Senator Eugene Murphy and Dr Martin Daly will now go forward to the convention with Fianna Fáil set to select one candidate.

There are now growing calls for a separate cantilever pedestrian bridge to be installed in Rooskey due to concerns over traffic delays and safety.

They have increased by 6 per cent in Roscommon and 3.1 per cent in Longford, according to the property website daft.ie.

Paddy McCann, from Fairymount, was one of around 130 people who attended a protest in Castlerea yesterday.

It's after a series of burglaries in the county recently, with shops, farms and small businesses all targeted.

Two men and a teenager charged with recent local burglaries

The three were arrested as part of ongoing Garda investigations into recent burglaries in Co Roscommon and offences in Westmeath, Cavan, Meath, Offaly, Dublin and Kildare.