The HSE is currently developing a Spatial Plan for the site which would include additional parking.

Gardaí are investigating a number of incidents of endangerment and alleged assaults that occurred in the town at around 4.30pm.

It comes after the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee claimed the 24-bed unit in the hospital needs to be replaced.

It's one of five counties in the country chosen for a pilot project.

It would consist of 22 semi-detached two-storey houses, 11 two-storey detached units and a selection of detached single and two story houses.

It comes as trolley figures continue to surge across the region with 62 patients waiting for a bed as of this morning.

The HSE have confirmed that work will begin on the new Primary Care Centre in January.

Strokestown House is a Palladian style Georgian house and the site of the National Famine Museum of Ireland.