The first quarter of this year had shown the highest numbers of incidents of assault, harassments and threats to kill in four years.

In Roscommon a 25-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle collision near Athleague yesterday morning.

The airport is closed this morning due to heavy fog affecting maintenance works, with the operator saying they expect the airport to reopen soon.

Over 35 events are taking place around the country, with a huge range of opportunities on offer.

Nationally, a total of €6.8 billion per month was spent through card transactions including withdrawals during the period.

The driver, a man in his early 20s was fatally injured when the car he was driving overturned.

There was also 4 passengers in the backseats of the car, none of whom were wearing seatbelts.

Plans revealed during the 3rd Quarter meeting of the Longford Community Safety Partnership call for a section of the yard to be re-purposed into new office space.