Construction of the facility is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of this year.

The county has received €380,000 of the over €1.5 million announced for counties in the Shannonside region.

Adil Muhammad, of no fixed abode, appeared before Judge Bernadette Owens at Athlone District Court this morning, with a two-week adjournment requested.

A demonstration is taking place in Castlerea at 2 o'clock and in Roscommon town at 3.30.

Across Co Longford, 322 applicants have been on the waiting list for more than three years, 76 for five to seven years, 113 for seven to ten years, and 56 for more than a decade.

According to freedom of information, files, it's a slight increase on 2024.

Two men were seriously injured in a double-stabbing in Longford town earlier this month.

Rural Development Minister Dara Calleary has allocated €17.5 million for Local Improvement Schemes throughout the country.