Tag: Laois County Council

Laois County Councillors have unanimously rejected a proposal to increase the Local Property Tax by five percent. This idea was mooted by Laois County Council...

Laois County Council is to investigate the possibility of constructing a 1.4km cycle path and walkway in the county. Fine Gael Councillor PJ Kelly put...

A call has been made for safety works to be carried out on a road near a well known Laois pub. Fianna Fail Councillor Padraig...

There were joyous scenes in the Laois County Council Chamber recently as a remarkable team were honoured. The All-Ireland winning Portlaoise AFC U-14 Girls team...

A Laois County Councillor has hit out at what he has deemed as 'price gouging' that he says is taking place in the hospitality...

Laois County Council should invest in their own tractor and hedgecutter, rather than relying on contractors. That was the view put forward by Cllr Ollie...

The decision of AIB to move a number of their branches to cashless was branded an "out and out disgrace" at a municipal district...

Cllr Thomasina Connell, Cathoirleach of Laois County Council, officially launched the Gum Litter Taskforce's gum litter education campaign recently. The Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) is...

A Laois company's proposal to purchase a site from Laois County Council for €396,400 was approved at a meeting recently. Oxley Electrical and Security Ltd...

Laois County Council has elected a new chairperson to lead the council for the next 12 months. At today’s AGM, Fine Gael’s Thomasina Connell took...

Laois County Council has agreed to sell a parcel of land to a Kildare company for €966,000. The agreement was reached at this morning's monthly...

A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works at a Portlaoise primary school to be carried out before children return in September. Sinn Fein...

A number of Laois county councillors expressed their frustration over derelict properties in the county - with the Derelict Sites Register labelled "not accurate,...

Calls have been made for a roundabout to be installed at the busy landmark Laois junction Simmons Mill. The junction is at the intersection of...

No sod is expected to be turned on a major Laois County Council development until 2025 at the earliest. So a meeting of the Portlaoise...

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...

Laois's newest county Councillor has been elected as chairman of the Portlaoise Municipal District. Ballyroan native Barry Walsh was only co-opted as a Councillor in...

It's not often that the media come in for praise at a public meeting. More often than not they're being blamed for something. But at a...

With the influx of Ukranian refugees and the unprecedented increases in housing waiting lists, emergency and direct provision accommodation, Laois County Council should identify...

Council should take over electricity cost of community CCTV  There's not a month goes by where the various issues with CCTV don't raise their head...

A Laois county councillor has called for lighting to be re-instated on the M7/M8 motorway at the entrance and exit lanes where they are...

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

A Laois County Councillor walked out of a meeting in County Hall this afternoon when he told his fellow elected members “they should be...

Laois County Council have sold a further 3.78 hectares at the Junction 17 National Enterprise Park at Togher in Portlaoise with two businesses paying...

A speed ramp near a Ballinakill school is certainly slowing down traffic, but the ramp is so severe that the bottom of cars are...

There was widespread delight at a recent meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District with the news that the famous Woodenbridge between Ballacolla and Durrow...

The "snail's process" of Irish Water is holding up for years the taking in charge by Laois County Council of local housing estates. So it...

Golf's Ryder Cup took place in Ireland in 2006, in the K Club, at the height of the Celtic Tiger Boom. It returns to these...

The renovation of two burnt-out houses in Portlaoise that were recently destroyed in a fire is a perfect opportunity for Laois County Council to...

Laois County Council and Laois African Support Group have announced that May 28 will be Africa Day 2022. Africa Day is an initiative of the...