Tag: Laois County Council

A Laois County Councillor has called on the government to abolish the €100 annual registration fee that nurses and midwives must pay to the...

Laois County Councillors have rubberstamped a plan to invest more than €130 million in capital projects from 2021 to 2023. The plan, unveiled by Laois...

A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works to be carried out on what he described as the 'second most dangerous bend' in...

With shops and businesses around the County having reopened their doors following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions from Level 5 to Level 3, Laois...

The mobile telecommunications company Eir has been branded the 'most disastrous company in Ireland' and an 'absolute disgrace' by two Laois County Councillors. The company's...

One of the features of lockdown life this year has been an increase in people out cycling and walking. But secondary school students cycling to...

Independent Councillor Ben Brennan has called on Laois County Council to do more to ensure that Laois people on the housing waiting list are...

A further €47,000 fund is being made available to community and voluntary groups in Laois to help them deal with Covid-19. The funding, which is...

The Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council has called on the HSE to provide an update on what she says is the 'non-existent' HSE Community...

Laois County Council are to call on the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to increase bed capacity for those suffering with dementia. Cllr Willie Aird...

Laois County Council has become the eleventh electoral authority to call on the Office of Public Works to exhume the bodies of five men...

More than three years after being closed, the refurbished public toilets in the heart of Portlaoise are set to open this week. The toilets have...

Laois County Councillors have called on the Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, to abolish Strategic Housing Developments (SHD) immediately. Normally applications for planning permission first...

Laois County Councillor John Joe Fennelly has called on Transport Infrastructure Ireland to erect a fence on the Abbeyleix/Durrow road following a number of...

A Laois County Councillor has said he is being 'scalded' on the phone on a daily basis over the installation of new LED lights...

Laois County Councillors have approved the signing of a 'Cultural Accord' between an historic Australian site and a Laois house. The Eureka Centre in Victoria,...

A Laois soccer club and a special needs school are to benefit from the leasing of lands owned by Laois County Council to them. For...

Laois County Council has approved the sale of 1.56 hectares of land to a company who are planning an expansion. AuBren have purchased the site...

Youth Work Ireland Laois has received €38,000 through the LGBTI+ Communities Integration Fund. A total of €700,000 has been distributed to 29 projects through Ireland...

Laois County Council have said that they are taking the final steps in the process of taking the Gracefield Manor estate in Ballylinan in...

"I know of one elderly man living alone in a council house who could not sleep for two weeks because the battery in his...

The community of Laois has come together to support LGBTI+ awareness week from November 16-20 which will culminate in the raising of the LGBTI+...

The Department of Education to provide grants for every primary and post-primary school in Laois this year. In the case of primary schools, the minimum...

The Laois County Council budget for 2021 will be €78,883,000 - an increase of €500,001 from 2020. The increase in spending was accepted by Councillors...

Local residents in The Swan and anyone who has ever travelled through the Laois village will know that it's a prime location for speeding...

Life assurance or insurance companies must not be allowed to increase premiums or introduce penalties on policies of people who undergo a Covid-19 test. So...

Gardai and Laois County Council have dismantled a stockpile of material that appeared to be set up to become a bonfire. The duo teamed up...

Anyone who has travelled to Europe or further afield is likely to have used an Uber to get from one destination to another. Essentially, Uber...

There is a big need for a skate park in the town of Portarlington, according to local councillor Aidan Mullins. Cllr Mullins made the suggestion...

There are some people that go over and above for their community and the late Niall McElwaine in Portarlington was one such man. The Donegal...