Tag: Laois County Council

Laois County Council have hit Laois GAA with a bill of €18,000 in commercial rates. Up to now, Laois GAA had never paid rates but...

A call has been made for an update on progress made to obtain funding for the three roundabouts that are needed on the Mountmellick...

MUTT MITTS launched in Mountmellick this afternoon (Thursday) outside the Mountmellick Community Arts Centre. Laois County Council, in partnership with Mountmellick Tidy Towns, is pleased...

There is a spate of opposition after being lodged against plans to provide new housing in Mountmellick. Dozens of objections have been made by other...

A call was made for an update on the position with disability access and equipment in a Portlaoise playground at the Municipal District meeting...

Calls have been made for a Crematorium in Portlaoise at the recent Municipal District meeting of the Portlaoise district. Fianna Fáil Cllr, Catherine Fitzgerald made...

A significant amount of infrastructural investment is earmarked by the Council for Portlaoise over the next 3 years. The projections presented in the local authority’s...

With just over €78 million at its disposal Laois County Council has set out its stall and agreed on its spending priorities for next...

They met at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month and Laois County Councillors set aside any political differences or...

The Chinese have a saying that there is nothing under the sun that is not political. And so it is. Even the make-up of Strategic...

So check this out! What a great idea. A junior chess tournament for all primary school children in Laois. The event is the brainchild of the...

Politicians in favour of the continued use of election posters during future campaigns have set out their reasons for doing so in no uncertain...

Yet another attempt to have election posters prohibited in Laois has gone down in flames. Cllr Noel Tuohy is the poster boy for the ‘No...

There was excitement in Portlaoise this morning on the new Southern Circular Road where Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Charlie Flanagan TD,...

After months and months of delays, traffic congestion and frustration – the brand new Portlaoise Southern Circular Road officially opened this morning. The project was...

Winter is coming. The clocks are gone back; the evenings are bet and there’s a frosty bite in the mid-term mornings. But Laois County Council are...

The role that vulture funds are playing in repossessions, homelessness, buying up housing stock and tax avoidance needs to be investigated. That’s the view of...

The Heritage Office of Laois County Council is holding a conference on the theme " Laois Heritage Matters", on Saturday November 23 at the...

Despite extensive objections from numerous residents in the area, Laois County Council have sanctioned plans for a new social housing development on the Abbeyleix...

Building inflation is back with a bang it seems and apparently no one wants to do a small job again. As County Councillors wrestle with...

Ghost estates that blighted many Laois towns after the banking and property crash of a decade ago may be banished, but the problems still...

A call for drain cleaning on all minor storm drains in and around Mountmellick was made at the recent Municipal District meeting of the...

The new ring road around Portlaoise - which will link the Timahoe Road to the Abbeyleix Road - has been hit with further delays...

Good news for residents, motorists … and butterflies and bees this week. Laois County council has agreed to embrace a proposal to plant more wild...

A boil notice for a day is a nuisance; for a week, well that’s a bother; for a year, you’d say ‘you’ve got to...

The vexed issue of anti-social behaviour in housing estates and unruly threatening behaviour from those responsible continues to preoccupy the authorities. Albeit with some reluctance...

There has been a warm welcome at the County Council for the adoption of the Laois Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. However, there were shades of...

A meeting of Laois County Council has heard that the local authority had to plough almost €200k of its own funds into road works...

The difficulty in getting small jobs and minor house repairs carried out for local authority tenants in Laois Council houses is the latest bugbear...

The organisers of the Electric Picnic have been sent an unambiguous message to clean up their act and to address safety concerns before next...