A round-up of today's other regional news stories in brief
Shots fired at Garda car in Limerick
A leading member of one of the factions involved in a "new feud" in Limerick city was in Garda custody last night after shots were fired at an unmarked patrol car.
Two gardaí escaped uninjured. The shooting took place at 9pm on Sunday in the O'Malley Park area of Southill. A 37-year-old man was arrested 90 minutes later and was still being held last night.
Gardaí have said the recent violence is linked to a dispute between two families in the Southill area who have become embroiled in a "new feud".
Supt Frank O'Brien of Roxboro Garda station described Sunday night's attack on gardaí as a "worrying" development in the feud, but said that it would not prevent gardaí from tackling crime in the area.
Protest over ESB power line
More than 60 people held a "pylon protest" at an ESB depot outside Boyle, Co Roscommon, yesterday to highlight their opposition to a proposed high power voltage line.
They are members of the newly formed Safe (Safe Alternative For Electricity) group who live along the route of the proposed 220kV overhead power line from Flagford, near Carrick on- Shannon, to Srananagh, Co Sligo.
The ESB said the Flagford-Srananagh power line was a vital project in the continuing development of the region and had full planning permission.
Rooskey business park planned
Plans have been unveiled for a €40 million business park on the site of the former Glanbia plant at Rooskey, Co Roscommon.
The project, which requires planning permission, may take up to five years to complete. The 37-acre site has been bought by a local company for some €11 million. The park will include an enterprise centre, mooring berths and a walkway to the Shannon.
Great Blasket plans face delay
Conservation plans by the State for the Great Blasket Island off Co Kerry may be delayed by two years while Blascaod Mór Teo (BMT) awaits planning permission for a cafe and services building and other works to its holdings on the island.
Contract agreements between landowners, particularly the BMT, which owns 17 of the 25 holdings, have now been signed and returned to the Office of Public Works.
After protracted negotiations, agreement was reached over a week ago and offers made for the purchase of a number of landholdings on the island.
However, the State will have to wait until planning permission is granted to BMT before it acquires the land.
Land access talks ruled out
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association has said it will no longer engage with Comhairle na Tuaithe, the countryside council, on the issue of access to land for recreation.
The Limerick-based organisation has written to Minister for Rural Affairs Eamon Ó Cuív, saying it will continue negotiating with his department and an expert legal group looking at the problem. However, it will not engage with Comhairle na Tuaithe, which has representation from a range of sporting and farming groups.