Tag: Laois County Council

Peter McVerry Trust, the national housing and homeless charity, has launched a new five-year strategic plan which will see the charity deliver 1,200 new...

Laois County Councillor John King says there are fears that the organisers of the festival may 'pull out' of hosting their event in Stradbally...

Back in May, Laois County Council executed a Compulsory Purchase Order on a derelict mansion in Abbeyleix. They have since put the Victorian mansion up...

Laois County Council meetings hear of various injustices and outrages - and there was another example at the most recent meeting held this week. Cllr...

Laois County Council has signed the contracts for retrofitting of 62 local authority-owned houses in the county. The retrofitting of homes in Mountain View, Portlaoise,...

Laois County Council have a new appointment to make for one of their key management positions following the departure of Joe Delaney, who was...

Laois County Councillor Caroline Dwane-Stanley has hit out at a recent change that to exclude maintenance payments made by social housing applicants. Anyone applying for...

Laois County Council has been allocated additional funding this year for upgrade works to rural roads and laneways. The total allocation of funding under the...

NPHET should provide an urgent recommendation to Laois County Council on whether Electric Picnic should be given a license to proceed in Stradbally at...

Laois County Councillors have voted down a proposed 3% increase in the Local Property Tax Rate. At a special meeting of Laois County Council today...

A number of Portlaoise-based county councillors recently made a trip to Cabra in Dublin to look at a housing complex that is similar to...

It's not often that the local elected representatives agree across the board - but a motion from Portlaoise-based councillor Noel Tuohy for a memorial...

The ongoing current issue of water restrictions in the Mountmellick Road area of Portlaoise was addressed at today's meeting of Laois County Council. Due to...

Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, Councillor Conor Bergin, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Rural Development Heather Humphreys of an additional €10.5 million...

A parcel of land that is currently zoned for housing should be turned into a car park - a Laois County Councillor has said. Speaking...

Planning permission to construct 99 new homes on a similar site to where it had once been proposed to build 262 new homes has...

A call has been made to make it mandatory that every tenant of Laois County Council should have a waste bin. Fine Gael Councillor Aisling...

The position of the head of Laois County Council has had different names over the years - mayor, cathaoirleach, chairman. In Laois it has been...

Further submissions have been made against a planned pig farm in Ballyfin, including a second letter from Jim Reynolds, the managing director of Ballyfin...

Laois County Council are to investigate the costs associated with live streaming all public meetings. The matter came before Monday's monthly meeting of the Council...

Laois County Council has elected its youngest ever chairperson as Conor Bergin took the role this afternoon. The 27-year-old Borris-In-Ossory native becomes the youngest since...

A call has been made for Laois County Council to cut down trees that 'are costing them a fortune'. Fine Gael Councillor John King made...

Councillor Ollie Clooney has been elected as the chairperson of the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District for the next 12 months. Laois County Council is split up...

A call has been made for security cameras to be installed at a Laois cemetery. Fianna Fail Councillor Catherine Fitzgerald put down the motion in...

Laois County Council should run a campaign alerting the public of the danger of Black Grass seeds that are found in many wildflower seeds...

In October 2017, Fine Gael Councillor Willie Aird warned Iarnrod Eireann, formally CIE, that ‘our day will come’ - and it appears that half...

Laois County Councillor Thomasina Connell has called for additional litter bins to be put up in Portlaoise town centre. The Fine Gael Councillor made the...

Planning permission has been granted by Laois County Council for a housing development in Abbeyleix while another has been sought in Portarlington. Two blocks of...

Top chef Catherine Fulvio will host a Summer Cookery Demonstration, on the Laois County Council Facebook page this evening, to show you how to...

The infamous Arles bends will be familiar to anyone who has ever driven from Portlaoise to Carlow but there has been a considerable realignment...