The Leitrim village councillor will take over from his party colleague Paddy O'Rourke.

It was revealed today following the publication of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Annual Forest Statistics Report for 2025.

Fine Gael TD Micheál Carrigy met with Tánaiste Simon Harris alongside Longford party colleagues in government buildings yesterday.

The development has now been granted permission from An Bord Pleanála, with revised conditions.

Last year, Roscommon County Council received just over 1,000 complaints about potholes.

It comes as the HSE has struggled to fill two consultant positions at Sligo University Hospital, with the only dermatologist in the Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal area currently on leave until mid July.

The State had been planning to locate up to 1,000 asylum seekers at a centre in Lissywollen, Athlone.

A number of belongings were taken during the course of the incident.