It will return at the end of January, if repair works on the air ambulance hangar in Athlone are finished.

He said last week he'd be running after receiving a nomination, but he says that has fallen through.

The driver of the vehicle was stopped and a subsequent roadside drugs test showed a positive result for cocaine and cannabis.

The entrance to the proposed development entrance would be through the adjoining Meadowbrook Estate, which led to a number of submissions from local residents.

The school was closed on Wednesday due to no electricity and it lost power again yesterday for a period of the day.

A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Leitrim and five other western coastal counties.