Tag: Laois County Council
Sinn Féin lambast Minister Flanagan on RIC event and call for...
Sinn Féin forces in Laois have lined up to blast local Minister Charlie Flanagan for his role in organising an official State event to...
Concerns prevail over Electric Picnic 2020 crowds and controls
Tickets for the Electric Picnic 2020 are completely sold out but lingering doubts and concerns continue to prevail over the increased crowds and safety...
Support for farmers but claims that Minister thinks ‘milk comes from...
Farmers protesting over poor prices for their produce from the factories and supermarkets have got more moral support in Laois this week.
A motion before...
Sheep kills ‘no laughing matter’ dog owners warned
With the 2020 lambing season just around the corner, dog owners have been warned to keep their dogs under control.
Graphic and gory accounts of...
Minister Flanagan furious over St Mary’s sports hall debacle
Minister Charlie Flanagan has reacted angrily and expressed his dismay at the abject failure by Laois County Council to take up a Government grant...
Calls for ‘serious road safety’ measures at dangerous Mountmellick road
Anyone that has ever travelled from Portlaoise to Mountmellick via "the back road" will know all about the twists and turns you encounter but...
Laois County Council hit Laois GAA with rates over use of...
Laois County Council have hit Laois GAA with a bill of €18,000 in commercial rates.
Up to now, Laois GAA had never paid rates but...
Intervention needed on ‘busy’ Mountmellick Road says Cllr Dwane Stanley
A call has been made for an update on progress made to obtain funding for the three roundabouts that are needed on the Mountmellick...
Mountmellick Tidy Towns launch ‘Mutt Mitts’ in partnership with Laois County...
MUTT MITTS launched in Mountmellick this afternoon (Thursday) outside the Mountmellick Community Arts Centre.
Laois County Council, in partnership with Mountmellick Tidy Towns, is pleased...
Spate of objections to new Mountmellick housing
There is a spate of opposition after being lodged against plans to provide new housing in Mountmellick.
Dozens of objections have been made by other...
Laois Councillor welcomes funding for disability access and equipment in Portlaoise...
A call was made for an update on the position with disability access and equipment in a Portlaoise playground at the Municipal District meeting...
Calls for a crematorium in Portlaoise to give families more options
Calls have been made for a Crematorium in Portlaoise at the recent Municipal District meeting of the Portlaoise district.
Fianna Fáil Cllr, Catherine Fitzgerald made...
Not everyone happy as Portlaoise gets lion’s share of funding
A significant amount of infrastructural investment is earmarked by the Council for Portlaoise over the next 3 years.
The projections presented in the local authority’s...
Housing tops the Laois priority list for 2020
With just over €78 million at its disposal Laois County Council has set out its stall and agreed on its spending priorities for next...
Peace prevails as €78m Laois Budget is approved
They met at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month and Laois County Councillors set aside any political differences or...
DUP jibe taken as a slur at Laois meeting
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...
Check this out mate, a Laois chess tournament
So check this out! What a great idea.
A junior chess tournament for all primary school children in Laois.
The event is the brainchild of the...
Election posters ‘an important part of the democratic process and creating...
Politicians in favour of the continued use of election posters during future campaigns have set out their reasons for doing so in no uncertain...
No posters, no thanks, we’ll pass here in Laois
Yet another attempt to have election posters prohibited in Laois has gone down in flames.
Cllr Noel Tuohy is the poster boy for the ‘No...
Laois TD Flanagan welcomes opening of new Southern Circular Road
There was excitement in Portlaoise this morning on the new Southern Circular Road where Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Charlie Flanagan TD,...
Portlaoise Southern Circular Road Extension officially opened this morning
After months and months of delays, traffic congestion and frustration – the brand new Portlaoise Southern Circular Road officially opened this morning.
The project was...
Winter gritting costs Laois €500k but for some it’s just salt...
Winter is coming.
The clocks are gone back; the evenings are bet and there’s a frosty bite in the mid-term mornings.
But Laois County Council are...
‘Disgrace’ and ‘minefield’ of ‘bullying’ vulture funds needs to be tackled
The role that vulture funds are playing in repossessions, homelessness, buying up housing stock and tax avoidance needs to be investigated.
That’s the view of...
Laois Heritage hosting conference to celebrate all the county has to...
The Heritage Office of Laois County Council is holding a conference on the theme " Laois Heritage Matters", on Saturday November 23 at the...
Effort to block apartments in Portlaoise development fails
Despite extensive objections from numerous residents in the area, Laois County Council have sanctioned plans for a new social housing development on the Abbeyleix...
Cost of street lights and ramps continue to soar
Building inflation is back with a bang it seems and apparently no one wants to do a small job again.
As County Councillors wrestle with...
Dozens of boom time Laois estates left in limbo
Ghost estates that blighted many Laois towns after the banking and property crash of a decade ago may be banished, but the problems still...
‘Flooding fears’ over blocked drains in Laois town
A call for drain cleaning on all minor storm drains in and around Mountmellick was made at the recent Municipal District meeting of the...
Portlaoise ring road opening pushed back again as November 1 now...
The new ring road around Portlaoise - which will link the Timahoe Road to the Abbeyleix Road - has been hit with further delays...
Flower power boost for pollinators on Laois roads
Good news for residents, motorists … and butterflies and bees this week.
Laois County council has agreed to embrace a proposal to plant more wild...