A Sligo Councillor has called for tougher sanctions to be introduced for those found guilty of knife crime offences.

Two people were arrested locally for such offences over the Bank Holiday weekend.

A person was arrested after a stabbing in Kinlough on Sunday morning.

A man remains in a serious condition in hospital following an alleged weekend stabbing incident in Sligo.

The incident happened in the Church Hill area of the town in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Another man was arrested in connection with the incident. 

A Garda investigation is ongoing.

Speaking to Ocean FM news, Deputy Mayor of the Sligo Borough and Sinn Fein Cllr Arthur Gibbons believes that there needs to be tougher sanctions for knife crime:

Stormont's Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is appealing the decision of a Belfast court to overturn permission for Northern Ireland's biggest roads project.

The €1.3 billion euro upgrade to the A5 is an important link for the wider northwest including Donegal - and it's supported with €600 million euro of Irish Government money.

It affects a 55km section linking Strabane and Ballygawley.

SDLP West Tyrone MLA, Daniel McCrossan, says there were concerns about the environment and scheduling - but he says the project's vital to save lives.

Bundoran has been hit by a major water outage overnight.

Hundreds of people are thought to be affected by a burst to the main supply which caters to the town.

It could be later this afternoon at the earliest before water is restored to all areas.

Local Sinn Fein Cllr Michael McMahon says every effort is underway to carry out repair works as quickly as possible:

A number of weather warnings are now in operation in the North West, after Storm Floris made landfall in the early hours of this morning.

Met Éireann says there could be damaging gusts and localised flooding, particularly in the west and north-west - with hazardous driving conditions and overtopping waves along coasts.

Status yellow wind and rain alerts are in place across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.

The RNLI's Water Safety Lead, Linda Gene-Byrne, is advising people to check their local forecast before heading near water - and watch out for offshore winds:

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