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Eoin Barry: Essential that plans are in place to improve community mental health teams...

Over the last couple of months we have all become familiar with the concept of flattening the curve. The importance of keeping the number of...
The Laois Labour branch is planning for the next General Election

Eoin Barry: Building a Labour Party for a new generation

The Labour Party finds itself at a political cross road and facing an existential crisis. In 2016 the party experienced its worst election result...

Eoin Barry: How Laois voted, the impact of posters and urban-rural myth

The referendum in Laois turned many political assumptions on their head. How people in certain areas voted, what issues they were concerned about and how...

Talking Sport Podcast: Portlaoise reaction from Conor Raggett, Aaron Bergin, Dylan Sheehan and Eoin...

Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here and this one looks back on the Premier IHC final. Portlaoise defeated Ballyfin on Sunday and this episode...

Talking Sport Podcast: Premier IHC final preview with Tommy Fitzgerald, Eoin O’Connor and Paul...

Two weeks later than originally scheduled, the Premier IHC final will take place in O'Moore Park on Sunday. 1.30pm is throw in time as Portlaoise...
Park-Ratheniska 2021

Connolly and Delaney lead the way Park-Ratheniska defeat Naomh Eoin to keep 2021 run...

Park-Ratheniska 1-16 Naomh Eoin (Carlow) 1-3  Leinster Intermediate Football Championship Round 1  Park-Ratheniska are through to the quarter finals of the Leinster Intermediate Football Championship following...

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...

News in Brief: Laois workers face longest commute, entrepreneur programme open for entries and...

Laois workers have the longest average commute to work in the country, according to figures recently released. While the average commute nationally is 16.9km, Laois...

Young people in Laois ‘putting lives on hold due to housing crisis’

New Eurostat figures from 2022 show that more than two in three (68%) people in Ireland aged between 25 and 29 are still living...
Borris-In-Ossory Houses

“Rental crisis a ticking time bomb for old and young in Laois”

Local Area Representative for the Labour Party, Eoin Barry says the Alone and Threshold report published this week highlights the hardening of inequality through...
Playground

Call made for brand new playground to be constructed in Killeshin

Local residents and families are calling for the installation of a playground in Killeshin. The community has come together to advocate for a safe and...

Labour Party to begin process of selecting replacement as the hugely popular Noel Tuohy...

The Labour Party are hoping to have a replacement for Portlaoise councillor Noel Tuohy in situ for the February meeting of Laois County Council. Cllr...
Elderly

Government must ‘guarantee timeline for engagement with section 39 and community sector workers in...

Labour Area Representative Eoin Barry has demanded that the government must put in place an immediate timeline and guarantee a process for engagement with...
Ivana Bacsik

In Pictures: New Labour leader Ivana Bacik visits Laois on whistle-stop tour

New Labour party leader Deputy Ivana Bacik visited Laois recently and was joined by Portlaoise Councillor Noel Tuohy and Local Area Representative in Graiguecullen-Portarlington...
Laois County Council General

HAP housing scheme ‘has collapsed’ as analysis shows ‘just 4 properties available for rent...

The HAP housing support system has collapsed as analysis shows just 4 properties available for rent in Laois, a Labour representative has said. Eoin Barry,...
Gambling ads

Laois Labour representative backs proposal to ban all gambling advertising

Laois Labour Area Representative Eoin Barry has called for the government to fast track a Labour Party Bill that will ban all gambling advertisements. Labour’s...
Irish Rail have been called upon to fix a wall they damaged

Lower public transport fares needed now not in May says local Labour representative

Labour's representative in Laois has called on the government to introduce the promised lower fares on public transport immediately. It was announced previously that people...
Eoin Barry Seanad

Date set for upcoming Seanad by-election with Laois man among the candidates

A date has been set for the upcoming Trinity College Seanad by-election where a Laois man is in the running for the seat. Back in...
Eoin Barry Seanad

Former Laois Local Election candidate set to contest upcoming Seanad by-election

A former Local Election candidate from Laois is set to contest the upcoming Trinity College Seanad by-election. Labour's Eoin Barry has signaled his intention to...

Laois people asked to take part in survey on future of towns and villages

Laois people are being asked to take part in a survey on the future of towns and villages. Labour representative for Laois, Eoin Barry, is...
Dail

New Labour Bill ‘would protect employees working from home’

Labour representative for Laois, Eoin Barry, is urging support for The Labour Party's Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020 due to be debated in...

Calls for ‘social bubbles’ to be created for those living alone

A Labour party representative has called for 'social bubbles' to be introduced for those who are living alone. Eoin Barry, who ran in the 2019...
Homeless

Calls for ban on evictions in Laois, Kildare and Offaly during lockdown

A Labour representative has called for the reintroduction of the ban on evictions for Laois, Offaly and Kildare for the duration of the lockdown. Eoin Barry,...

Laois Labour representative calls for school meals to be extended for the summer

Eoin Barry, Labour Area Representative for Graiguecullen-Portarlington has lent his support to the extension of school meal throughout the summer until school return in...

New faces, departures and a crazy count – reflections on the 2019 Local Elections  

A year on, we look back at the drama of last year's Local Elections in Laois. This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday on the...

Coronavirus Daily Noticeboard – Tuesday, May 5, 2020

23 more deaths reported from Coronavirus in Ireland 1,339 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 23 from yesterday. While there...

Laois Labour calls for ‘May Day Solidarity Pandemic Payment’ for healthcare workers

Eoin Barry, Labour Party representative for Graiguecullen- Portarlington, has called on the Government to issue a one-off €1,000 pandemic payment to healthcare workers during...

Laois Labour party representatives welcome election of new leader

Tipperary's Alan Kelly was elected as the new leader of the Labour Party after defeating colleague Aodhan O Ríordáin in a contest on Friday. Kelly,...

On the Canvass: Labour’s Noel Tuohy looking to make up ground after late start

If you had said to Noel Tuohy three weeks ago that he'd be knocking on doors looking for votes to win a seat in...

Noel Tuohy steps into the election breach for Labour

In a dramatic late intervention the Labour Party will have a candidate running in Laois-Offaly after all. Cllr Noel Tuohy has confirmed that he has...