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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...

Meeting planned to begin talks on a proposed major new indoor...

Laois County Councillors have led a charge for a new, state-of-the-art indoor sports complex to be developed in Portlaoise. The first step came on Monday...

‘I’ve never seen a debacle like this before’ says local councillor...

Mr Trevor Hennessy, Assistant Senior Engineer this week provided the Portlaoise Municipal District with an update on the state off affairs at the Clonrooske...

List of improvement measures announced for Knockmay area of Portlaoise

Laois County council have revealed a list of improvement measures currently being undertaken in the Knockmay area of Portlaoise. These measures include a Community Involvement...

‘I was out in Heywood in Ballinakill, and to be honest,...

The Laois Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029, which was drafted last year, was formally adopted by Laois County Council earlier this week at the...

Housing development in Portlaoise estate put out for re-tender by Laois...

Laois County Council staff have informed the Portlaoise Municipal District that the housing development in Radharc Darach, Hepburn Court will be put out for...

Outrage as elevator in New Portlaoise Library found to be unsuitable...

A significant red flag concerning the new Portlaoise Library has been raised by a local County Councillor at the Portlaoise Municipal District meeting this...

‘The traffic in Portlaoise is absolutely unreal now – it’s bumper...

Laois County Council were this week called upon by Councillors to press Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD on the urgent need for the...

Council may need to take over building of one and two...

Laois County Council may need to take over the building of one and two bedroom homes in the County. That is the view of Sinn...

Uncomfortable standoff in Laois Country Council regarding ongoing Palestinian crisis

There was an uncomfortable moment in Laois County Council Chambers this week, when the ongoing Palestinian crisis was brought up unexpectedly. An attack by Hamas...

Councillor calls for maintenance person to be reinstated for elderly and...

A Laois County Councillor has said there is a serious issue with the treatment of elderly and disabled tenants living in Council houses across...

Vacant, derelict houses ‘causing a lot of problems’ in Knockmay, Laois...

A local Cllr has called for Laois County Council be given an update as to when the six vacant houses in Knockmay will be...

Gardai asked to be vigilant over ‘aggressive begging’ in Portlaoise in...

Gardai in Laois have been asked to make sure that elderly and vulnerable people are not put under pressure due to 'aggressive begging' ahead...

“There are people going around ossified drunk cycling on bicycles” –...

Drink and drug driving are massive problems across the country - but a Laois Councillor has detailed her encounters with drunk cyclists. Sinn Fein Councillor...

Laois County Councillors call for further improvements to Deep Retrofitting programme

Because we have so many old homes in Ireland, housing is one of our greatest energy efficiency challenges. A Government-implemented grant programme was launched to...

‘I feel we’ve been completely misled’ – Councillors unhappy with latest...

An Post is using 70 to 80% of a building designated for Laois Civil Defence, a local Councillor has said. Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley was...

Young men ‘savagely beaten’ and ‘individual running around with a machete’...

A meeting of the Joint Policing Committee has heard a frightening account of some of the happenings in Portlaoise in recent weeks. Sinn Fein Councillor...

Laois Councillor “disillusioned” with lack of progress at derelict site in...

A local councillor has called on Laois County Council to take action on the derelict sites in Triogue Manor regarding ownership and future use...

Laois Councillor calls for drastic improvements to be made for wheelchair...

A Laois Councilor has called on the County Council to implement the recommendations of of the roads and footpaths accessibility survey as soon as...

Council intend to remove 65 metres of trees in Portlaoise estate

Laois County Council intend to remove 65 metres of trees in St Brigid's Place in Portlaoise this autumn. The trees are at the boundary adjacent...

Election row already as motion on ‘For Sale’ signs opens election...

A suggestion to Laois County Council to ask auctioneers to stop putting up 'For Sale' signs at the entrance to housing estates went 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...

Long overlooked Mountmellick Road in Portlaoise on course to get its...

Given the number of roundabouts dotted around Portlaoise town, you'd think that there would be little appetite for any more. But the Mountmellick Road area...

Appalling situation as people charged with serious crimes ‘kicking out’ at...

"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...

Frustration expressed as wait for two bus shelters at popular Portlaoise...

A Laois County Councillor has signalled her frustration as the wait for two bus shelters to be constructed near Kilminchy in Portlaoise continues. Sinn Fein's...

Laois Councillors receive advice about their personal security from Gardai

Laois County Councillors have received advice about how to manage their personal security from Gardai. Laois Offaly Garda Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Graham Kavanagh met...

Calls for ‘two stage’ approach to restore ‘eyesore, absolutely dreadful’ burnt...

A Laois County Councillor has called for a two-stage process to be enacted in relation to two houses that were burnt out in a...

Design being prepared to link two major roads in Portlaoise where...

A design is currently being prepared to link two major roads in Portlaoise in an area where two abandoned houses are currently left. The area...

Update provided on the status of two houses that were burned...

Two houses that were burnt out in a Laois housing estate are set to be fully refurbished after a new design was agreed. The update...

Call for safety works near Laois school to be carried out...

A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works at a Portlaoise primary school to be carried out before children return in September. Sinn Fein...