Michael Healy Rae said earlier this week that he will support a Fianna Fail/Fine Gael Government if the people of Kerry are prioritised.

It will return at the end of January, if repair works on the air ambulance hangar in Athlone are finished.

He said last week he'd be running after receiving a nomination, but he says that has fallen through.

The driver of the vehicle was stopped and a subsequent roadside drugs test showed a positive result for cocaine and cannabis.

The entrance to the proposed development entrance would be through the adjoining Meadowbrook Estate, which led to a number of submissions from local residents.

The school was closed on Wednesday due to no electricity and it lost power again yesterday for a period of the day.

A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Leitrim and five other western coastal counties.

A Longford man in his 30s remains in a critical condition following the incident on Saturday morning last.