Cllr Des Guckian brought forward a motion at the latest Carrick on Shannon Municipal District meeting to ask why some houses for the elderly in the Treanmore area of Mohill have been let to people of a much younger age.

With St Patrick's Day just around the corner, here is all you need to know about how our locality will be celebrating Ireland's patron saint!

They say the male appeared to stay in the building for 3 hours, taking a number of identifiable old coins from the premises.

The incident occurred at approximately 2am this morning in Mohill.

An Garda Síochána values the public's input in developing their community policing plan for the new year.

Also included in the plans are a new restaurant, bar, leisure centre and pool along with spa and treatment rooms.