The events followed a violent attack on schoolchildren in the Parnell Square Area in which 3 children and a carer were injured, 2 seriously.

The Council approved the County Development Plan last year, a multi-year strategy that set's out development and zoning criteria across Longford.

The application had been lodged for the transformation of an existing public house on St. Mary's Street in Drumlish, into the mixed use development.

The violent scenes followed a stabbing incident outside a school on Parnell Square yesterday afternoon.

Fireworks are also being set off and a number of Gardaí have been attacked.

Another Girl aged 6 and a boy aged 5 were hospitalised along with a woman in her 30s.

The party's local area representative for Carrick has said the decision exacerbates an ongoing biodiversity crisis in the North Shannon region.

The service covers Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath locally and is heavily used by commuters.