Mullingar Hospital has also enacted their escalation procedures this morning, as 19 patients are waiting onsite.

The SUSI maintenance grant, which is the main support for students attending higher education will increase by €342 in this academic year between January and May.

The section of the national route from Fourmilehouse to the N5 Junction at Tulsk will be closed from today until the 27th of October.

A motorcyclist in his 30s was also killed in a crash at Cloneish in County Roscommon on Saturday evening

A border crossing in Egypt is expected to open this morning for aid and foreign nationals to pass through

The closure is to allow the refurbishment works to begin on site.

The development would involve works along the line between the substation in Lanesboro and the Sliabh Bawn substation at Tooreen.

The writers' itinerary focused on 'green' experiences and adventure and included Lough Key Forest Park, where they experienced Boda Borg and enjoyed lunch in the Lakeside Café.