The vote for Westmeath's vacant council seat took place yesterday.

It's a race against time to get the works done before the worst of the winter weather hits the area.

Applications have been made by Leitrim County Council to carry out repair works on Ballinaglera bridges following flash flooding.

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran was the Minister for OPW in the last Government.

FIE says proof is not forthcoming it may have no option but to initiate immediate legal proceedings

Some members from the IFA visited some of the Shannon Callows last week, where there is a large amount of hay and silage to be harvested.

The pipes will be buried seven metres underground with OPW engineers restoring the land to its original state bar manhole and worker access points.

There are fears locally that the coming winter will see major flood damage to the community should nothing be done to protect residents.