Tag: Willie Aird

It was a busy day in Laois County Council this week with the Portlaoise Municipal District holding their November monthly meeting. The seven Councillors in...

There's nothing like a cold, dark, car park in November to bring home the reality of a winter election. But in the Mountmellick Development Association...

A meeting has been called with the officials of Bord na Mona to discuss the possibility of opening the proposed O'Moore Way in Portlaoise. The...

Like the rest of the country, Willie Aird doesn't know when the General Election is going to be. But he knows one thing. He's...

A significant local political decision will be made this evening in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise when the Fine Gael members in Laois vote...

Fine Gael members in Laois have been told to be ready for a September convention, where they will decide who to run for the...

Willie Aird has been elected as the chairman of the Portlaoise Municipal District for the next 12 months - but only after a fairly...

The first time Willie Aird was eligible to vote, he voted for himself! That was way back in 1979 when he was elected to...

A draft proposal for the Portlaoise Local Area Plan is to be published "in the coming weeks" and will include details of the urban...

Calls have been made for safety improvements to be implemented at The Rock National School, with Laois County Councillors expressed concern for students, teachers...

Fine Gael Councillor Willie Aird says he is solely focused on retaining his seat in the Laois County Council in June. Rumours had been circulating...

Two houses on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are currently being demolished with big plans in place for their replacements. The two vacant and derelict...

Fine Gael are set to select their candidates to run for the party in the Portlaoise area in next year’s Local Elections.  The party currently...

A local councilor has called on Laois County Council to install traffic calming measures on the L-6136-0 Knocknagroagh / Rathnamanagh Road. Cllr Willie Aird was...

Considerable frustration was expressed at a meeting in Laois County Council at the delay in making new social houses available. The May meeting of the...

"I have witnessed people charged with serious crimes kicking out or jostling into other who are there to seeking help from the courts." A meeting...

A Laois County Councillor has called for a pedestrian crossing to be installed outside Portlaoise GAA club. Fine Gael's Willie Aird says that he does...

A Laois County Councillor says that the funding for the construction of a new Kolbe Special School could be restored in April. Speaking at a...

There was anger in the Laois County Council Chamber yesterday as it was revealed that only 47 people had been fined for dumping in...

There has been high praise for the recently retired General Manager of Portlaoise Hospital. Last week, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed to the Portlaoise...

The HSE came under fire at a meeting in Laois County Council today over the way it configures the National Ambulance Service. The issue was...

A Laois County Councillor has pleaded with the Council to buy up homes that are for sale in the county in a bid to...

There have been calls for safety works to be carried out around the Rock of Dunamase following a recent fatality. On Friday October 7, an...

Laois County Council recently received funding of more than €500,000 to allow it carry out improvement works on rural lanes across the county. There are...

Disappointment has been expressed as the search for a site for a Women's Refuge in Laois has been unsuccessful so far. In February, it was...

There's nowhere on Fr Browne Avenue in Portlaoise to cross safely, according to Cllr Willie Aird, due to three times the amount of traffic...

Laois County Council needs to learn from the mistakes of the past and build a new link between the Stradbally Road and the Dublin...

Laois County Councillors met in full in the Council Chamber to formally sign off on the Laois County Development Plan which will cover the...

Laois County Council plans to carry out a lighting survey of all pedestrian crossings in Portlaoise. This comes following concerns that some are dangerous due...

In the coming years, Dunamase College will move into a new build secondary school on the Timahoe Road in Portlaoise, close to the old...