40 vacant property refurbishment grants granted approved locally this year

Over 40 vacant property refurbishment grant applications have been approved in the Shannonside region in the first three months of this year.

The grants are used to bring more homes back into residential use.

There were 18 applications approved in Longford up to the end of March this year, while there were 15 approved in Leitrim.

Meanwhile, there have been nine applications approved in Roscommon in the first three months of this year, but the county has the highest amount of applications received locally so far this year with 23.