Parents get a once-off payment of €280 after their child or adopted baby is born.

It follows a number of near misses in the area.

The number of burglaries locally has decreased, however.

In the latest GeoDirectory Commercial Buildings Report, it was revealed that 27.5% of commercial buildings in Edgeworthstown are not currently in use.

It's believed there are plans to create either a third passport processing facility with two existing ones in Cork and Dublin.

There is a government scheme that allows communities to buy or build new creches, called Building Blocks.

Paolo Roberto, known as Pablo, died in Galway University Hospital on Sunday while aged in his 50s.

New figures, from Education Minister Helen McEntee, reveal 599 children in the Shannonside region were granted exemptions in the 2023/2024 school year.