Tag: Sean Fleming

Two new classrooms are on the way to The Heath National School following an announcement of additional funding today. Sean Fleming, Minister of State in...

Working from home could become a permanent option for thousands of Laois commuters after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. This is according to Fianna Fail TD...

Improvement works on a Laois train station are to begin in the second half of 2021. So says Fianna Fail TD Sean Fleming who was...

The government has announced new funding of €9 million for a project to make Portlaoise Ireland’s first designated 'Low Carbon Town'. Fianna Fail Minister for...

The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise has received funding €125,000 from the Arts Council. This was announced today as the Arts Council granted funding to...

Laois has been allocated €1,263,744 in housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability. The work covers carrying out adaptations to houses,...

Two Laois groups are to receive more than €14,000 in money through the Funding for Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme. The Abbeyleix Bog Project has been...

€72,582 has been allocated to six swimming pools in Laois in an effort to support their ongoing maintenance and running costs while they are...

€250,000 has been allocated to Laois from a new new Outdoor Public Space Scheme. Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Sean Fleming, says...

A Laois hotel has been confirmed as one of the locations for a community Covid-19 centre. Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Sean...

€447,801 of funding has been granted by the government to the Laois Offaly Education and Training Board for community education. This was part of a...

37 Laois projects have benefitted from €58,298 in Community Enhancement Programme funding from 2020. This funding will assist various tidy towns, parents associations, child care...

Two Laois credit unions are among seven nationally who have been chosen to take part in a brand new government scheme. People First Credit Union...

There is very good news for a Laois school this afternoon as funding for three new classrooms has been approved. Raheen National School (Tobar an...

The Government has granted an additional €25,000 to the Laois Sports Partnership to assist them in their ongoing work in developing sports throughout Laois. This...

All three of Laois's sitting TDs say that they will take the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. LaoisToday contacted Sean Fleming, Charlie Flanagan and...

A new building for Laois's biggest Garda station is moving a step closer. Former Minister for Justice & Equality and Laois/Offaly TD, Charlie Flanagan, has...

€156,000 in summer improvement works will be carried out on five Laois schools. Minister for State Pippa Hackett confirmed the allocation earlier this week. Roof works...

Minister for Education Norma Foley is to fully examine the issues surrounding the building at Scoil Mhuire in Abbeyleix. Minister for State Sean Fleming confirmed that...

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...

Sports organisations in Laois are to benefit to the tune of €112,370.23 of funding to help them battle the effects of Covid-19. €46,570.23 has been...

Three Laois projects have qualified for CLAR funding totalling €116,440. A recreation area on the grassy bank of the Grand Canal at Vicarstown is to...

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...

A Laois project is set to benefit from Community Integration funding. Minister for State Sean Fleming has confirmed that €5,000 has been granted to Laois...

A Laois secondary school is to have its roof repaired following success in its request for funds. Mountmellick Community School will have the problems fixed...

Laois Chamber of Commerce are just one year back in operation and what year it has been. But despite a global pandemic, they have strived...

Minister for State Sean Fleming has called for staff working in nursing homes who are either deemed a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19...

John Scanlon, the Chief Superintendant of the Laois-Offaly-Kildare Garda Division, says the utmost faith in the publicans of the region to adhere to the...

What's talked about at a family kitchen table can have such long-lasting, lifetime influences. In the Fleming's home place in The Swan, political talk was...

Getting people back to work "is ten times more important" than worrying how the country repays the debt brought on to fund the extensive...