Tag: Carol Nolan

A local TD has hit out at reports that a piece of legislation that would majorly clamp down on the sale and supply of...

The HSE has confirmed that there are currently 251 applications from people in the Midlands who cannot find a GP to take them on...

The prison system has been described as being at 'breaking point' by a local TD following figures in relation overcrowding. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee...

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has confirmed that approximately 150,000 people immigrated to Ireland in the 12 months between April 2023 and April 2024. The...

A third of all students in Ireland say that they are experiencing serious or very serious financial problems. That is according the latest Eurostudent survey,...

Research by the Oireachtas Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimates social housing needs in Laois at over €400 million. The PBO's research analysed the number of...

"The slogan in this country for many years has been, reduce, reuse, recycle; and when the people of Ireland do the right thing, the...

Two Comfort Chairs donated to Portlaoise Hospital's Palliative Care Rooms The Friends of Portlaoise Hospital have donated of two Comfort Chairs to the Sieve Bloom...

A TD for Laois/Offaly has described Ireland's decision to opt in to the EU's Asylum and Migration Pact as "a political earthquake." Following a series...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he "instinctively agrees" with a proposal to review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for bus drivers employed by...

Laois residents are being warned to be vigilant of reports a new scam related to the ongoing issues within Are Lingus, with one Midlands...

Renewed calls have been made to increase rate of pay that currently apply to carers in receipt of state pensions. There is a belief that older...

Sinn Féin has confirmed that the rail beds connecting the three bogs that Bord Na Mona owned in Laois will now be retained for...

Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has said that “late notice no shows by bodies called before...

Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has said that many rural residents are witnessing what amounts to 'an effective collapse in rural located...

Independent TD Carol Nolan has called for greater levels of clarity on how the State intends to effectively recycle wind turbine blades. Deputy Nolan, who...

Workers at Bord na Mona say they are being left "in an intolerable state of limbo," as the company is continually failing to clarify...

Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has strongly criticised attempts by senior Government figures to dismiss concerns relating to immigration. Deputy Nolan described the...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue must consider drafting in additional departmental staff to clear the current backlog of ACRES payments,...

The Road Safety Authority has confirmed that applicants seeking to take their driving test at the Portlaoise Test Centre are facing a minimum wait-time...

An analysis by the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has predicted revenue losses for the dairy sector in counties Laois and Offaly. The...

New data has uncovered the uncomfortable fact that Irish households are paying the highest electricity prices in Europe. A price comparison index, commissioned by the...

The National Car Testing Service (NCT) has taken the decision to adopt a ‘cashless’ payment policy for those wishing to have their vehicles declared...

Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has said that 'catastrophic social and financial costs will be incurred unless there is an immediate step-change in...

The States almost 2000 retained firefighters will be asked to suspend their prolonged strike action, which dramatically escalated since Saturday, August 12. The news comes...

The ongoing housing supply crisis is having a growing and disproportionate affect on teachers. It was revealed that are over 1,000 unfilled teaching vacancies being...

Ireland's 2,000 retained firefighters have dramatically escalated their industrial action since Saturday, August 12. SIPTU, on behalf of its members, stated that all internal communication...

It has emerged that Bord na Mona is to seek consent from An Bord Pleanála for historic peat extraction at the Garryhinch and Garrymore...

Independent TD Carol Nolan says that community pharmacists across her constituency have indicted there is a strong likelihood they will be forced to operate...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he is personally in favour of allowing workers such as bus drivers, to continue working past the age...