CSO figures show almost 88 per cent are men and only 12 per cent are women.

Leitrim auctioneer Gordon Hughes says a shortage of homes is driving up prices.

Taking all factors into account, she handed down a sentence of 12 and a half years and suspended the final year on a number of conditions.

Homeowners near to the former turlough expected a temporary pipe to be installed this year to remove water.

Sligo-Leitrim TD Martin Kenny, from Sinn Féin, says forestry is partly to blame.

Coillte have advised that the entry road into Mote Park from the N61 at Ballymurray is inaccessible as crews work to clear debris.

The incident took place on Monday evening at a residence in the town.

They were among the 6,000 new citizens who attended the ceremony in the INEC in Killarney.