Tag: Laois County Council

Independent councillor Ben Brennan will chair the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District of Laois County Council for the next 12 months after he was elected to...

A Laois county Councillor has called for changes in the process involved to enable those with a disability or an illness to vote in...

A call has been made for urgent traffic calming measures and solutions in a Laois village. Fianna Fail Councillor Padraig Fleming brought up the issue...

Calls have been made for Portlaoise to follow the lead of Clonakilty in Cork and become an official autism-friendly town. The West Cork town was...

A new bus service for the town of Portlaoise is hoped to be in operation by early 2024. The issue has long been a topic...

Laois County Council have completed the purchase of a former hardware shop that also contained a bakery for €1.85 million. The news of the purchase...

Refugees and how Ireland is dealing with the numbers of people who are coming into the country seeking asylum is a topic that is...

A proposal to live stream meetings to the public from Laois County Council has been rejected. The idea was first mooted by former Fine Gael...

Consultants KPMG Future Analytics were commissioned by Laois County Council in June 2022 to undertake a Town Centre First Masterplan for Rathdowney in collaboration...

Laois County Council and the Laois African Support Group have  announced Saturday, June 3, as the date for Africa Day 2023. Africa Day is an...

A Laois County Councillor has called for tougher penalties to be imposed upon those who refuse social housing for 'spurious reasons'. Sinn Fein Councill Aidan...

Councillor John King has called on Laois County Council to make several repairs and alterations to roads throughout Rathdowney. Cllr King was speaking at the...

Councillor Seamus McDonald has called on Laois County Council to erect signage for the old Castlebrack graveyard which is off the N80 between Mountmellick...

Councillor Paddy Bracken has called for upgrades to a popular Mountmellick walkway as well as an update on the progress of the Mountmellick Transport...

Laois County Council intend to remove 65 metres of trees in St Brigid's Place in Portlaoise this autumn. The trees are at the boundary adjacent...

At this week's Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District meeting, Councillor Ollie Clooney has called on Laois County Council to make several upgrades to the roads...

Laois County Council say they are investigating options to develop a route from Portlaoise to the Rock of Dunamaise that could be safely used...

A busy Portlaoise street is in bad need of a wider footpath, according to a local councillor at the most recent meeting of Portlaoise...

They mightn't make them like that any more - but a concrete post and rail fence at the boundary of Spink community sports ground...

Councillor Conor Bergin has called on Laois County Council to address road safety concerns at several locations in Camross and Borris-in-Ossory. The Fine Gael Cllr...

Action should be taken against bus operators who leave vehicles idling in Portlaoise to address the pollution being caused. That was a motion put forward...

A legendary figure on the local basketball scene could receive the highest possible council honour, following a motion at a meeting in Laois County...

Considerable frustration was expressed at a meeting in Laois County Council at the delay in making new social houses available. The May meeting of the...

A suggestion to Laois County Council to ask auctioneers to stop putting up 'For Sale' signs at the entrance to housing estates went in...

The National Transport Authority (NTA) and Laois County Council have announced details of Bike Week 2023, which runs from today until Sunday May 21. Among...

Almost all of the current Councillors who are elected to Laois County Council intend to run for election again next year. LaoisToday contact all 19...

Laois County Council has announced the launch of a community consultation that seeks to inform the County Laois Local Development Strategy (LDS) 2023-2027, the...

The entrance and exit routes to a Portlaoise housing estate was described as "very confusing" at a recent meeting in Laois County Council. Rinuccini, a...

A Laois County Councillor fears that 'somebody will be killed' if safety measures that he has been calling for for a long time are...

Laois County Council has been asked to introduce measures to stop 'risky' overtaking on the approach to Ballybrittas. Fine Gael Councillor PJ Kelly outlined the...