Tag: Laois County Council

Laois County Council's Climate Action team has piloted their new green initiative “Green your Festival Kit Laois.” The project will offer three key services to...

The Town Hotel, formerly known as O'Loughlin's Hotel in Portlaoise, is no longer housing Ukrainian refugees. The news was confirmed by Interim CEO of Laois...

Laois County Council, in association with Bolt, have launched the Portlaoise E-Bike scheme. The eco-friendly E-bike programme will include 50 e-bikes at 40 locations across...

There was anger and frustration in the Laois County Council chamber this week over dumping that took place in the River Douglas. This is a...

There has been no summer to speak of, with considerably more rain than is to be expected for the summer months. This has led to...

"Road safety is now the number one issue in Laois," a local County Councillor has said, amid growing concerns in both Camross and Ballyfin. Cllr...

A local County Councillor has called for Rathdowney to "move with the times," while another has accused Laois County Council of "discrimination" against rural...

The Cathole Falls is among the most popular visitor attractions in Slieve Bloom Mountains, along with Glenbarrow Waterfall and the Ridge of Cappard boardwalk. The...

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have been accused of being "completely and utterly out of touch and out of control" following "botched" roadworks between Durrow...

Irish water have been accused of "leaving the people of Mountmellick in an awful situation" after an unannounced water stoppage in the town. The water...

An exhibition of work by Portlaoise artist, Paddy Critchley went on display at the Laois Arthouse in Stradbally on Friday evening. The exhibition, entitled 'Staidéar...

A local residents group has met with Senior Staff of the Office of Public Works (OPW) and management of Laois County Council (LCC) to...

An exhibition of work by artist Paddy Critchley is about to go on display at the Laois Arthouse in Stradbally. The exhibition, entitled 'Staidéar Neamhbheo/Still...

A reception held last week celebrated Picture Our Future, a new and unique exhibition at Portlaoise Library highlighting Laois County Council's ongoing climate action...

Fianna Fáil's Seamus McDonald has this morning been elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District for the next twelve months. While the...

A call has been made for Laois County Council to organise a homecoming for the Laois senior footballers after the Tailteann Cup final next...

After the drama and exchanges in the County Council chamber this morning, it was all very amicable this afternoon. After the Portlaoise Councillors clashed over...

Willie Aird has been elected as the chairman of the Portlaoise Municipal District for the next 12 months - but only after a fairly...

Padraig Fleming was voted in as the new Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council for the next 12 months at today's AGM in what was...

It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council. They...

Cruinniú na nÓg, the national day of creativity for children and young people, was held over the weekend, with children throughout Laois given the...

Fianna Fáil's Seamus McDonald will soon begin his fifth decade in local politics, having first been elected in 1985. Cllr McDonald was successfully re-elected in...

Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, winning six out of 19 Council seats at last week's Local Elections. Among those elected...

It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council. However,...

Independent Cllr James Kelly was comfortably re-elected to Laois County Council earlier this week, returning to the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District on the 7th count. The...

With the 2024 Local Elections now in the rear-view mirror, the 19 successful candidates will be making all the headlines. But a special space must...

Close but not just close enough. Fianna Fáil's Naeem Iqbal got 624 first preference votes in this year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District,...

Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, having won six of the 19 County Council seats on offer in last week's...

After the first count in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, outgoing councillor PJ Kelly seemed to be in a good position. The Fine Gael man from...

Independent Aisling Moran was comfortably re-elected in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District in the Local Elections. This was Moran's second election to contest but her first...