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Local Election Podcast: 10 minutes with Maria McCormack – Portlaoise

Maria McCormack is a new candidate for Sinn Féin in Portlaoise. Originally from Tipperary, she moved to Ballyroan at a young age and has...

Local Election Podcast: 10 minutes with Aaron Kelly (Sinn Féin) –...

Aaron Kelly from Graiguecullen is a first-time candidate, running for Sinn Féin, in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District. He explains how he came to join...

Local Election Podcast: 10 minutes with Lorna Holohan-Garry (Sinn Féin) –...

At the second time of asking, Lorna Holohan-Garry is hoping to win a seat on Laois County Council in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. She was...

Local Election Podcast: 10 minutes with Helen Campion (Sinn Féin) –...

Helen Campion from Rathdowney is seeking to win a seat on Laois County Council in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. A first time candidate, she chats...

Election Diary: Rail beds retained, Emo solar farm, and €2.4 million...

Sinn Féin has confirmed that the rail beds connecting the three bogs that Bord Na Mona owned in Laois will now be retained for...

Laois Councillor calls for investigation into ‘long delays’ in ‘basic public...

Laois County Council have been called on to conduct an investigation into "long delays" in "basic public infrastructure" in the County. Speaking at the Graiguecullen-Portarlington...

Sinn Fein TD hits out over ‘lack of affordable homes in...

Laois and Offaly TD Brian Stanley has highlighted the need for more affordable homes in Laois in the Dáíl Eireann. He said: "The CSO residential...

HSE approve funding for primary care centre at St Fintan’s Campus,...

The HSE have announced that progress is underway in the form of funding for a significant development in Laois. The funding has been allocated for...

Sinn Féin TD urges government to improve dental resources for Laois...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the government to lift the embargo on oral health staff. Stanley has said that the situation...

Election Diary: Candidates call for new health centre, improved climate control...

The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7. Sinn Féin candidates call...

Laois TD says cancelled hospital appointments are ‘a Government made crisis’

A Laois TD has revealed that appointment cancellations reached 571 in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise last year, according to new data from the HSE. Sinn...

Local Elections: Sinn Féin set out their stall in bid to...

The 2024 Local Elections loom large on the horizon and the launch of Sinn Féin's campaign in Portlaoise last night is as good a...

Bord na Mona ‘very open to proposals’ for tourists attractions in...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has led a Sinn Féin party delegation in a meeting with the senior management team of Bord Na...

Sinn Fein Local Election team reduced as announced candidate confirms withdrawal

Sinn Fein's team to contest the Local Elections in Laois this summer has been reduced by the withdrawal of a candidate who had been...

Sinn Fein adds third candidate to contest Local Elections in Portlaoise...

Sinn Fein has selected a third candidate to run for the party in the Portlaoise Area at the Local Elections in June. Jason Phelan, who...

Stanley calls on Laois-Offaly TDs to back Sinn Féin bill to...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley is appealing to TDs in his constituency to 'support emergency action to stem the tide of rising homelessness'. The...

Sinn Fein and The Green Party launch Local Election candidates ahead...

Sinn Fein and The Green Party recently held events to launch their candidates that will contest the Local Elections in Laois in 2024. As reported...

Laois TD calls on government to introduce an ’emergency three-year ban...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has urged the Government to immediately introduce an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for existing and new...

Sinn Féin set to run record number of candidates in 2024...

Sinn Féin are set to run a record number of candidates in next summer's Local Elections in Laois, with a possibility that they could...

Laois TD launches scathing attack on Sinn Fein ahead of Dail...

A Laois TD has launched a scathing attack on Sinn Fein ahead of tonight's No Confidence motion in Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. Charlie Flanagan...

‘Chronic understaffing’ in Laois Health Services raised in Dáil Éireann

Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian recently spoke in Dáil Éireann about the Sinn Féin proposals to address vacancies in the Health Services. Deputy Stanley told...

Dangerous conditions in Laois hosing estate ‘an absolute nightmare for residents’

The street lights in the Crossneen Manor housing estate in Graiguecullen have not worked for several months now. The situation has been described by an...

Warning that insurance premiums have jumped by almost 22% in the...

The Consumers’ Association of Ireland has warned that insurance premiums have jumped by almost 22% in the last year. A remarkable figure. Many homeowners in...

The week that was: Our most read stories of the past...

1 - The Laois woman who used her GAA coaching skills Sinéad Brennan is just back from East Africa, where she was coaching Gaelic football in...

Sinn Fein select second candidate to contest Local Elections in Portlaoise...

Sinn Fein have selected a second candidate to run for them in the Local Election which will take place in May 2024. Maria McCormack, of...

Laois TD calls on Minister to prioritise investment into Child and...

Laois TD, Brian Stanley has called on Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to prioritise investment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). The Sinn...

Laois TD calls for eviction ban to be extended in the...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley told the Minister for Housing in the Dáil this week that the eviction ban must be extended until...

Change of government needed, not Lanigan’s Ball says Laois Sinn Féin...

Sinn Féin TD for Laois-Offaly Brian Stanley has said “that rather than a change of Taoiseach, the country needs a change of Government’’. Ahead of...

‘Riverside Estate in Portarlington highlights need for effective building controls’ –...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has spoken in the Dáil this week about issues surrounding an apartment complex in Portarlington. Speaking on a Sinn...

Sinn Féin TD welcomes ‘long overdue’ changes to social/council housing threshold

Laois-Offaly Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley says the announcement to be made by the Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien for an increase in the...