Tag: Cllr John King

Signposts of places in Laois have ended up in the Canary Islands and pubs in New York - so say two Laois County Councillors. Independent...

A proposal to introduce a one-way traffic system for the town of Durrow has been greeted with an emphatic thumbs down by the local...

A Laois County Councillor has said that he has had more queries for lighting in rural areas than anything else this winter. Cllr Conor Bergin...

Rivers in a "third world state" and "the most urgent issue since I came into the council" were the basis of two motions raised...

Laois County Council are currently pursing possible locations at the Rock of Dunamaise for car parking facilities and interpretative signage. Cllr Thomasina Connell welcomed the...

The dangers to pedestrians and passers-by in one Laois town were forcibly brought home at a Council meeting this week. Local area elected representatives once...

Portlaoise Musical Society were honoured by local Councillors last night in a civic reception in Laois County Council. The group picked up the top award...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union Dangers of children going unsupervised online Aisling Moran, Local Council Election Candidate for Graiguecullen/Portarlington, tells us...

Calls have been made to carry out a safety audit on a dangerous junction in Laois at this week's Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal district meeting. The junction...

A village in Laois could be set to receive new road safety measures for traffic control. Ballaghmore, Borris-in-Ossory, was the subject of discussion for new...

€2,932,954 of funding to Laois County Council for the provision of fourteen new social homes at St. Kieran’s Park, Errill, Co. Laois has been...

It may have been freezing cold and snowing outside but there was a clear spring in the step of the Fine Gael members who...

The last Fine Gael selection convention ahead of May's Local Elections will take place Thursday night in St Fintan's Hall in Mountrath at 8.30pm. And...

Community spirit is alive and well around the county - but perhaps nowhere more so than in Durrow, where a vibrant group have been...

Laois County Council received an early Christmas gift today with the news that over €4million in funding is being made available for 22 new...

One new Irish Heart Foundation Slí na Sláinte walking route developed by Laois County Council, was launched in Mountmellick on Friday the 23rd of...

A Rathdowney housing estate built in 1995 is to be taken in charge in 2019. Brodericks housing estate in Knockiel, Rathdowney is proposed to be...

Two notices of motion were raised to carry out road works in the latest Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal district meeting. One of these motions was for the...

An official meeting aimed at combating violence in sport is set to take place next Thursday, November 29, It will be a public meeting in...

In February 2018 the Business Support Unit launched the Laois Commuter Survey with the aim of building a commuter profile detailing the skills, education...

There's not too many official functions you'll attend where a local politican will lead a sing-song - but that's exactly what happened in Emo...

"What we're building now are ghettos," said Cathaoirleach of Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal district Paddy Bracken in relation to people not being able to afford houses...

O'Malley's Pub in Rathdowney was the place to be on Monday night as Cllr John King was welcomed back to his native town as...

Councillor John King serenaded Laois County Council with his rendition of Lovely Laois as he was elected Cathaoirleach this afternoon. The Rathdowney councillor was elected...

Local councillors have called the ongoing dumping at Eglish Grogan, Rathdowney, an 'epidemic'. The statement was made both cllr James Kelly and cllr John King...

The words "Mammy, I have to do a poopie" bring dread to every parent that attends a rural playground without toilet facilities says Cllr...

A bizarre story surfaced from the latest Borris-in-Ossory/Mounmellick Municipal District Meeting, as a Councillor told the meeting of the theft of solar panels from...

Abbeyleix hospital will continue as a community hospital, it was confirmed this week. The news was relayed at the monthly meeting of Laois County Council. A...

Moves to increase speed limits at Irishtown in Mountmellick have been branded as “madness”. A review of speed limits is being put out for public...

A war of words erupted this morning when it emerged that Cllr John King is to serve a second term as chairman of the...