The permission was refused due to the planning authority's failure to carry out a proper Environmental Impact Assessment

The service covers Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath locally and is heavily used by commuters.

The data comes after the Central Statistics Office yesterday lifted a warning on the reliability of crime figures from the Gardaí that had been in place since 2018.

The man who was aged in his 50's was on the e-scooter when he was hit by the van.

The double murderer had targeted men through a popular LGBTQ+ dating app.

At the sentencing, the court heard he targeted gay men using a LGBT dating app.

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23-year-old Yousef Palani, of Markievicz Heights in Sligo, also admitted causing serious harm to another man the day before he killed his first victim.