Enhanced workshops, digital learning suites, and modernised teaching spaces will position the centre as a premier hub for apprenticeships and lifelong learning.

The project is set to be carried out at Ard Michael on the Ballinalee Road in Longford Town.

Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan is to brief cabinet with proposals to verify the age of children on social media as part of larger plans to set a digital age of consent.

Sligo-Leitrim TD Frank Feighan told the Seanad the improvement and maintenance of the regional and local road network is the responsibility of each local authority.

An unannounced inspection of Candoris was carried out in August.

The funding is part of an €18m national announcement made by the Department of Enterprise today.

That's according to the latest figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

The decision was communicated to members in a letter issued on Wednesday.