Tag: Conor Bergin
Laois businesses encouraged to apply for new Brexit loan
Small businesses in Laois should apply for a new loan to help them prepare for Britain’s exit from the single market and customs union...
In Pictures: Tributes paid as much loved Laois school principal retires
Tributes have been paid to a Laois principal following her retirement.
Olga Hyland closed the door on Clough National School and crossed the road to...
Three Laois projects granted €116,440 in CLAR funding
Three Laois projects have qualified for CLAR funding totalling €116,440.
A recreation area on the grassy bank of the Grand Canal at Vicarstown is to...
Uber in Laois? Proposal to establish ‘lift-sharing’ service receives support
Anyone who has travelled to Europe or further afield is likely to have used an Uber to get from one destination to another.
Essentially, Uber...
Calls for safety works at Laois junction before ‘someone has their...
A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works to be carried out before 'someone has their nose taken off' their car.
Fine Gael Cllr...
Laois Councillors call for action to be taken on flooding issues...
"Nobody should have to live like this - to live in fear of flooding. When it rains, it is like monsoon season in China."
These...
‘Shock’ and ‘disappointment’ over reports Bus Eireann are to withdraw service...
The Leas-Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council has expressed his shock and disappointment at media reports suggesting Bus Eireann is to end a service that...
Calls to address the ‘worst bend in Laois’ before serious accident...
Calls for Laois County Council to address safety concerns at the 'worst bend in Laois' have been made.
Fine Gael Cllr Conor Bergin raised the...
Suggestion that a ‘private car park’ could help solve problems at...
The idea that a private car park could be opened to alleviate some of the major issues with the lack of car parking facilities...
Mixed views among Fine Gael’s elected representatives in Laois on Government...
There are varied views among Fine Gael elected representatives in this area about the proposed Programme for Government that would see a coalition formed...
Laois representatives decide against travelling to New York for St Patrick’s...
Laois’s official representatives who were due to go to New York for St Patrick’s Day have pulled out of the trip amid the outbreak...
How a Munster rugby legend influenced a young Laois politician
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It's one of the most famous tackles in the history of Irish rugby.
Mention the name...
LISTEN: Talking Politics podcast with Laois’s youngest councillor Conor Bergin
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Laois's youngest county councillor Conor Bergin is the first guest on the new LaoisToday Talking...
Derelict Laois property a danger to the public
It’s been another long running saga but the danger of a derelict Laois property inflicting serious injury on an unsuspecting member of the public...
New candidates Bergin and Clooney in the mix in Borris-Mountmellick as...
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Two new first-time candidates have put the cat among the pigeons in the Borris-Mountmellick Municipal...
Ground hurling, the GAA vote and the Rosenallis factor all in...
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One of the puzzling anomalies of Laois-Offaly politics is how villages like Ballacolla and Bracknagh...
Gardaí launch investigation after election candidate reports stolen election posters
A candidate for a seat on Laois County Council has claimed that his election posters have been stolen, and that he has reported the...
Election Diary: Dumping in Borris-in-Ossory and campaign launches
Election season is well and truly underway and the political stories are coming thick and fast here on LaoisToday.
So we bring you the first...
Fine Gael shape up to win back seats in Borris-Mountmellick Area
It may have been freezing cold and snowing outside but there was a clear spring in the step of the Fine Gael members who...
Five in the mix at final Fine Gael Local Election Selection...
The last Fine Gael selection convention ahead of May's Local Elections will take place Thursday night in St Fintan's Hall in Mountrath at 8.30pm.
And...
New candidate among nominees for Fine Gael Local Election convention in...
A new candidate has been nominated to contest the upcoming Fine Gael selection convention to contest next year’s local elections in the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick local...