Castleross Nursing Home can accommodate up to 125 residents, having 91 single and 17 twin bedrooms

It comes as the regulator reports a 38 per cent rise in concerns raised about charities last year.

Figures released by Minister Norma Foley through a parliamentary question also revealed no service statements were completed across the two counties in Quarter One of this year.

Some food businesses in the Blayney area have also had to close because of water outages.

Proposed works include the repurposing and reconfiguring of existing boiler house to specialist training facility

Uisce Éireann has submitted an application to Monaghan County Council to carry out the works at its infrastructure in Oram village

Gardai say there was a man is in his 30s, in an open carpark with a knife.

The Garda spokesperson said a number of items of jewellery were taken and investigations are ongoing.