Tag: Paddy Bracken

A local County Councillor has called for "urgently needed, necessary investment" to alleviate "dire traffic problems" in one of Laois's biggest towns. Fianna Fáil Cllr...

Laois County Council have met with An Garda Síochána to discuss the "ongoing anti-social behaviour at Glendine" in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Mr James Dowling,...

Laois County Council has encouraged people interested in the Domestic Waste Water Treatment (septic tank) scheme to contact the Council's Environment Section to register...

Laois County Council will soon begin the process of establishing a Town Team for Mountmellick. Fianna Fáil Cllr Paddy Bracken proposed the motion at the...

The many guises of road safety were high on the agenda during the November meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District. Councillor Paddy Bracken has called...

Several Laois County Councillors have called for traffic calming measures to be introduced in Mountmellick, on a stretch of road repeatedly described as "very...

A local Councillor has called on Laois County Council to carry out a survey of ash trees that are affected by the ash dieback,...

A local councillor has called on Laois County Council to provide a Columbarium Wall in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Mountmellick, as well as other cemeteries...

A local Councillor has called for urgent works to be carried out by Laois County Council around the area of The Rock National School. Fianna...

A new Cathaoirleach has been elected to lead the Borris-in-Ossary-Mountmellick Municipal District Committee at their AGM today. Fine Gael Cllr, John King was elected unopposed...

Councillor Paddy Bracken has called for upgrades to a popular Mountmellick walkway as well as an update on the progress of the Mountmellick Transport...

A local Councillor has called on Laois County Council to address flooding issues, pedestrian safety and disrepair on three roads in Mountmellick. Cllr Paddy Bracken...

Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy Bracken has been elected as the new chairman of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. There are 19 Councillors in Laois County Council...

Calls have been made for the installation of electric car charging points in the centre of Mountmellick town. At the recent Municipal District meeting for...

A suggested public sewerage extension in Mountmellick has not been agreed to by Irish Water, leading to disappointment and anger being expressed at a...

Action has been called for to deal with a former business that has been left idle in the middle of a Laois town for...

The historic Maltings building in Mountmellick was labelled as an 'eyesore' and in a 'total state of dereliction' at a recent Laois County Council...

The loss of the Community Welfare Office in Mountmellick has been described as 'a disgrace' by a Laois County Councillor. Fianna Fail's Paddy Bracken brought...

A Laois County Councillor has brandished the lack of a sewage system in parts of Mountmellick as 'an absolute disgrace'. Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy Bracken...

Laois County Councillors have called again for Mountmellick to be by-passed in order to alleviate the traffic going through the town on a daily...

A Laois school is to get a brand new signpost before the children return to the classroom in September. This comes after Fianna Fail Councillor...

There have been calls for safety works to be carried out on a section of the N80. On Friday June 18, two vehicles were involved...

The noise of heavy vehicles driving over manhole covers is causing a great disturbance to Laois people in two towns - leading one family...

Mountmellick councillor Paddy Bracken has hit out strongly at Laois County Council over their decision not to install a suitable loading bay for businesses...

It's not unusual for a local council meeting to develop into a row over roads - but at this week's Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick District meeting the...

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...

'People are afraid for their lives' - so says Cllr Paddy Bracken in relation to HGVs and their use of a rural Laois road. The...

Laois County Councillors in the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District have called for a number of smaller roads to be resurfaced. Speaking at Thursday's meeting of the...

"You are off your tree if you think this is practical". Those are the words of Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy Bracken as he hit out...

"Mountmellick is a very decent place to live - full of very decent and genuine people. That is a clear message that I want...