Figures have been released by the CSO up to the 4th of February.

Shannonside FM’s daily listenership levels are also hugely impressive with the daily audience growing to over 63,000 adults listening to us every single weekday.

Those who host Ukrainians can receive the Accommodation Recognition Payment, a tax-free payment of €800 per month.

Approximately 1,000 residences remain without power, five days on from Storm Isha, with further outages caused by Storm Jocelyn.

The figures were revealed as part of a parliamentary question by Deputy Cathal Crowe to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney.

New analysis carried out by the Irish Independent shows that house prices in Longford experienced one of the largest increases last year.

Projects include the provision of SEN units, energy retrofits and new classrooms.

Despite the gain, there was a net total of 174 job losses across the region in 2022.