A public meeting in the town this week heard a HSE recruitment campaign has so far failed to attract a replacement locum doctor.

The retired deputy principal and secondary-school teacher is standing as an Independent.

A man was arrested at the scene after staff intervened an ended the alleged assault.

Saoirse McHugh says measures contained in the pact would further endanger the lives of asylum seekers.

He says Carrigallen vocational and national schools are badly in need of extra space.

Sean McGowan, from Dromod, is the latest politician to speak about the negative impact of social media.