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‘Someone is going to be killed’ – Deer crossing busy Laois...

Three busy Laois roads are experiencing a high level of deer crossing them and this is causing serious concern. So a meeting of the Joint...

‘Sky-high energy bills and electricity supply shortages are not being addressed’...

A Laois TD has called on the government to tackle energy bills after two of his constituents received huge bills. Speaking in the Dail, Sinn...

Laois TD calls for eviction ban to be extended in the...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley told the Minister for Housing in the Dáil this week that the eviction ban must be extended until...

Calls for Laois secondary school to receive new PE hall made...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the need for St Fergal’s College Rathdowney to have a PE hall in the Dáil. The Laois TD...

Warm welcome as HSE confirm daycare services will remain in Abbeyleix

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has confirmed that the HSE has reversed its plan to relocate the daycare centre away from Abbeyleix Hospital. Deputy Stanley says...

Figures for 2022 show that Portlaoise Hospital A&E ‘one of the...

Figures released by Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley today show that, in 2022, Portlaoise Hospital was one of the busiest outside of Dublin. A total...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses MIDOC situation following question from Laois TD

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has addressed the situation surrounding the out of hours GP service in Laois - known as MIDOC. At the end of last...

Laois TD launches blistering attack on local Minister over deal between...

A Laois TD has launched a blistering attack on a local Minister for State over a controversial plan involving Coillte and a British investment...

Laois TD calls on IDA to ‘up their game’ and describes...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has described the most recent statistics regarding IDA's promotion of Laois and Offaly as 'appalling'. According to figures he...

Further planned upgrades of homes in Laois welcomed by Sinn Fein...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has welcomed the further roll out of energy upgrades for council housing in the county. Deputy Stanley described the continuation...

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...

‘Local community employment supervisors pay demand is finally recognised’ says Laois...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the government has recognised and conceded that Community Employment (CE) Supervisors have a legitimate pay claim. Supervisors...

‘Minister for Health must take the lead in tackling hospital crisis...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said called on the Minister for Health to 'show real leadership and take the lead in tackling the...

MIDOC arrangement is an ‘interim’ solution only says Laois TD

Local Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has described the out of hours GP service as an ‘interim solution only’. Last night, Fianna Fail TD Sean...

Ambulance response times deteriorate in the Midlands says Laois TD

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that emergency ambulance response times in the Midlands have deteriorated. Figures obtained by Sinn Féin this week show...

Change of government needed, not Lanigan’s Ball says Laois Sinn Féin...

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...

‘Electric scooters are not children’s toys’ warns Laois TD ahead of...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the need to get laws in place on e-scooters as soon as possible. The issue came before a...

Case made for Laois secondary school to receive brand new sports...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley is calling on the Minister for Education to approve funding for a sports hall at St Fergal’s College...

‘Worsening housing emergency in Laois exposed by latest Daft.ie rent report’

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has demanded that the Minister for Housing ‘take emergency action to tackle run away rents’ in Laois. Deputy Stanley was...

‘The service is no longer fit for purpose’ – Plight of...

Sinn Féin raised the urgent need to address the current staffing difficulties for firefighters in Laois and Offaly in the Dail. Addressing Minister Darragh O’Brien,...

Home Care services and need to open all bed in Abbeyleix...

Laois TD Brian Stanley raised the need to improve home care and open all beds in Abbeyleix Hospital in the Dáil recently. The Sinn Fein...

Laois TD calls for further investigation as report shows OPW spending...

The Public Accounts Committee has been called upon to further examine findings of an internal Office of Public Works (OPW) report revealing that hundreds...

Huge midlands waiting list for access to child disability network teams...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says he has received figures showing there is a huge waiting list for Child Disability Network Teams CDNT’s...

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...

Government must now introduce urgent ban on energy disconnections says Laois...

Laois TD Brian Stanley has called on the government to back a Sinn Fein motion in the Dáil to ensure households are protected from...

Resolution found as school bus for students in Laois restored following...

The school bus for students in the Emo area attending Mountmellick Community School has been approved. Parents from Emo, Vicarstown and The Rock have been...

‘Laois Community Welfare clinics needs to be reinstated’ says local TD

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has raised the need for Community Welfare Clinics to be reinstalled in Laois. Community Welfare Officers held clinics in...

‘The levy is unfair to those of us that didn’t cut...

One of the more unpopular aspects of last week's Budget was the introduction of 10% levy on concrete products from next April. The move is...

Laois TD calls for electricity price caps and the reopening of...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley called for electricity price caps and for the two midlands power stations to be reopened. Deputy Stanley made the...

Increase in income threshold for social housing in Laois widely welcomed

The publication of revised social housing income levels that will apply across the Laois Local Authority area. The change will be implemented via Ministerial Regulations...