However, in a statement issued to Shannonside FM News, the Department of Integration have confirmed today that no contract has been signed for the use of the building.

13 families will be housed in the Riverwalk apartments from mid-June.

The formal state ceremony will be attended by Taoiseach Simon Harris and Culture Minister Catherine Martin.

The event will include military honours and a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of all those who suffered or perished during the Famine.

Local Gardaí say the youth was attacked by four assailants at the Train Station at 3 o'clock on Saturday.

The incident took place in front of a number of members of the public

The scene is currently being preserved for a technical examination.

The Great Famine claimed the lives of a million people between 1845 and 1852, and was brought on by a potato blight.