The restrictions will be in place between 11pm and 6:30am and affect a large area of Longford.

The bomb, contained in a red ford escort, killed two and wounded 8.

While the levels across all three counties are low, the number of people presenting with COVID or COVID-like symptoms to hospitals has risen since November

Longford Women's Link DV manager, Natalie O' Reilly says they have accompanied and supported 23 women in Longford Court in the last 10 days alone.

The independent deputy told the Joe Finnegan Show that the plans would see a massive drain in rural Ireland and the move of the population to the cities.

Over 4000 homes lost power after a major outage on Friday evening.

A number of power tools were stolen from a farmyard sometime between 12 O'Clock Thursday and 12 O'Clock Sunday and Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information to contact Ballygar Garda Station on 090 6624512

Longford County Council will decide on the application in February.