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Barry Walsh Fine Gael

Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant by Mary Sweeney’s...

Ballyroan native Barry Walsh looks set to be co-opted to the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of long-serving councillor Mary...
Conor Bergin Mountrath flooding

An Bord Pleanala gives green light for Mountrath flood relief works to begin

An Bord Pleanala has given the green light for flood relief works to be carried out at Shannon Street in Mountrath. €46,565 in funding was...
Gaelscoil Thromaire

Safety measures planned as brand new Laois primary school set to officially open in...

The students of a Laois primary school are set to move into their brand new building in the coming weeks. Gaelscoil Thromaire has existed in...

Laois County Council announces outdoor performance opportunities for musicians, performers and artists

Laois County Council has announced a series of outdoor performance opportunities for Laois based musicians, performers and artists. The Laois Local Live Performance Scheme aims...
Mountrath General

‘God forbid a child ran out onto the road’ – Laois Councillors call for...

Two Laois County Councillors have called for a boundary wall to be put up on the perimeter of a housing estate. Independent Councillor James Kelly...

’30 years is a long time to wait for a footpath’ – Laois Councillor...

'30 years is a long time to wait for a footpath' - so says Laois County Councillor John King. The Fine Gael politician is so...

Laois school set to get new signpost ‘before the kids go back to class’

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...
Durrow

‘Seeing children standing in the rain is sad’ – Councillor calls for bus shelter...

A Laois County Councillor has requested that a bus shelter be erected at Sean Doire in Durrow. At a recent meeting of the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal...

Calls for wheelchair swings to be installed in playgrounds across Laois

A call has been made to install wheelchair swings in playgrounds across Laois. Independent Councillor James Kelly raised the matter at this morning's meeting of...

Laois County Council elects youngest ever chair as Conor Bergin takes over for the...

Laois County Council has elected its youngest ever chairperson as Conor Bergin took the role this afternoon. The 27-year-old Borris-In-Ossory native becomes the youngest since...

The Week that Was: Our most read stories of the past seven days

1 - Lonely Planet select Laois tourist attraction in top 8 ‘incredible Irish locations’ for 2021 A world-leading travel guide book publisher has selected a...

Lorries ‘hopping’ off manhole covers force family to sell their home in Laois town

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

‘The only people who are happy about that road are the ones that own...

A Laois County Councillor has said that the only people who are happy about the state of a particular road in the county at...

€22,000 for footpath upgrade works in Laois town with works to begin in next...

€22,000 has been allocated to carry out 'much needed' footpath upgrade works on the N80 at Emmett Street, Mountmellick. Fine Gael Councillor Conor Bergin, who...
Bogs tidy up

‘Asbestos sheets, furniture and building supplies’ found dumped in Laois bogs as school children,...

200 bags full of rubbish which had been dumped in three Laois bogs has been recovered by school children, Tidy Towns group and Coillte...

Three Laois cemeteries set for improvement works this summer

Improvements works for three Laois cemeteries will begin on July 1, it has been confirmed. Graveyards at St Fintan's Mountrath, Castletown and Rathdowney will also...

Traffic calming measures planned for Borris-In-Ossory estate but issues over damaged fence remain

Traffic calming measures will be undertaken to make a housing estate in Borris-In-Ossory safer for all residents. The news comes following a motion by Cllr...
Glenbarrow

No quick solution in sight for ongoing parking issues at popular Laois tourist spot

There appears to be no quick solution in sight for the ongoing parking issues at one of Laois's most popular tourist destinations. Gardai have been...
Conor Bergin Borris-in-Ossory

Busy road near Borris-in-Ossory benefits from council programme

A section of a busy road near Borris-in-Ossory has been resurfaced in recent weeks. The L-5057 road between the junction with the R445 at Moneymore,...
Rathdowney playground

Rathdowney playground and school safety concerns highlighted once more

A busy secondary school and a widely-used playground located side by side in Rathdowney will obviously lead to safety concerns when they're both on...