Average monthly rents in Leitrim stood at €800 per month.

Councillor Ward says he received no correspondence on this occasion and in recent months renewed his call.

Tenders also set to be opened for a new Ambulatory Gynaecology unit in the coming weeks.

Just 53% of defects found by inspectors in the county were actually fixed.

While The 06:19 Longford to Pearse train was 38 minutes late. The 05:40 Sligo Connolly operated at a 60 minute delay.

HIQA inspections are routinely carried out at public and private health care facilities to ensure standards are being met

The EPA IS concerned that the number of notified septic tank failures left unfixed by householders for more than two years has increased five-fold since 2016

The project will meet the needs of several different sporting groups across the county