Formerly of Rialto, Dublin, he was the former editor of the Longford Leader and owner of the Longford News.

Sligo-Leitrim TD Marian Harkin said that the current funding for apprenticeships has more than doubled since Budget 2020.

Several counties across the south and east are continuing clean-up efforts following Storm Chandra.

Oscar's mum Clare Lawlor Lynch said that during a routine scan at 18 weeks it was discovered her unborn son had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.

In the Mayo, Roscommon and Longford Division, a total of 8,767 checkpoints were conducted over the year.

Leslie O'Hora, who's a Green Party representative based in Carrick-on-Shannon, says our weather is becoming even more unpredictable.

That's according to local man Michael Scally, who says people are missing their bus because they're going to the wrong stop.

Nearly three in four people here support an Australian-style ban on social media for under 16s, according to Amárach poll in the Irish Daily Mail.