Gardaí conducting an Operation Thor anti crime checkpoint on the Tullaroan Road made the discovery after they stopped a vehicle...

As of midnight Monday, 31 August, there was a further 217 confirmations across the country.

They're among a number of road-related issues locally in the past week

It replaces the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme set up in March to help struggling during Covid-19.

Gardaí were alerted to the fire at a house at Pintown in Cloncracken at around 4am

One man was hospitalised following the incident in the Canal Walk area

Mark Collins has been in the industry since the last 1980s and most recently can be heard on KCLR96fm

Dublin, Limerick, Tipperary and Wexford have also recorded high incidence rates in the same two week period.

The amenity's set to be a state-of-the-art, 24km cycling and walking route linking New Ross with Ferrybank through South Kilkenny.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has sought two nominees, a man and a woman.