Nine out of ten local fire brigades are out attending the scenes of incidents caused by Storm Debi.

The L2808 Oldcastle Road out of Ballyjamesduff had been closed by An Garda Síochána following the discovery.

17,000 premises across Cavan are included in the State's Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabites per second.

According to Cllr Smith, farmers who did not plant commercially and have ash trees dying along their road will be at a huge financial expanse to remove them.

Cllr Smith is calling for the appropriate infrastructure to be put in place.

Colleagues say the sudden passing of Cllr Damien O'Reilly (40) is a "massive blow for politics".

During a special event at Wednesday's National Ploughing Championships, the local students were presented with the Irish Angus-Cross calves they will rear as part of the competition.