CSO figures revealed just over 1,290 cases of theft were recorded by Garda divisions in Sligo-Leitrim and Roscommon-Longford.

Several serious crashes have take taken place there with TII agreeing to carry out works to improve safety at the crossroads on the N5.

Cloontagh National School, located between Lanesboro and Ballymahon still awaits the delivery of a special classroom.

The National Lottery say the ticket was sold at the Corrib Oil Service Station on the Ballymahon Road.

A section of the new N5 between Scramogue and Ballaghaderreen was opened by the Minister for Transport on Thursday.

It’s after Longford-Westmeath TD Micheál Carrigy raised the issue in the Dáil.

Only around a thousand away tickets have been made available to Irish supporters, but plenty more have made the long pilgrimage to cheer on the Boys in Green.

It is the hospital's only acute surgical inpatient ward.