Tag: Laois County Council

There have been warm tributes paid to retiring Fine Gael councillor Tom Mulhall, who announced his decision on Friday to step down from political...

Laois County Councillor Tom Mulhall has tendered his resignation for health reasons. The Fine Gael politician, who comes from Emo, has stepped down from the...

Laois County Council is to pilot two temporary salt/grit drop off points in rural areas of the Portlaoise Municipal District in a bid to...

Laois County Councillors in the Portlaoise Municipal District have called for a indoor sports facility to be built in the town. In 2019, Laois County...

The picture, in all honesty, speaks for itself here. Laois woman Louise Troy captured an image of a cycle lane in Portlaoise - and it...

The Coronavirus pandemic has effected everything and slowed development in lots areas but anyone driving on the M7 motorway in Portlaoise will have noticed...

In our first LaoisToday podcast of 2021, we chat with John Mulholland, chief executive of Laois County Council. He chats about the challenges of managing...

A Laois county councillor has said that public bodies like the National Transport Authority (NTA) and the Office of Public Works (OPW) should be...

Laois County Council have agreed to spend €1 million on an upgrade of a halting site in Portlaoise. Oak Park halting site in Knockmay, beside...

Laois County Council invites you to take part in a Consultation/Survey to help shape the development of a Masterplan for Lands at Stradbally Road,...

A Laois County Councillor has called on the government to abolish the €100 annual registration fee that nurses and midwives must pay to the...

Laois County Councillors have rubberstamped a plan to invest more than €130 million in capital projects from 2021 to 2023. The plan, unveiled by Laois...

A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works to be carried out on what he described as the 'second most dangerous bend' in...

With shops and businesses around the County having reopened their doors following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions from Level 5 to Level 3, Laois...

The mobile telecommunications company Eir has been branded the 'most disastrous company in Ireland' and an 'absolute disgrace' by two Laois County Councillors. The company's...

One of the features of lockdown life this year has been an increase in people out cycling and walking. But secondary school students cycling to...

Independent Councillor Ben Brennan has called on Laois County Council to do more to ensure that Laois people on the housing waiting list are...

A further €47,000 fund is being made available to community and voluntary groups in Laois to help them deal with Covid-19. The funding, which is...

The Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council has called on the HSE to provide an update on what she says is the 'non-existent' HSE Community...

Laois County Council are to call on the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to increase bed capacity for those suffering with dementia. Cllr Willie Aird...

Laois County Council has become the eleventh electoral authority to call on the Office of Public Works to exhume the bodies of five men...

More than three years after being closed, the refurbished public toilets in the heart of Portlaoise are set to open this week. The toilets have...

Laois County Councillors have called on the Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, to abolish Strategic Housing Developments (SHD) immediately. Normally applications for planning permission first...

Laois County Councillor John Joe Fennelly has called on Transport Infrastructure Ireland to erect a fence on the Abbeyleix/Durrow road following a number of...

A Laois County Councillor has said he is being 'scalded' on the phone on a daily basis over the installation of new LED lights...

Laois County Councillors have approved the signing of a 'Cultural Accord' between an historic Australian site and a Laois house. The Eureka Centre in Victoria,...

A Laois soccer club and a special needs school are to benefit from the leasing of lands owned by Laois County Council to them. For...

Laois County Council has approved the sale of 1.56 hectares of land to a company who are planning an expansion. AuBren have purchased the site...

Youth Work Ireland Laois has received €38,000 through the LGBTI+ Communities Integration Fund. A total of €700,000 has been distributed to 29 projects through Ireland...

Laois County Council have said that they are taking the final steps in the process of taking the Gracefield Manor estate in Ballylinan in...