Grafters Hair Company is one the businesses badly affected, and salon owner Pauline Belton is devastated by the damage done.

It happened on the N61 at Hill of Berries, on the road from Roscommon to Athlone, in the past hour.

Rochelle had been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in 2021 and  spoke out about the importance of screening for young women.

The listed property, built in 1912, will be sold, in a move that has caused anger in Roscommon town.

It has been based in a historic building on The Square since 1912, but it will move to a nearby business early next year.

Judge Connolly remanded Frank Kilbride in custody over the weekend stating that he did not want to give the accused false hope that he would not face a custodial sentence.

New figures show 298 people in Leitrim got Farm Assist or Rural Social Scheme payments last year.

Athlone councillor Aengus O'Rourke was also nominated to contest the convention, but he withdrew after Fianna Fáil headquarters opted to select only one candidate in Westmeath.