Tag: Willie Aird

New grants available for music education in Laois schools New grants are available for music education in Laois schools with local music groups and organisations...

Two Laois Agricultural Shows have been awarded almost €17,000 as part of a €1 million investment to support Agricultural Shows nationwide. A total of 123...

€3.5 million for Active Travel Projects and Bus Stops for Laois €3.5 million has been allocated to Laois for Active Travel Investment Grants and Bus...

Patients in Laois now can access all their health information with the launch of the new HSE app. The HSE Health App gives patients easy...

A total of 48 derelict homes in Laois have been brought back into use since July 2022 with the help of a grant scheme...

Laois Fine Gael TD Willie Aird has questioned his party colleague and Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon in the Dáil today over delayed grant...

Mountmellick Relief Road raised in the Dáil Speaking in the Dáil this week, Laois Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley raised the need for the "long-promised"...

Paresnts in Laois 'suffering extreme stress and worry' due to lack of special educational places The Government have been urged to grant permission for the...

Four community projects in Laois will share in €308,465 under the latest round of the Community Recognition Fund. The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced...

Student podcasters from Dunamase College recently got the chance to bring the newly elected TDs for Laois to their ‘Dunamase Diaries’ Podcast Studio. The students...

The process to replace Willie Aird on Laois County Council is set to be a straight-forward process. Paddy Buggy is to be co-opted unopposed at...

Fine Gael expect to have the successor to Willie Aird in place by the next Laois County Council meeting. That is after it was confirmed...

Three TDs were elected for the constituency of Laois over the weekend and one of them will head to the Dail for the first...

Willie Aird has become the first TD from the Laois constituency to be elected at the 2024 General Election. The Fine Gael TD was elected...

Storm Bert brought devastation to the western half of the country on Saturday and dumped a load of rain on us in Laois. But with...

A dairy farmer in Portlaoise, Willie Aird is a veteran elected representative of 45 years, having been first elected to the old Portlaoise Town...

It was a busy day in Laois County Council this week with the Portlaoise Municipal District holding their November monthly meeting. The seven Councillors in...

There's nothing like a cold, dark, car park in November to bring home the reality of a winter election. But in the Mountmellick Development Association...

A meeting has been called with the officials of Bord na Mona to discuss the possibility of opening the proposed O'Moore Way in Portlaoise. The...

Like the rest of the country, Willie Aird doesn't know when the General Election is going to be. But he knows one thing. He's...

A significant local political decision will be made this evening in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise when the Fine Gael members in Laois vote...

Fine Gael members in Laois have been told to be ready for a September convention, where they will decide who to run for the...

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

The first time Willie Aird was eligible to vote, he voted for himself! That was way back in 1979 when he was elected to...

A draft proposal for the Portlaoise Local Area Plan is to be published "in the coming weeks" and will include details of the urban...

Calls have been made for safety improvements to be implemented at The Rock National School, with Laois County Councillors expressed concern for students, teachers...

Fine Gael Councillor Willie Aird says he is solely focused on retaining his seat in the Laois County Council in June. Rumours had been circulating...

Two houses on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are currently being demolished with big plans in place for their replacements. The two vacant and derelict...

Fine Gael are set to select their candidates to run for the party in the Portlaoise area in next year’s Local Elections.  The party currently...

A local councilor has called on Laois County Council to install traffic calming measures on the L-6136-0 Knocknagroagh / Rathnamanagh Road. Cllr Willie Aird was...