The plans were granted with 10 conditions attached.

The plummeting temperatures are having a serious impact on farmers particularly those in areas hit by snowfall.

It follows Gardaí in Longford renewing their appeal for witnesses to a collision in the county last November involving an E-Scooter.

The life buoy was taken from it's housing at the Demesne in Castlerea over the weekend.

Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly is warning newly elected Independent TDs that the deal will damage their constituents should it be implemented.

The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to a request for assistance from Gardaí in their investigation of a suspected historic explosive device.

Over 1 point 7 million NCTs were carried out last year - with the majority of failures for steering and suspension problems.

Nationally, 700 patients are on trolleys as of this morning with over 100 waiting for a bed in University Hospital Limerick.