The steps were taken after fuel protests across the country earlier this year.

The announcement made by the Department of Rural and Community Development under the Libraries Capital Programme

The funeral mass of Carthage Kidney took place in Co. Offaly earlier today.

Since reviving the event in 2013, the volunteers have built the carnival into one of Leitrim's best-loved free family festivals.

If approved, the facility will become the first dedicated children's hospice outside Dublin.

It opened in October 2020, at a cost of nearly €14m, and replaced the outdated unit called St Columba's nearby.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Carrick-on-Shannon Garda Station, the Garda Confidential Line, or any Garda Station.

In January, Minister for Children Norma Foley confirmed that the town is one of ten locations set to gain such a facility.