Longford-Westmeath TD Joe Flaherty recently raised the issue in the Dáil.

In January, it was confirmed that eight family places are expected to be made available by the end of next year in Longford.

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.