Operation JACKAL has been targeting West African Crime Gangs such as the Black Axe, who have been described as one of the most far-reaching and dangerous organised crime groups in the world.

Eighteen-year-old Londiwe Ndlovu has been appointed as NYCI local champion for the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

The unannounced inspection on Bramble Services was carried out in April of this year.

Galway University Hospital has the second highest figure nationally at 48, with the third worst affected hospital being Sligo with 40 people currently waiting for admission.

These new figures reveal that Leitrim is the cheapest county in Ireland to rent in the country.

The HSE yesterday confirmed Eris - a more transmissable form of the Omicron strain, which has become established in the UK and US - has now been detected in Ireland.

As part of an investigation into organised criminal activity around the town, plain clothes Gardaí ordered a vehicle to stop near Mullingar yesterday.

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