The default limit will drop from 80 kilometres an hour to 60 in November, unless special speed limits are adopted by the council.

Although the counting of votes is still continuing, Labour is on track to secure over 400 seats.

Carrick-on-Shannon councillor Cormac Flynn is calling on Tourism Minister Catherine Martin to order the examination.

The Scramogoe man has confirmed he wants to regain his Dáil seat, which he lost in 2020.

He got 3,021 votes in the 14th count, while Gildernew got only 567.

Talks are taking place to see who will power in the chamber after the local elections.

The fourth resumes at 10 o’clock this morning.

Calls for an early general election have grown louder following the comparatively poor performance of Sinn Féin who claimed 12% of seats nationally.