A number of windows had been forced open with the culprits having ransacked every room in the house.

According to Gardaí, the 32 year old entered a filling station on the Dublin Road shortly after 8am with a 6 millimetre revolver.

The 69 year old signalled his intent to plead guilty to the charges at a sitting of Longford District Court in December. 

The bodies of Paul and Morag Kavanagh were discovered on Saturday evening at their residence in Granard.

Plans were lodged this week for the careful restoration and extension of the protected building located at Ardagh Demesne.

The property price report shows that home prices remain unchanged in Longford, while Leitrim and Roscommon property prices have seen a minor decrease.

The An Taisce report for Carrick on Shannon gave the town top marks for over half of the sites surveyed, with no heavily littered spots identified.

Gardaí are not treating the incident as a criminal investigation.