The total allocation for the Shannonside region represents a 28% increase compared with last year's funding.

Officers were called to the scene of a fire at St James' Church in Kilbeggan in the early hours of Friday morning.

It is part of a pot of €140 million that is on the way to local authorities under the scheme.

The profits of the last two years follow post profits of €1.05m recorded in 2023 and post tax profits of €196,066 in 2022.

The RSA has warned that scramblers being used on rural roads, farmland and bog roads

The Government have confirmed that the CCPC is to investigate claims of price gouging over fuel.

The announcement was made under the additional school accommodation scheme.