The R370 between Frenchpark and Ballinameen is closed and diversions are in place.

The veteran broadcaster revealed Michael D Higgins had been approached by the organising committee but was forced to decline the invitation.

A temporary library service has been in operation close to the local SuperValu in the town.

The state-of-the-art sensory playground was designed for young people with physical or intellectual disabilities.

He says the unfavourable pay and work conditions of the job 'create the perfect storm' for people to be put off from joining the ranks of home carers.

Proposed cuts of over 20 percent have already been described as a 'crippling blow' to the agriculture sector here.

The top five penalty point offences include speeding, holding a mobile phone while driving, and driving without reasonable consideration.

Tens of thousands of euro worth of machinery was stolen from a yard in Ballinamore earlier this week.