It's emerged that a number of applicants in Leitrim are still awaiting correspondence in relation to their application for the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme.

Thousands of homes, farms and businesses throughout the county were left without power for an extended period of time following Storm Éowyn.

Figures published by the Department of Social Protection to 7LÁ earlier this year show there were 4,387 applications in the county.

Sinn Féin Councillor Róisín Kenny says ultimately, its about providing supports for those on the ground:

The Final Whistle on Thursday night came live from Seán Óg's Bar in Ballyshannon, with an 'Up for the Match' special ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland football final between Donegal and Kerry.

Guests included Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland winning captain Anthony Molloy, Silvester Maguire, Niall McCready, Jimmy Langan, Galway's three-time All-Ireland winner in the 1960s Sean Meade - and many more...

Sligo pro surfer Gearóid McDaid produced the biggest performance of his career so far, at Santa Cruz in Portugal, to win the men's final at the European Surfing Championships 2025 (EuroSurf) on Thursday.

Listen to his post-final interview here with EuroSurf TV here...

We've sent Paddy McGill home for this Donegal GAA podcast episode - to his beloved Ardara.

There, he met up with the first Donegal man to lift the Sam Maguire - in 1992 - Big Anthony Molloy.

Here is their conversation.

It's hoped that more can be done to assist coastal communities in west Sligo from further coastal erosion.

There have been ongoing fears that several areas have been left vulnerable due to the erosion with areas such as Easkey and Enniscrone worst hit.

The fund has been increased nationally in recent months to €90,000 to assist those on the ground.

Work began earlier this year to instal rock armour at the Coast Road in Easkey, which is set to provide some comfort to those locally.

However, local Independent Councillor Joe Queenan says greater funding at a national level would be a major step forward in the right direction.

Donald Trump says serious negotiations are underway between the US and the EU on tariffs.

Both sides are hoping to work out a trade deal before the US President's self-imposed deadline of August 1st.

The bloc's trade chief Maros Sefcovic discussed the latest developments with his American counterparts yesterday.

It's believed the US would be willing to drop its tariff demands to 15 per cent on European goods.

The talks hold significant importance for the North West and the many pharmaceutical that are based in this region.

Earlier in the summer there was speculation that a number of redundancies were being offered by Abbott in Sligo with 70 staff across its plants in Sligo and Longford are said to be impacted.

President Trump says he would be willing to move from his previous threat of a 30 per cent tariff:

The Community of Maguire’s Bridge in County Fermanagh are attempting to come to terms with the devastating events of yesterday where three people died.

Police are treating the deaths of two children and a woman in a shooting as a triple murder.

A man who was found at the house where the shooting took place is in hospital with serious injuries.

The DUP's Deborah Erskine, who represents the village in the Northern Ireland Assembly, says everyone's in "total shock":

A county Fermanagh community has been left numb after two people have died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting incident.

Emergency services received a call about an incident in a house in the Drummeer Road area of Maguiresbridge at around twenty past eight this morning.

Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

The two others were treated for serious injuries before being taken to hospital.

Local DUP MLA Deborah Erskine says it's a harrowing development:

Two people have died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting incident which took place in Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh this morning.

The incident occurred in the Drummeer Road area of the town,

The Road is closed and PSNI say there is no ongoing risk to the public.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it received a 999 call at 8.21am and dispatched crews to the scene.

It’s been reported that one person was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, and another was taken to South West Acute Hospital in nearby Enniskillen by ambulance.

Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Jemma Dolan says the events of this morning has shocked the local community and the entire county of Fermanagh.

The Sinn Fein elected representative has been speaking to Ocean FM’s John Lynch

The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council is calling for as many Private Group water schemes to be registered for inspection as soon as possible.

The calls from Cllr. Donal Gilroy come the Environmental Protection Agency says there's an urgent need for mandatory registration of private drinking water supplies.

A number of local private group schemes have been identified as having E coli failures including those at Keelouges, Castlegrange, Gurteen Clonmore, and Carrownadargney

Reacting to the findings in this latest publication the Fianna Fail Councillor, Donal Gilroy says no chances can be taken with conditions such as E.Coli in water schemes.

He says it's vital that all schemes are registered