The ESB are estimating a restoration time of Sunday evening for some customers.

They'll drop from 80 kilometres per hour to 60 on Friday, on rural local roads throughout the country.

The 25 cent hikes comes into effect from February 27th, bringing the cost of posting a card or letter to €1.65

An Post confirms it will move to Fleming's SuperValu on Main Street on March 14th.

Mary Moore's 49-year-old daughter Martina gets home-help on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at her home in Drum.

Meanwhile, The Cabinet has been discussing how to better prepare Ireland for future bad weather, following the fallout from Storm Eowyn.

Tools were taken from both vehicles which were parked outside a local hotel in Mullingar.

The motorist was clocked driving close to 100 kilometers an hour through a busy town.