"We want to secure our future and we are taking steps at the moment in order to ensure that," says Christine Wynne of SOSAD Cavan.

The event will take place at the Errigal Hotel in Cootehill on Monday October 21st.

Data from the Central Statistics Office show there were 13 motor thefts in the two counties in the first three months of the year.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the disappearance of 8-year-old Kyran Durnin from Drogheda who has been missing since August 30th.

Captain Robert Nairac a British intelligence officer, was taken by the IRA after being confronted outside a pub near the village of Drumintee, in south Armagh in 1977.

Two people in the car were taken to hospital by ambulance with the scene of the collision preserved overnight for an examination by Gardaí.

The investment at Hearty's Folk Cottage in Crossmaglen will include an extension of 17 chalets.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward.