Emerald Towers Limited were awarded planning permission for the lattice tower together with broadcast equipment and security fencing.

ESB crews are working to restore electricity to homes and businesses this evening.

The EPA says the 'general waste' bin is overused by some homes and businesses.

€200,000 was allocated in the budget to establish the office which will temporarily be based in the head office of LWETB in Marlinstown.

Nationally there are over 800 teacher vacancies as we head towards the end of the first half of the school year.

Flooding at Lough Funshinagh has already led to destruction of homes and farmland in the area in recent years.

The project comes with the Government's National Broadband Plan, which aims to improve connectivity in Ireland's rural areas.

Gardaí have appealed for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.