Tag: IDA
News in Brief: Over €6,000 raised for Saplings, Laois farming award...
Heritage Golf Club raise €6,100 for Saplings Special School
The Heritage Golf Club in Killenard recently held a Captain's Charity Golf weekend, raising €6,100, with...
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...
Renewed calls for IDA jobs in Laois after body purchased 45...
There have been renewed calls for the IDA to bring jobs to Laois following the news that they have purchased a considerable site in...
Grave concern expressed at recent IDA figures which show Laois ‘bottom...
Laois Chamber Alliance has written to TDs and Ministers representing Laois seeking an urgent meeting regarding the dire need for immediate action on the...
Laois dentists pick up prestigious honours at Irish Dentist Association Awards
Padraig O’Reachtagain has been named ‘Colgate Caring Dentist of the Year 2019’ for the compassionate treatment he provided to a woman who was injured...
‘Positive’ meeting between Laois politicians and IDA
A Laois TD has said that a meeting between the county's three elected Dáil representatives, Laois County Council and Martin Shanahan, CEO of the...
Drowning concerns over ‘Costa Del Sod’ and pond near IDA offices
Drowning fears have been raised over the pond at the back of the IDA offices in Portlaoise.
Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley had a motion before...
Higher Laois commitment from IDA and Enterprise Ireland welcomed
Four visits by companies to Laois so far this year may be an indication of a higher commitment from the IDA and Enterprise Ireland...
Laois on the IDA map at last says local TD
Laois TD Sean Fleming has said he is pleased that Laois is now on the IDA map as a location for future investment and...
Enterprise Ireland and IDA set to visit Laois today
Members of Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority are due in Laois today.
Martin Shanahan and Julie Sinnamon are meeting with local TDs and...
Industrial Development Authority chief coming to Laois following damning report
The Chief Executive of the Industrial Development Authority will 'visit Laois over the next couple of months', it has been revealed.
Martin Shanahan will come...
‘It is time for neglect of Laois to end’ argues Minister
Laois TD and Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, has held talks with the Tanáiste and Minister for Jobs and Enterprise, Ms Frances...
Appeal for information after Portlaoise Technology Park broken into
Gardaí are appealing for information after the Portlaoise Business and Technology Park was broken into last night.
Three units of the building were robbed at...
Wired with Whelan: Forget about the IDA … they have gone...
I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain’t been much work
On account of the economy
(The River, Bruce Springsteen)
On June 26,...
Laois bottom of list for IDA jobs once again, says Sinn...
Brian Stanley says that Laois was once again at the bottom of the list for net new jobs created by the IDA during the...
Portlaoise should become a satellite town of Dublin – Jerry Lodge
Portlaoise should designate itself as a satellite town of Dublin under the new National Planning Framework, according to a local politician.
A major shake-up is...