The phone pouches are magnetically sealed and can only be unlocked by a teacher.

Cllr Maxwell said he hasn't heard one person say that what the Government is trying to do in getting phones out of schools is a bad thing.

€9m has been allocated in Budget 2025 for mobile phone pouches.

Madeline Uí Mhealóid who is the Cavan rep for SVP says even with the number of once off measures announced in Budget 2025. people are still struggling to pay their energy bills or even buy a bag of coal.

The first double social welfare payment will happen around Halloween with the second in the first week of December. 

Neven Maguire described last week's Budget announcement as a "knife through the heart" of many in the hospitality sector.

Social Justice Ireland recommended a €25 increase in welfare payments to raise the standard of living but, the budget gave less than half of that.

The location of the new cameras will be based on fatality and serious injury collision data, collected this year.