The teen is currently receiving treatment at University Hospital Limerick where he is in a critical condition.

Ireland would be officially known as the Irish Free State until the new constitution was introduced in 1937.

Leitrim is the only county in the region to have had an application approved

McLoughlin of Torboy, Moydow, Co Longford, still maintains his innocence after a Central Criminal Court jury convicted him last March following a trial in Castlebar, Co Mayo

Lisa and Aoife O' Rourke have brought several medals and honours home to their native county

The event takes place at 8pm in the Bush Hotel and Mary McGovern who's Chair of Leitrim IFA's Farm Families Committee says it will beneficial for the public to be informed on rural crime prevention and the nursing home fair deal scheme

The issue of dog attacks has come to the fore again following an incident in which a child was seriously injured in Wexford recently

Tommy Earley spoke following a visit by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland to Leitrim.