Overcrowding has become a serious concern in 2023 however, with dozens of prisoners sleeping on cell floors.

Minister Eamon Ryan was asked whether the approval of new data centres should be slowed.

He worked at the national broadcaster for several years

The current speed limit on the relief road is 100 kilometres per hour.

A public vote is now open on the reach for the stars website with the winner being announced in July.

The aim is to offer a safe, confidential, and supportive place for the teenagers to explore their identity.

Separately, 78 prisoners were waiting for addiction services or treatments in the Roscommon Prison at the end of 2022.

Inland Fisheries helped Leitrim council put bales of barely straw on the lake in an effort to soak up some of the toxins.