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

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...

Green Party confirm two more candidates to contest Local Elections in Laois

The Green Party have announced that two more candidates will contest for a County Council seat at the Local Elections in June. Last year, Ballinakill...

European Elections: 15 counties, five seats and a move for Laois – analysing the...

The European Elections take place on Friday, June 7, with Laois now part of the Midlands North West constituency. Laois and Offaly have moved from...
Portlaoise Hospital

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...

Election Diary: New candidates highlight transport in Graiguecullen, Mountmellick relief road, and Portlaoise housing...

The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7. Underfunding of Active Travel...

Laois IFA President says tillage farmers facing ‘perfect storm’ as support urged from Taoiseach

Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA) president, Francie Gorman said the delivery of the Tillage Survival Scheme put forward by the IFA is a litmus test...
Sinn Fein election launch

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

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...

Local Elections: Now an independent, Pauline Flanagan launches council bid with rallying call that...

The election launches are coming thick and fast - and Pauline Flanagan was among the first out of the traps in Portlaoise when she...

‘Laois has been left behind again’ says local TD

A local TD has said “Laois has been left behind again" regarding National Roads funding, as the County has been allocated just 1% of...

Fianna Fail add candidate to ticket as 19-year-old steps forward to contest 2024 Local...

Fianna Fail have added a third candidate to contest the 2024 Local Elections in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area. Sitting Councillors Padraig Fleming and Paschal McEvoy were...

Laois TD says Public Accounts Committee ‘no-shows’ must stop as student accommodation comes under...

Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has said that “late notice no shows by bodies called before...

Election Diary: Labour candidates critical of national Government while Green candidate calls for councillors...

The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7. Labour candidate says local...

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

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

Election Diary: Independents Day as TDs lend support to Laois candidates – plus calls...

The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7. Wexford TD to launch...

A first for Laois as Independent Ireland party candidate declares to contest Local Election

One of the newest political parties in Ireland will have a candidate in Laois in the Local Elections which are set to take place...

62% of LaoisToday respondents favour early General Election as Fine Gael set to elect...

Over 62% of respondents in a LaoisToday poll have said that they would like to see a General Election called in the wake of...

Laois TD says ‘Ordinary workers and families remain crippled under the cost of their...

Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the Government to urgently address Ireland’s stubbornly high electricity prices. The publication of the Household Energy...

Education: New scheme to eliminate the cost of schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students

€68 million funding has been introduced as part of a new scheme which will aims to provide free schoolbooks and core classroom resources for...
Brian Stanley

‘Children in Laois deserve better mental health services’ says Sinn Fein TD

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that "children in Laois-Offaly deserve better mental health services and should not have to wait long...

News in Brief: Laois receives disability funding, Town Plans for Rathdowney and Mountmellick, and...

€3.5 million Disability and Participation Awareness Fund now open to Laois organisations The National Disability and Participation Awareness Fund has been launched, with €3.5 million...
Sinn Fein Local Election Team 2024

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...

In Pictures: Minister Simon Harris present as Laois Local Election candidate launches campaign

Minister Simon Harris was in attendance at Dick Dunne's Lounge, Stradbally, on Saturday last, to launch the election campaign of Vivienne Phelan. Phelan is a...
Local Elections Portlaoise Dom Dunne and Tommy Mulligan

Two more candidates enter the Local Election race in Portlaoise

Two new independent candidates have emerged to contest the Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District this June. Dom Dunne, who ran for Renua in...
Jason Phelan, Maria McCormack, Brian Stanley and Caroline Dwane-Stanley

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

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...

‘Long-awaited’ legislation to allow CCTV use to combat illegal dumping of waste is ‘on...

"Long-awaited" legislation to allow County Councils to use CCTV cameras to combat illegal dumping of waste in local areas is "on the way" according...

Laois TD calls for TV license fee to be replaced and says current system...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the current TV license system is not working, with over 350,000 households not paying. Deputy Stanley is...

Prospect of “long awaited” progress for Driver Test waiting times and Electronic Scooter regulations

After a prolonged period of Laois TDs and County Councillors raising the issue, there is finally the prospect of progress on both  Driver Test...
Willie Aird

Aird fully focused on Local Elections in June amid rumours of General Election bid

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...
Camross National School

Laois receives 1% of funding for Active Travel Projects and bus stop enhancements

€290 million in funding has been announced for local authorities across Ireland to support the rollout of walking and cycling infrastructure in 2024. Laois has...

Laois-Offaly TD selected as Fianna Fail Midlands-North-West candidate for European elections

Fianna Fáil has selected Barry Cowen TD to represent the party in the Midlands-North-West constituency for the upcoming European elections. The Laois-Offaly TD was voted...