Tag: Cllr Aidan Mullins

The loss of rates payment by businesses to Laois County Council could end up costing them millions in lost income, it has been revealed. Sinn...

This piece by John Whelan originally featured on LaoisToday on April 28, 2019, ahead of the Local Elections. In the biggest blow to local government...

An official trip to the United States by a small Laois delegation on the occasion of the St Patrick’s Day festivities is going ahead,...

Sinn Féin forces in Laois have lined up to blast local Minister Charlie Flanagan for his role in organising an official State event to...

The Chinese have a saying that there is nothing under the sun that is not political. And so it is. Even the make-up of Strategic...

A boil notice for a day is a nuisance; for a week, well that’s a bother; for a year, you’d say ‘you’ve got to...

The vexed issue of anti-social behaviour in housing estates and unruly threatening behaviour from those responsible continues to preoccupy the authorities. Albeit with some reluctance...

Not for the first time Laois elected representatives this week once again trained their sights on the Health Minister, Simon Harris as they highlighted...

The horrendous incidents from some Laois housing estates revealed this week are so shocking as to seem improbable, implausible, and impossible even. Unfortunately, they are...

Lights at pedestrian crossings not being turned on can cause road accidents, say local councillors. The discussion arose during yesterday's Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District meeting. Cllr Aidan...

It has been revealed that the 2019 allocation for adaption works to the social housing stock within the county is €242,000. This is a reduction...

A Laois County Councillor has hit out at the slow pace of counting in the Local Elections in the county at the end of...

Described as being an 'awful eyesore,' the derelict former AIB building is set to be rejuvenated and converted into seven apartments in Portarlington. Alongside this...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil), Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin) and Tom Mulhall (Fine Gael) are the...

Depending on whether you're a resident who comes under the Laois County Council authority or a resident who comes under Carlow County Council, you...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union In the biggest blow to local government in forty years and the greatest damage inflicted...

Sinn Fein have chosen their final candidate to run in the upcoming Local Elections in May. Cllr Aidan Mullins was ratified at a Convention last...

Councillor Aidan Mullins made the claim that 'Bob the Builder would have done a better job', following the completion of works on footpaths in...

Gardai in Portarlington have been accused of 'running away' from problems that the community in Portarlington is experiencing with travellers. The claim was made at...

The pyramids were built quicker in Egypt than a housing estate in Laois, according to a local councillor. The claim was made by Cllr Aidan...

Council officials, accompanied by the Gardaí, moved this morning to remove the temporary dwellings - including a caravan and portable toilets -  from the...

Some residents in Portarlington are living within 50 feet of where raw sewage is overflowing onto the ground, leading to local councillor Aidan Mullins...

Following a number of recent incidents at Portarlington playground, a local councillor has called for CCTC cameras to be installed and public lighting to...

Portarlington-based Laois County Councillor Aidan Mullins says "there are enough things in Portarlington screaming out for funding" without having €1million ring-fenced for a relief...

Traffic control measures, including new traffic lights, could be introduced following a traffic survey in Portarlington. Cllr Aidan Mullins confirmed that in response to his...

Five people became homeless in Laois in just one day, underlining the housing crisis engulfing Laois. Cllr Aidan Mullins said it was a “particularly bad...

Residents of Killenard Lodge were again without water over the weekend, when a number of families were celebrating their children’s Communion. “It was very embarrasing,...

A local Councillor has called on the Laois County Council to enquire about the possibility of buying the site of the former Avon factory...

Parts of Portarlington have been described as being like 'a third world country' by a County Councillor. Sinn Féin Councillor Aidan Mullins made the claim...

Illegal parking in Portarlington was labelled an “absolute disgrace” at the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal Authority meeting this week. Cllr Tom Mulhall said illegal parking and temporary...