The Glinsk man had been considering moving to Galway East because of a redraw of the constituencies.

Over 300 people attended a public meeting in last night to oppose plans to extend at the accommodation centre in Lissywollen.

It emerged this week that there's no dedicated budget to compensate farmers affected by the controversial law.

The Government committed to the unit in 2011 after Roscommon Hospital's A&E closed.

Anyone with information on Fergus’s whereabouts is asked to contact Gardaí.

County planners will decide on the application later this year.