Tag: Laois County Council

Planning permission has been granted to construct a 99-house housing development and a creche in Ballylinan. JC Brenco Developments Ltd has been awarded planning permission...

Members of the Portlaoise Cemetery Committee and the Portlaoise County Councillors were unhappy with a plan presented to them by Council officials aimed at...

Laois County Council, in collaboration with Laois Education Support Centre, has announce the successful conclusion of "The Antarctic Project," an engaging competition that captivated...

There is substantial funding needed for youth services across rural parts of Laois according to the Laois Offaly Educate Together Board (LOETB). It was revealed...

Young people in Laois "are being treated totally and completely unfairly," Laois County Council has heard. In terms of youth funding, the Laois Offaly Educate...

Laois County Council has encouraged people interested in the Domestic Waste Water Treatment (septic tank) scheme to contact the Council's Environment Section to register...

The Coolnabacky Substation continues to be a lightning rod for controversy, drawing the ire of local residents and politicians time and time again. Locals have...

The discontent of the local community with the coming Coolnabacky Substation in Ratheniska continued this week, with questions being raised over the legitimacy of...

Members of the IFA turned up in big numbers at Laois County Council this morning as part of their 'Enough is Enough' campaign. Laois IFA...

Laois County Council CEO John Mulholland has announced that he will retire from the role in June of this year. Mr Mulholland will retire before...

Laois County Councillors were deeply unhappy following a reply to a motion calling for the construction of a footpath to connect the Rathmore Road...

Portlaoise Panthers Basketball Club have become a victim of their own success in recent times. The club's Women's achieved historic success last year when they...

Laois County Council delivered a total of 490 social houses in 2023, up from 326 the previous year. Of the 490 houses, 286 were newly builds,...

Two houses on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are currently being demolished with big plans in place for their replacements. The two vacant and derelict...

Laois County Council have announced they are to develop a tourism hub at the former Ha'Penny Babies School at Chapel Street in Portlaoise. The location...

A total of 349 vacant social homes were brought back into active use in Laois between 2014-2023 according to figures released by the Department...

The January meeting of Laois County Council saw the sale of eleven Council sites across the county, delivered under Section 183 of the Local...

The January meeting of Laois County Council saw the sale of eleven Council sites across the county, delivered under Section 183 of the Local...

The Laois Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029, which was drafted last year, was formally adopted by Laois County Council earlier this week at the...

Laois County Council will write to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth of Ireland, to request that an agreed strategy is...

A call has come from Laois County Council for the Government to put in place measures that would require businesses selling products from Israel...

A local County Councillor has urged for a reduction in toll charges for heavy goods vehicles using the Toll Plaza at Fatharnagh, Mountrath, Portlaoise...

Laois County Council has no intentions of making alterations to the elevator in the New Library in Portlaoise. That is according to Council Chief Executive...

Laois County Council staff have informed the Portlaoise Municipal District that the housing development in Radharc Darach, Hepburn Court will be put out for...

A Laois County Councillor has demanded that safety works are carried out at what he described as a 'deadly dangerous' junction at a Laois...

Independent Laois County Councillor Ollie Clooney has pleaded with the Council to clean the River Erkina. The Durrow based Councillor says that the river, which...

A Laois County Councillor has called for improvement works to be carried out on a footpath in the village of Clough. Fine Gael Councillor Conor...

A large group of over 60 people attended the launch of the Rathdowney Town Centre First Plan recently in the Marian Community Centre in...

Laois County Council were this week called upon by Councillors to press Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD on the urgent need for the...

Chief Executive of Laois County Council, Mr John Mulholland has urged people in a position to purchase a home to begin preparing their finances,...