The funds help local groups with overhead costs like energy bills, or insurance,

Community, sporting, and voluntary groups are now urged to gather the details of local defibs and register them on an online form on the council website.

The first public consultation meeting will take place in the Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon next Monday.

The works have been described by Uisce Eireann as a critical step in conserving water and reducing leakage levels.

The bid is being put in by the Atlantic Technological University in Sligo which takes in Mountbellew as part of its campus

Citizenship ceremonies were first introduced in 2011 in order to mark the occasion.

Nationally, over €200,000 has been allocated for the enhancement of walkways and trails.

Nationally, 483 people are waiting for a bed in hospitals around the country this morning.