€12,740 Approved for Community-Based Integration Projects in Laois
Funding of €12,740 has been allocated for local community-based integration projects in Laois.
This funding is being made available to local communities to promote integration...
Laois and Offaly links in Zambia explored as local Minister makes trip to African...
A recent Ministerial visit to Zambia has highlighted the great work being done by people with Laois and Offaly links.
Minister for International Development, Sean...
Liam Hyland at 90: From Ballacolla to Brussells – former Laois TD and MEP...
It's a Friday afternoon in Fearagh outside Ballacolla. Liam Hyland opens the door of his home and welcomes us with a handshake as warm...
Sinn Fein select second candidate to contest Local Elections in Portlaoise area
Sinn Fein have selected a second candidate to run for them in the Local Election which will take place in May 2024.
Maria McCormack, of...
Laois TD calls on Minister to prioritise investment into Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
Laois TD, Brian Stanley has called on Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to prioritise investment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
The Sinn...
Laois TD calls on Minister for Transport to carry out a reveiw into the...
Laois TD, Brian Stanley is calling on Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan to carry out a review into the National Car Test system, saying,...
‘Increasing concern for the future of midlands disability employment services’ says local TD
Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has renewed her call to the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, to provide a firm commitment...
From the Archives – 1985 Election Memories: A Fianna Fáil landslide, first woman elected,...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on April 22 2019.
The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...
Stanley: ‘It is clear that the Government is totally failing to get to grips...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has expressed concern after it was revealed that the Government has massively underspent its budget for social and...
Meet the ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ adopted Laois woman who hopes to run in...
A woman living in Killenard who describes herself as ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ and who is a member of the Laois Volunteer Support Team,...
Well-known Timahoe man enters the race to contest 2024 Local Elections as Fianna Fáil...
Well-known Timahoe man Willie Ramsbottom is to seek the Fianna Fáil nomination to contest the 2024 Local Elections for Laois County Council.
Ramsbottom declared his...
2019 independent Local Election candidate joins Fianna Fáil ranks
Naeem Iqbal, the Pakistani native who contested the last Local Elections in the Portlaoise area as an independent candidate, has joined Fianna Fáil and...
Slowly and surely the 2024 Local Elections are coming into focus
Is it too soon? Too early to be looking ahead to the 2024 Local Elections?
Last week when it was confirmed that Marie Tuohy is...
New Labour councillor confirmed following Noel Tuohy’s retirement
Laois County Council is set to get a new councillor following the decision of the Labour party locally to select a replacement for Noel...
Laois-Offaly fire fighters need progress on terms and conditions – Stanley
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says the issues relating to retained Fire Fighters have “been well flagged with Government in the past and...
2022 Remembered: US president Joe Biden to visit Laois village as link established with...
On April 1st we broke the news that US President Joe Biden would be adding a Laois stop to his Ireland visit.
US President Joe...
2022 Remembered: Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant by...
2022 began with Fine Gael's Barry Walsh emerging as the de facto replacement candidate for Mary Sweeney’s Laois County Council seat.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh...
2022 Remembered: Flanagan intends to contest next General Election, though uncertainty abounds over how...
In April, experienced Laois TD, Charlie Flanagan announced his intentions to contest the next general election and extend his more than three decades as...
Laois Cathaoirleach is the first councillor in Ireland to benefit from maternity leave for...
Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Thomasina Connell will be the first Councillor in Ireland to benefit from the new measures set out in the...
Change of government needed, not Lanigan’s Ball says Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley
Sinn Féin TD for Laois-Offaly Brian Stanley has said “that rather than a change of Taoiseach, the country needs a change of Government’’.
Ahead of...
Labour Party to begin process of selecting replacement as the hugely popular Noel Tuohy...
The Labour Party are hoping to have a replacement for Portlaoise councillor Noel Tuohy in situ for the February meeting of Laois County Council.
Cllr...
End of an era as popular Laois County Councillor announces decision to retire
Portlaoise-based Laois County Councillor Noel Tuohy has announced that he stepping down from his position due to medical reasons.
Cllr Tuohy, who was elected to...
From the Archives – Referendum Watch: How Laois-Offaly voted in the 1986 Divorce Referendum
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in the lead up the referendum that year on the 8th Amendment.
In less than a month, the...
Progress demanded on provision of domestic violence refuge in Laois
Local Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley raised the need to prioritise a domestic violence refuge in the county.
Speaking in the Dáil he stressed the...
Laois Cathaoirleach announces pregnancy as she makes political history in the county
Laois County Council Cathaoirleach Thomasina Connell has announced that she is expecting a baby - making her the first sitting councillor to give birth...
Local TD welcomes defence measures announced in budget 2023
Local TD Cathal Barry has welcomed the defence measures announced in Budget 2023.
The former Army Ranger, an Independent based in Portarlington, welcomed the €67m...
Stanley: ‘Government has failed to support low- and middle-income earners’
The Government has failed to adequately support low- and middle-income workers and renters in Budget 2023, according to Laois-Offaly Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley.
Deputy...
Sinn Féin TD welcomes ‘long overdue’ changes to social/council housing threshold
Laois-Offaly Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley says the announcement to be made by the Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien for an increase in the...
Thomasina Connell: ‘We’re due to have a General Election in 2025 … I’d relish...
Thomasina Connell, the current Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, says she would "relish" the opportunity to be a candidate for Fine Gael at the...
ATMs to be banned in gambling venues, says Laois Minister
The Government is drafting legislation to ban ATMs in gambling venues, according to Laois-Offaly TD Sean Fleming and Minister of Stat in the Department...
