A total of 150 fines were issued for littering in County Longford last year.

The government's National Risk Assessment highlights the unavoidable global risks to the country.

Pesticides must only be used where strictly necessary.

The local social enterprise collects the old paint from civic amenity sites in Roscommon and Longford before processing it at its base.

Leitrim and Longford have been approved for funding and the government hopes to fill the positions by September.

The launch ceremony for the new bus fleet will be officially performed by Minister Eamon Ryan

Some of the measures included in the Bill are bound to cause controversy

Local farmers are not happy with the higher rate of the emissions target.