Mr Sherwin's funeral Mass is taking place in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Ballyfermot, Dublin, on Monday at 11.30am.

Her funeral Mass will take place in St Asicus’ Church, Frenchpark, on Monday at 11am, with burial afterwards in Cloonshanville Cemetery.

A considerable amount of forestry is on fire in Trien, on the Williamstown Road.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill visited the site on the Leitrim Road this evening, to mark the start of construction.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gardai and emergency services are at the scene.

It comes as one leaseholder in Roscommon town has applied to An Bord Pleanála for permission to house refugees.

His funeral Mass is taking place in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Ballyfermot, on Monday at 11.30 this morning.