Tag: Laois County Council

The ongoing issue of dog fouling on public paths in Portlaoise was raised once again at the most recent meeting of the local Municipal...

Irish Water in partnership with Laois County Council is appealing to the public in Mountmellick town and surrounding areas to conserve water where possible...

The issue of when Portlaoise Leisure Centre will re-open was raised at a Municipal District meeting in Laois County Council today with councillors expressing...

In partnership with Laois County Council, LOETB are delighted to offer this NEW FREE online workshop on Sustainable Living with Aoife Munn; Lecturer, Environmentalist...

Laois County Councillors have rejected a proposal to reduce the minimum distance that a wind turbine must be away from a home. The issue of...

Laois County Councillors successfully deleted a section of into the County Development Plan which they say would have made it harder to successfully obtain...

High rise residential developments will not be coming to Laois any time soon after Laois County Councillors rejected any suggestion of them at a...

Laois County Council have released a statement following calls for them to reverse their decision to refuse a licence for the 2021 Electric Picnic...

Irish Water has saved over 7.5 million litres of water across Laois since commencing the Leakage Reduction Programme in 2018. Irish Water has worked closely...

Laois County Council has announced a series of outdoor performance opportunities for Laois based musicians, performers and artists. The Laois Local Live Performance Scheme aims...

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...