The theft occurred sometime on the night of May 8th at Meehanbee, Drum.

Gerry was a former Leitrim footballer and referee before becoming an official, including being president of Connacht GAA. 

The development at Athleague National School will see construction of a single-storey extension and a new car park.

Minister Dara Calleary will visit Boyle next Thursday to mark the start of construction..

Some 246 were left without a bed in the emergency department and 124 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The Department of Housing says there were 21 in Longford, 19 in Leitrim and 18 in Roscommon.

The rising water levels of Lough Funshinagh have caused devastation over the past decade.

Scoil Bhríde Glen National School in Edgeworthstown were awarded the Global Citizenship Food and Biodiversity flag at an awards ceremony held in Athlone last week.