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Laois TD gets a new title after Sinn Féin reshuffle

A Laois TD has gotten responsibilities for a new role after a Sinn Féin reshuffle. TD Brian Stanley will take up the responsibility for Agriculture,...

Oireachtas Committee guest states ‘government derailed’ broadband plan in 2017 –...

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for Communications, Brian Stanley has said that a technical advisor firm claims that the National Broadband Plan (NBP) was derailed by...

Laois and Offaly home help crisis raised in the Dáil as...

According to Laois TD Brian Stanley, 500 constituents in Laois and Offaly are left on waiting lists for home help services. Speaking in the Dáil,...

CEO of National Roads Authority contacted over bus services in three...

Today the news broke that the JJ Kavanagh's bus service from Dublin to Limerick will no longer be stopping in Borris-in-Ossory, Mountrath and Castletown. They will...

Over 790 children in Laois waiting more than a year for...

Over 870 people in Laois are waiting over a year for occupational therapy. There are 1140 people are awaiting Speech and Language Therapy while...

Portlaoise hospital spent €10.8 million on agency staff in 2018 –...

According to figures released to Sinn Féin, Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise was the second highest spender on agency staff in the country. According to a statement...

Sinn Féin Bill aims to protect mortgage holders against vulture funds...

Laois TD Brian Stanley spoke about Sinn Féin's 'No Consent No Sale' Bill in the Dáil last night. Speaking on the Bill, Deputy Stanley said:...

Laois TD raises ‘chronic need’ for new building for Kolbe Special...

Laois TD Brian Stanley told the Dáil that there is a 'chronic need' for a new building for Kolbe Special School yesterday, January 31. Kolbe...

Over 12,720 Laois properties left behind without high-speed broadband – Stanley

In the Dáil this week, statements were made about broadband problems in Laois and Offaly. Laois TD Brian Stanley highlighted nine areas of Laois not...

Smart meters in every home in the country by 2024 –...

Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Climate Action Brian Stanley TD has said the ESB will begin installing new ‘Smart Meters’ this year to  help to...

Calls for Laois to get ‘urgently needed’ primary care centres

With only a few primary care centrse in the county, Laois TD Brian Stanley has stressed 'an urgent need for Primary Care Centres' in...

CCTV blockage for communities raised with Minister for Justice in the...

Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has raised the issue with community CCTV cameras in the Dáil with Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan. Deputy Stanley said...

’Laois public being hoodwinked on Portlaoise Hospital’

A Laois TD has said that the people of Laois are being 'hoodwinked' with promises made by the government to 'drag the issue beyond the...

Laois TD says it is ‘shocking’ almost 600 await home support...

Brian Stanley TD has said “that it is shocking over 578 of the most vulnerable people are waiting for home support services across Laois...

Laois/Offaly should be a hub of future employment and apprenticeships –...

Laois TD Brian Stanley TD has raised issue no longer limiting young people's options for long-term careers and spoke about the value of apprenticeships...

Facilitator to be appointed to head up consultation in Portlaoise Hospital

A Laois TD has received confirmation from Minister Simon Harris that an external facilitator will be appointed to head up the consultation process on...

Investment needed, ‘to stop the Midlands to become Ireland’s rust belt’

A Laois TD has said, "It is now absolutely essential that the company establish alternatives not only to keep jobs but to create new...

Broadband plan ‘in a shambolic state and Plan B is needed’...

Yesterday the news broke that Minister for Communications Denis Naughten resigned after he revealed he had four private dinners with the key bidder in...

‘Never a better time to be a landlord, and never a...

Speaking on the Budget announced on Tuesday, Brian Stanley TD said: “It’s never been a better time to be a landlord and never worse...

Laois TD says rent controls just don’t work

A Laois TD has claimed rent controls don’t work. A national emergency surrounding the housing crisis was declared on Thursday, October 4. The government was...

Laois/Offaly CCTV Blockage Raised in Dail

The issue of a lack of CCTV cameras in Donaghmore and Mountmellick was raised in the Dáil this week. Laois TD Brian Stanley raised the...

‘Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil back failed Minister and failed housing...

A Laois TD has spoken in the Dáil this week on the Sinn Féin motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing, Planning and...

Outrage at the closure of Laois post offices

There has been widespread outrage at both local and national level over the closure of 159 rural post offices, as was announced on Tuesday...

Sinn Fein aiming to run four candidates for next Laois County...

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald arrived in Laois as part of a constituency tour yesterday, Wednesday August 29. Laois TD Brian Stanley accompanied Ms...

Laois /Offaly Hit With Post Office Closures – Stanley

Laois TD Brain Stanley has hit out and said that access to the postal network, ‘should not be a geographical lottery'. Responding to the announcement...

The Granny Grant is ‘Unrealistic and Unworkable’ claims Laois TD

A Laois TD has labelled the proposed Granny Grant as "unrealistic and unworkable". Sinn Féin’s Brian Stanley has said a proposal by Minister Shane Ross...

Plans to tackle waiting list crisis in Laois

Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has said “There isn't a family in the State that has not been affected by the current crisis of...

Excessive car insurance costs raised in the Dáil by Laois TD

At the latest sitting of the Dáil, one Laois TD brough up the growing issue of excessive car insurance costs which only continue to...

Laois TD labels Government Homeless Funding in the Midlands as ‘pathetic’

Laois Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has labelled the funding provided by the Government to battle homelessness as pathetic. He made the comment after receiving...

Laois-Offaly TD blasts cuts in home help hours

Laois TD Brian Stanley has described the cuts in home help hours as 'shameful'. After receiving a reply to the parliamentary question though Sinn Fein’s...