Longford Women's Link DV manager, Natalie O' Reilly says they have accompanied and supported 23 women in Longford Court in the last 10 days alone.

The independent deputy told the Joe Finnegan Show that the plans would see a massive drain in rural Ireland and the move of the population to the cities.

Over 4000 homes lost power after a major outage on Friday evening.

A number of power tools were stolen from a farmyard sometime between 12 O'Clock Thursday and 12 O'Clock Sunday and Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information to contact Ballygar Garda Station on 090 6624512

Longford County Council will decide on the application in February.

The young solider was shot dead during an incident in Lebanon on last Wednesday

Community Gardai have proved popular since their establishment in recent years

The families have made ties with the local area and are dismayed at having to move hundreds of kilometres away now