If a motorist drives over the speed limit they get three penalty points and a fixed charge fine of €160, with that amount growing to €240 if not paid within 28 days.

A man in his 30s was taken by air ambulance to the Mater Hospital in Dublin where he remains in a serious, but non-life threatening condition.

The Longford Divisional Drugs Unit and local Gardaí conducted a search of a premises in the town earlier this week under operation Tara.

The man passed away in the aftermath of the crash at Sligo University Hospital.

Emergency services attended the two vehicle crash on the Ballinalee Road in the town at 10pm last night.

Garda investigations are ongoing into the burglary in Flanagan's in Castleplunkett last Thursday morning at around 4 o'clock.

The 87-year-old died outside his Rooskey home in January 2020 and his family believes he was violently attacked.