine claimed the lives of a million people between 1845 and 1852, and was brought on by a potato blight.

AMC Developments limited applied to Longford County Council in July for the construction of 42 new homes.