The payment has been extended several times over the last year but is to come to a definitive termination at the end of March.

The former KPMG managing director is the current ESB chairman, and previously served on the board of the Irish Times.

The theft occurred at a property in Deer Park, Boyle between the 20th and 21st of February.

Two masked individuals entered the premises on Earl Street in Longford Town on Sunday evening.

Micheal Frain argues a lack of effective Government investment is putting a target on the back of international protection applicants.

The submission comprised of the construction of 44 two and three-storey houses and apartments in the Monksland area.

The blaze broke out at a house in Ardnacassa Lawns on Saturday evening shortly before 10 o'clock.

Three men in their 30s and 40s were arrested as part of the investigation in Cork, with follow on searches conducted in five locations in Cork and two in Roscommon.