Tag: Laois County Council

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...

There has been a warm welcome at the County Council for the adoption of the Laois Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. However, there were shades of...

A meeting of Laois County Council has heard that the local authority had to plough almost €200k of its own funds into road works...

The difficulty in getting small jobs and minor house repairs carried out for local authority tenants in Laois Council houses is the latest bugbear...

The organisers of the Electric Picnic have been sent an unambiguous message to clean up their act and to address safety concerns before next...

“We all second that,” affirmed the Chairman, Cllr Willie Aird this week as he led unanimous support for his Council colleague Noel Tuohy’s call...

Homeless Laois children are being forced to commute to school from County Offaly as there is no emergency accommodation to house them closer to...

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...

There were cross words and crossed wires as it was revealed that an old bridge across the River Triogue in Portlaoise has been abruptly...

There was good news and bad news to greet Portlaoise councillors at their municipal meeting this week. They were all smiles and delighted to be...

The Portarlington relief road is a roadway that’s going nowhere fast it seems. There is no sign of any progress whatsoever for the long awaited...

While some councillors felt that the review of Laois speed limits had dragged on to the point where they would soon be passing themselves...

There was a right good verbal spat at the Council over the make-up of the local authority Special Policy Committees (SPCs) for the next...

One of the county’s newest councilors announced her arrival in convincing fashion this week when she emphatically laid bare the concerns sweeping the country...

The Laois mattress amnesty is in full swing. It’s proving hugely popular. That’s a good reflection on the county. In other countries they are trying to...

Laois County Council is continuing with its carrot and stick approach to illegal dumping and waste management - and so far this year it...

Beef up beef prices for Laois farmers as rural communities are hugely reliant on farm family incomes for survival. That was the clear and direct...

Running a swimming pool is no easy task. A lot of the time it’s about trying to keep your head above water and even more...

Laois County Council are once again running their Free Mattress and Couch Amnesty at various locations around the county in August. Bring your old mattress,...

Laois County Councillors are requesting a meeting with the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy after they deferred a vote on a draft Affordable Housing...

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

Three new chairmen and vice-chairpersons have been elected this morning as the three local areas of Laois County Council met for the first time...

Fine Gael's Willie Aird was filled with emotion as he received the chain of office in the County Council Chamber on Friday. Laois's longest serving...

Aside from the business of electing Willie Aird as chairman and John Joe Fennelly as vice-chair, Laois County Councillors also had to appoint members...

Fine Gael's Willie Aird has been elected as Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council at the AGM this afternoon. The Portlaoise native, who has spent 40...

The confidence and supply arrangement between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael at national level is set to be replicated at local level once again...

Laois County Council, together with Laois Partnership Company and Laois African Support Group, has a jam-packed programme of events to mark Africa Day from...

Clean up Laois Week is back and bigger than ever for its 16 year running.  Taking place from Monday 8 to Friday 12 April, it...

There is a "marked difference from a previous generation" in terms of social housing needs, according to Donal Brennan, Director of Services in Laois...