The government says it’s not opposed to the motion, but all tax measures are subject to Budgetary consideration and EU regulations.

He died peacefully at the Mater Hospital in Dublin early this morning.

The post office in the county town will now be run by a contractor and will most likely move from its current location on the Square.

The Dáil debated the bill yesterday, but the government said it needs to assess last week's Citizen's Assembly report first.

Minister Helen McEntee is set to comfortably survive the Sinn Fein motion today with the support of Government TDs and independent deputies.

The Roscommon Galway TD did support the Sinn Fein motion calling for Israel to be referred to the International Criminal Court.

The motion was also supported by deputies Thomas Pringle, Joan Collins, Michael McNamara, and Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice.

It follows the aggressive targeting of politicians as they arrived and left the Dail last week.