Tag: Aisling Moran
‘Public money should not be used’ – Laois Councillor fumes over...
A Laois County Councillor says that public money should not be used to pay for the erection of a monument which commemorates the World...
‘Shoddy workmanship’ blasted in Laois as calls made for ‘work to...
'It is like some lad came and just tipped over a wheelbarrow of tarmacadam and then left it there'.
That was the view of Councillor...
Commitment given by Roadstone to provide passing bays on roads near...
Roadstone Quarry have given a commitment to provide passing bays on the roads in the immediate vicinity of the Ballyadams quarry.
The commitment came following...
Funding secured to provide footpath for Laois school but anger over...
Funding has been found to create a footpath outside a Laois secondary school - but there is considerable anger over the allocation from a...
Confidence expressed that solution to MIDOC issue can be found imminently
There is confidence that a permanent solution to the issue surrounding the MIDOC situation in Laois can be found soon.
That was the opinion expressed...
‘We need to look after people who are getting up for...
There were fiery exchanges in the adjourned Laois County Council meeting on Monday following a discussion over housing stock and income thresholds in the...
‘Next thing, you’ll want to remove the Angelus’ – Councillors disagree...
Laois County Councillors clashed in the chamber on Monday over a suggestion that the prayer should be discontinued.
Before the start of every monthly meeting,...
‘What do I do? Go out and stand on my own?’...
Frustration over road repairs - and the the salting programme in icy weather - was a major topic of conversation at this week's meeting...
Two speed tables to be installed in Laois village after traffic...
Two speed tables are to be installed in a Laois village after a traffic survey revealed motorists were approaching it way above the speed...
‘People are going to be killed at those junctions if action...
A Laois County Councillor has pleaded with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to follow up on their promises to carry out safety works at junctions across...
Another blazing row as local politicians discuss live streaming of council...
A motion to Laois County Council today called once again for council meetings to be live streamed so they could be accessed by the...
Sadness at death of Loretta Moran, well-known in political and business...
The death has occurred of Loretta Moran, from Ballinagar, Ballylinan, wife of former long-serving Laois Fine Gael county councillor John Moran and mother of...
Laois County Council to paint rainbow pedestrian crossing in support for...
Laois County Council are to show their support for the LGTBQI+ community by painting the rainbow colours on a pedestrian crossing.
The decision was reached...
Laois Councillor calls for gap to be bridged between Ireland and...
Laois County Councillor Aisling Moran was in Brussels last week as a guest of west of Ireland MEP, Maria Walsh.
Fine Gael Cllr Moran travelled...
Local council chairman’s role decided by draw as Fine Gael candidate...
The AGM of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District took place in the Laois County Council chamber this afternoon where the only real item of note...
ESB called out as Councillors fume over delays to underground cabling...
Officials at the ESB have been called to meet with Laois County Councillors over delays to underground the overhead electricity cables on Main Street...
Question over sale of Junction 17 land leads to row and...
On Monday, members of Laois County Council voted to put through the sale of 3.42 hectares at Portlaoise Enterprise Park to Kirby Group Engineering...
Laois Councillor calls for halt on new library project as estimated...
A Laois County Councillor has called for the ongoing building of a new library in Portlaoise to be halted.
Fine Gael Councillor Aisling Moran made...
A walk-out, an adjournment and a withdrawal as live streaming row...
A debate on whether or not Laois County Council should live stream their meetings ended in a ferocious row in the chamber today.
The matter...
“When there is an accident out there, someone will come out...
A Laois County Councillor has expressed his anger over the Council's continual refuse to put salt on a busy school road.
Independent Councillor Ben Brennan...
Momentum grows behind campaign for playground in Emo
Momentum is growing behind a campaign to develop a playground in Emo in the parish sports grounds where the GAA club, soccer club and...
‘I’d prefer if you’d mind your own business’ – Laois Councillors...
Laois Councillors Aisling Moran and Paschal McEvoy clashed once again over a housing development that is set to take place in Stradbally.
At September's meeting...
26 new houses approved for Laois town following vote after fierce...
26 new homes are on their way to Stradbally - but only after a fierce debate and a vote at this week's Laois County...
Laois Councillor hits out at substation protest and throws support behind...
A Laois County Councillor has hit out at a group who have been protesting over the proposed construction of a substation.
The RTS Substation Action...
Tributes paid to departing council official as calls made for female...
Laois County Council have a new appointment to make for one of their key management positions following the departure of Joe Delaney, who was...
Calls for ‘mandatory bins’ to be placed at the homes of...
A call has been made to make it mandatory that every tenant of Laois County Council should have a waste bin.
Fine Gael Councillor Aisling...
Laois County Council has its own ‘you have no authority here...
A serious row broke out at today's virtual meeting of Laois County Council - in scenes similar to a famous online row at Handford...
Speed an issue on Laois roads as councillors again express frustration...
There's rarely a meeting in Laois County Council goes by without frustration being expressed over various speed limits around the county.
And so it was...
Call made to change laws to give Laois Gardai more powers...
A Laois County Councillor has brought forward a proposal aimed at changing the bye laws in the county to give Gardai more powers to...
Speed limit review needed on rural Laois roads, say councillors
Speed limits on rural Laois roads was again raised as an issue of concern at the most recent Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
A motion from Cllr...