Tag: Willie Aird

"I have witnessed people charged with serious crimes kicking out or jostling into other who are there to seeking help from the courts." A meeting...

A Laois County Councillor has called for a pedestrian crossing to be installed outside Portlaoise GAA club. Fine Gael's Willie Aird says that he does...

A Laois County Councillor says that the funding for the construction of a new Kolbe Special School could be restored in April. Speaking at a...

There was anger in the Laois County Council Chamber yesterday as it was revealed that only 47 people had been fined for dumping in...

There has been high praise for the recently retired General Manager of Portlaoise Hospital. Last week, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed to the Portlaoise...

The HSE came under fire at a meeting in Laois County Council today over the way it configures the National Ambulance Service. The issue was...

A Laois County Councillor has pleaded with the Council to buy up homes that are for sale in the county in a bid to...

There have been calls for safety works to be carried out around the Rock of Dunamase following a recent fatality. On Friday October 7, an...

Laois County Council recently received funding of more than €500,000 to allow it carry out improvement works on rural lanes across the county. There are...

Disappointment has been expressed as the search for a site for a Women's Refuge in Laois has been unsuccessful so far. In February, it was...

There's nowhere on Fr Browne Avenue in Portlaoise to cross safely, according to Cllr Willie Aird, due to three times the amount of traffic...

Laois County Council needs to learn from the mistakes of the past and build a new link between the Stradbally Road and the Dublin...

Laois County Councillors met in full in the Council Chamber to formally sign off on the Laois County Development Plan which will cover the...

Laois County Council plans to carry out a lighting survey of all pedestrian crossings in Portlaoise. This comes following concerns that some are dangerous due...

In the coming years, Dunamase College will move into a new build secondary school on the Timahoe Road in Portlaoise, close to the old...

There have been renewed calls for the construction of a Columbarium Wall and crematorium in Portlaoise. This comes after Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald put down a...

A Laois County Councillor has called for HGVs to be encouraged to use a new road that will take them away from encountering school...

A HSE official is to be summoned to a meeting in Laois to discuss the ongoing issues surrounding the ambulance service in the county. There...

The issue of when Portlaoise Leisure Centre will re-open was raised at a Municipal District meeting in Laois County Council today with councillors expressing...

Laois County Councillors have called for a concrete wall to be built to separate a cemetery from a new housing development. The issue of boundaries...

Frustrations about the ongoing closure of Portlaoise Leisure Centre were expressed at today's meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District. On June 7, Portarlington Leisure Centre...

"In all of my years as a County Councillor, I have never received as many calls about one single issue as a I have...

A meeting between Laois County Councillors, Council officials and members of the St Peter & Paul’s cemetery committee in Portlaoise has been called after...

A fourth business is set to start operating from the Togher National Business Park in Portlaoise. The issue of the disposal of 3.04 hectares at...

One of the most popular amenities in Laois over the past year has been Togher Woods outside Portlaoise which has experience a huge surge...

Dog fouling has been described as 'absolutely disgusting and a huge problem' at this morning's meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District. Fianna Fail Councillor Catherine...

Laois County Councillors have no function when it comes to the decision making process in relation to planning applications. So says Laois County Council CEO...

Two Laois Councillors have called for members of the fire service and those who suffer with cystic fibrosis to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as...

A Laois County Councillor has called for action to be taken to solve what he says are 'ongoing anti-social behaviour' problems at the site...

Laois County Council have agreed to spend €1 million on an upgrade of a halting site in Portlaoise. Oak Park halting site in Knockmay, beside...