Tag: Leo Varadkar
62% of LaoisToday respondents favour early General Election as Fine Gael...
Over 62% of respondents in a LaoisToday poll have said that they would like to see a General Election called in the wake of...
Local TD takes aim at Government: ‘Treating people as morons, racist...
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has strongly criticised attempts by senior Government figures to dismiss concerns relating to immigration.
Deputy Nolan described the...
‘Existing primary schools (in Portlaoise) are bulging at the seams’, Laois...
Local Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley raised the issue of lack of school places in Portlaoise in the Dáil this week with Taoiseach Leo...
Local TD calls for ‘a change in direction regarding mandatory retirement...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he is personally in favour of allowing workers such as bus drivers, to continue working past the age...
Laois TD says that Medical Card promise made in the Dáil...
Laois / Offaly Sinn Féin TD, Brian Stanley has called on the coalition Government to deliver on the budget day announcement on GP medical...
‘It’s time to confront the energy companies, and for once, the...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan. has said she welcomes the response of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to her in relation to energy prices.
Deputy Nolan...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses MIDOC situation following question from Laois TD
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has addressed the situation surrounding the out of hours GP service in Laois - known as MIDOC.
At the end of last...
Further IDA jobs in the pipeline for Portlaoise as Laois seeks...
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar says he's confident there will be another announcement of further IDA-supported jobs in Portlaoise within the next year.
Speaking during a visit...
Flanagan intends to contest next General Election, though uncertainty abounds over...
Long-serving Laois Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he intends to contest the next General Election, whenever that may be.
Deputy Flanagan, who celebrated his...
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar set to come to Laois on Friday for...
Tainaiste Leo Varadkar is set to come to Laois tomorrow, Friday April 8, to visit a local business and chair a virtual meeting.
The Fine...
Government set to introduce ‘double’ Bank Holiday this year and extra...
The Government are set to introduce a 'double' Bank Holiday this year and add an extra permanent one in 2023.
So said Tanaiste Leo Varadkar...
‘More than a whiff of cronyism’ – Laois TD hits out...
Laois TD Brian Stanley is to convene a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee to investigate the appointment of Katherine Zappone as UN special...
‘Tánaiste’s claim that forestry is moving in the right direction is...
Local Independent TD Carol Nolan has clashed with the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar on issues relating to the resolution of the licensing crisis affecting the...
Golf and non-contact training could resume in March as new Covid...
Golf and non-contact team sport training could be allowed to resume in March if the government chooses to relax Covid-19 restrictions.
So says Tanaiste Leo...
Tanaiste Varadkar and Laois County Councillors pay tribute to Tom Mulhall...
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and a host of Laois County Councillors have paid tribute to Tom Mulhall as his resignation was officially tendered at this...
Electric Picnic, remote working and 2021 recovery – Leo Varadkar addresses...
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says he hopes that Electric Picnic will be able to go ahead in 2021 and says that the Government will have...
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar to feature on Laois Chamber of Commerce Webinar
Guests for events don't come much bigger than this!
Laois Chamber of Commerce will host a webinar on Wednesday, December 1, when Tánaiste Leo Varadkar...
Reopening schools and childcare facilities ‘among the safest things we can...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that reopening schools and childcare facilities are 'among the safest things we can do' as the country moves its way...
EXPLAINED: Government releases detailed roadmap to ‘reopen Ireland’s economy and society’
The government has this evening published a Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to ease the COVID-19 restrictions and reopen Ireland’s economy and society...
BREAKING: Government announces extension to Coronavirus restrictions and provides road-map to...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced an extension Coronavirus restrictions and unveiled a road-map on how the country will begin to reopen.
Restrictions have been increased...
BREAKING: Government announce extension to existing Coronavirus restrictions
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced an extension of existing of measures this evening in a bid to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
Back on March...
BREAKING: Taoiseach instructs everyone to stay at home for the next...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced a number of new measures this evening in a bid to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
302 new cases of...
BREAKING: Government announces range of extra measures to curb spread of...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that schools, colleges and public facilities will remain closed until Sunday April 19.
In an address to the nation this...
Laois hurler and Taoiseach hit out at crowds in pubs over...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Laois hurler John Lennon are among many people who have hit out at those that ignored public health advice and...
BREAKING: Schools and colleges to close and limits on public gatherings...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that schools, colleges and public facilities are to close until March 29 as massive attempts are being made to...
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil coalition the preferred option for Laois...
Laois TD and the current Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan says it's his preference for his party Fine Gael to go into Government with...
John Whelan: Fine Gael now at the mercy of Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Add in to that mix Verona Murphy, Eoghan Murphy and Dara Murphy and...
Fr Paddy hits out at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar following Dail comments...
At a recent exchange about funding for a by-pass in Cork, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, compared the leader of the opposition to ‘one of...
HIV rates are the same as in the 1990s warns Portlaoise...
HIV rates are as high as they were during the epidemic in the 1990s.
This is according to a sexual health consultant in Midlands Regional...
John Whelan: Don’t mind what they say, of course there’s an...
Remember 7 Days? Ok, Today Tonight then?
Today Tonight Election Specials with Basil Chubb, Brian Farrell and John Bowman. Now there’s an A-Team of number...