Contracts for the construction of the skate park were signed last week, with work expected to begin before year's end.

Community, sporting, and voluntary groups are now urged to gather the details of local defibs and register them on an online form on the council website.

Leitrim County Council has issued an alert.

Glennon Brothers Timber and Kiernan Milling received the go ahead this week.

Local Councillors met the council executive last week to highlight concerns.

Students have spent weeks developing the projects that will be displayed in Edgeworthstown today

The comments come following a report that showed Longford County Council not directly building any social housing last year.

The figures we're released at the April meeting of Leitrim Country Council