Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

According to the regional breakdown, Roscommon had the second lowest rate of one-year re-offences nationwide, at 12%.

Investigations are ongoing.

Post mortem examinations are due to take place on both bodies.

The incidents happened in the early hours of this morning

Non-residential buildings refer to locations not specifically designed to house people such as former office or retail units.

Thousands of birds will be culled after the flu was discovered in County Monaghan.

As the country battles a housing and homelessness crisis, the report highlights that Longford recorded the highest percentage of local authority owned dwellings which were vacant at the end of last year at 7.19%