Nationally, 1,200 people received Irish citzenship at Monday's ceremony.

The report also shows that the 3 counties in the Shannonside region required the lowest average income to purchase a house, as well as some of the lowest rent prices nationally.

The HSE are advising people over the bank holiday not to socialise if they have Covid symptoms.

The figures released by IPAS show that there is now over 26,000 asylum seekers currently being housed in Ireland.

According to the report, Leitrim and Westmeath have the highest proportion of beds contracted to the Government in the region.

As families spend time at home over the holiday period, BirdWatch Ireland is asking people to spend a short amount of time each week watching their garden birds and recording what they see.

There has been an increase in cases of flu among young children as the HSE urges parents to get their kids vaccinated.

Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon hold some of the country's lowest figures.