Tag: Charlie Flanagan

Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the €5,000 increase across the three income eligibility limits for social housing. Deputy Flanagan was responding to confirmation...

The Social Welfare Bill 2022 gives effect to Budget 2023 measures will help thousands of individuals and families in Laois with increased payments according...

New rural housing guidelines will include the right to build your own home in remote areas and in rural Ireland if people have a...

Grants of up to €50,000 for homeowners of vacant and derelict properties have been extended to both rural areas and cities and will be...

Four measures to help with the cost of living will be paid this week and provide huge relief for the people of Laois. This is...

Grants of €2,000 will be provided to all eight Men’s Sheds in Laois to assist with their running costs. This initiative will see this grant...

The popular Croí Cónaithe scheme which helps with the refurbishment of vacant properties in towns is to be extended to all cities and rural...

A Laois TD says that the new Ready to Build Scheme will provide further housing options for people in Laois who wish to build...

The Department of Housing should extend the Croí Cónaithe scheme to rural areas with populations above 400 - a Laois TD has said. Fine Gael...

The HSE has confirmed that the final schedule of works for Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit will begin next week. According to Laois TD Charlie Flanagan,...

Funding for the Local Improvement Scheme has been doubled to €22 million as part of Our Rural Future, the Government’s ambitious policy for rural...

New Government funding has been announced to improve library facilities in Laois, Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has said. Deputy Flanagan was speaking after Minister...

Banks refusing to take cash from customers must abolish service charges, Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has said. Deputy Flanagan was speaking after Allied Irish...

New funding has been announced for two Laois retail businesses to expand their online offering and presence to customers at home and abroad. Fine Gael...

The Irish Prison Service has opened a new campaign for the position of 344 Recruit Prison Officers in the Irish Prison Service. The Irish Prison...

Fine Gael in Government is moving to transform the Defence Forces and deliver the largest increase in the Defence budget in the history of...

Community groups and organisations in Laois are encouraged to apply for a new round of funding for the upgrade and refurbishment of community centres. Funding...

Major reforms to Community Employment, Tús and the Rural Social Scheme are set to reform the sector, a Laois TD has said. Fine Gael's Charlie...

The expression of interest competition for the long awaited new primary care centre at Rathdowney has been completed. So says Fine Gael TD and Fine...

The start of construction of a world-class €200 million Glanbia cheese factory signals a prosperous future for rural Ireland and family farms, a Laois...

It is expected the tender for the re-development of Portlaoise Garda Station will be issue in the third quarter of this year. So says Laois...

More than €190,000 has been secured for five Laois projects under the Community Monuments Fund. Ballylynan church and graveyard has received the highest alocation with...

Long-serving Laois Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he intends to contest the next General Election, whenever that may be. Deputy Flanagan, who celebrated his...

Sport Ireland and Ireland Active have announced a €3.2 million funding package for swimming pool operators across the country. Six Laois swimming pools have been...

Approval has been given to Laois County Council for an application that they made to the Office of Public Works’ under its Minor Flood...

New applications for the school transport scheme for the coming school year 2022/23 are now being accepted. Laois TD Charlie Flanagan has encouraged parents to...

Portlaoise Refuge has been listed as a priority in the publication of the Tusla review of accommodation services for victims of domestic, sexual and...

A Laois TD has called for the Pandemic Bonus to be extended to include nurses who work in the Irish Prison Service. Fine Gael's Charlie...

Laois has been allocated €3 million for improvements to cycling and walking infrastructure across the county. Nationally, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has allocated funds...

106 new jobs were created across Laois in 2021 by 138 small businesses supported by the Local Enterprise Office (LEO). An Tánaiste and Minister for...