The hospitality sector are asking government to reduce the rate from 13.5% to 9%.

He says he'd be interested if it's delayed until the new year, as Taoiseach Simon Harris is promising.

It comes ahead of the Budget on October 1st - the last one before the general election.

Cllr Des Guckian will raise this issue at a meeting of Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District this morning.

The finding comes from a recent analysis by the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, published in the latest Sunday Independent.

This year's commemoration will see the screening of a new documentary titled 'Ballinamuck' at the 98 Hall in the village.

Father Raymond Browne spent 34 years in Kilbride Parish before he died in November 2020, at the age of 92.

An Garda Síochána would like to thank the public and media for their assistance.