Tag: Laois County Council

Laois County Council should erect signage re-enforcing the message that e-scooters are not allowed to be use on paths. That was the subject of a...

A new ramp/pedestrian crossing at the entrance to a housing estate in Portlaoise is being viewed by those who live there as a 'serious...

The current Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Paschal McEvoy has expressed his extreme frustration over a previously-approved footpath/cycle lane in his native village in...

A Laois County Councillor couldn't disguise his frustration and anger with Uisce Eireann, over their refusal to provide improved sewerage infrastructure in his local...

Laois County Council have received a planning application which will seek to construct a new telecommunications tower in the county. Emerald Towers Limited sought planning...

Naeem Iqbal will be contesting the 2024 Local Elections as a Fianna Fáil representative in the Portlaoise Municipal District. Mr Iqbal contested the 2019 Local...

Fianna Fail have added a third candidate to their list to contest the 2024 Local Election in Portlaoise. Naeem Iqbal a Pakistani native, who contested...

A delegation from the county of Williamson, Tennessee, in the US, which is twinned with Laois, has made contact with Laois IFA with a...

The Transport For Ireland bus routes in Laois have been described as "chaos" by a local Councillor. Independent Cllr, Ollie Clooney was speaking at the...

An Post is using 70 to 80% of a building designated for Laois Civil Defence, a local Councillor has said. Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley was...

A Laois Councillor has called on the County Council contact Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath, for financial support for rural pubs. Speaking at the meeting...

A local County Councillor has hit out at the lack of affordable housing being build in Laois, homelessness in the county, and the growing...

There was a major standoff earlier this week at the most recent monthly meeting of Laois County Council, with local Councillors butting heads with...

Ms Patricia Frayne, a chartered accountant with vast experience working alongside SMEs and owner-managed businesses, is Centre Co-Cordinator at the Enterprise Centre. Ms Frayne was...

A local Councillor is campaigning to allow cancer survivors the “right to be forgotten,” which at present is a voluntary code of practice agreed...

There was a considerable disagreement at this month's meeting of Laois County Council, with Councillors clashing over the refugee situation in Stradbally. Cllr Aisling Moran...

The latest meeting of Laois County Council saw numerous Cllrs threw their weight behind various GAA clubs from around the county. It all began when...

Make Way Day is all about changing the small things can have a very big impact on people with differing abilities. This year's event will take...

Traffic calming measures are needed in Abbeyleix, according to local councillor John Joe Fennelly. Cllr Fennelly was making the call at this week's Portlaoise Municipal...

A couple of small changes could help make Portlaoise an autism-friendly town, according to a presentation made to a meeting in Laois County Council...

Road safety and flooding were high on the agenda at last week's Borris-inOssory-Mountmellick Municipal District meeting. Cllr John King, in his first meeting as chair,...

Laois County Council are seeking the views of interested parties in relation to the proposed new car parking facility in Durrow. The proposal is in...

A local County Councillor has called for improvements to some of Laois's most popular tourist attractions. Cllr Seamus McDonald called on Laois County Council to...

A local Councillor has called on Laois County Council to carry out a survey of ash trees that are affected by the ash dieback,...

A local councillor has called on Laois County Council to provide a Columbarium Wall in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Mountmellick, as well as other cemeteries...

Laois County Council will receive €11,620,533 in 2024 in its base line funding in respect of the Local Property Tax. This, according to Laois TD...

A local councillor has called on Laois County Council to carry out a feasibility study on the possibility of a Greenway from Abbeyleix Railway...

A local Councillor has called on Laois County Council to improve road safety measures in the western part of the county. Cllr James Kelly was speaking...

A local County Councillor has expressed his disappointment at Laois County Council's response to his request for public lighting. Cllr Conor Bergin was speaking at the...

The street lights in the Crossneen Manor housing estate in Graiguecullen have not worked for several months now. The situation has been described by an...