Tom Crosby was reacting to complaints that the land beside the Westward Service Station in the village had been illegally cleared today.

Gardaí attended a service station on the Dublin Road in the town at 12.45 early on Sunday morning.

It's after a house was completely destroyed in a blaze in Tarmon Manor in the town last night.

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Close to €100,000 was allocated to festivals in Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford following the announcement.

The Warmer Homes Scheme allows people in energy poverty to get their homes fully retro-fitted.

All three women confirmed the incident was unrelated to any feuding and was a personal altercation.

Bord na Móna Powergen Limited are seeking to construct 22 wind turbines on lands close to Lanesboro in Longford.