Tag: Pippa Hackett

There will be strong local representation abroad on St Patrick’s Day as the government have confirmed who will be Ireland’s representatives. Laois TD and Minister...

There were no exceedances for pesticides in the public drinking water supplies in Laois in 2022, Uisce Éireann has confirmed. However, the utility is urging...

The new Kolbe Special School building project has been approved today to go forward to tender. So says Fianna Fail TD Sean Fleming who says...

Four Laois projects have been awarded €153,040 under the Community Monuments Fund. The core objective of the Community Monuments Fund is to support the conservation,...

The Hot School Meals Programme is set to be rolled out to every Primary School in Ireland. As previously announced Hot School Meals are to...

Minister Pippa Hackett concluded an official trip to Kenya with visit to a project with Laois links. Vera Smith, a Graiguecullen local, invited the Minister...

Well-known Laois man and wildlife conservationist Ricky Whelan has been appointed to the new role of Biodiversity Officer with Offaly County Council. Ricky, who is...

A €626 million investment programme for 2023 for regional and local roads has been announced and of this allocation, €13.5m will come to County...

A Laois TD has launched a blistering attack on a local Minister for State over a controversial plan involving Coillte and a British investment...

Communities which have welcomed people from Ukraine and other countries in Laois will receive funding for development projects. The Community Recognition Fund of €50 million...

Minister Pippa Hackett is highlighting the tax credit available from this month to anyone paying rent on private rental accommodation. Introduced in Budget 2023, this...

Parents in Laois will potentially save thousands on the cost of childcare thanks to increased subsidies that kicked in recently. The reduction was made possible...

Laois is one of the counties set to benefit from a €169m funding boost from the EU Just Transition scheme. Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon...

Six Laois venues were deemed successful applicants of the €4 million in funding to assist off peak entertainment in our towns and cities. A total...

Grants of €2,000 will be provided to all eight Men’s Sheds in Laois to assist with their running costs. This initiative will see this grant...

More than 12,000 Laois families are set to receive a double Child Benefit payment this week. This is one of the measures that was agreed...

A motion for educational support and advertising to address Ireland’s low breastfeeding rates have been endorsed by a local Minister. The Green Party brought forward...

Minister Pippa Hackett called on communities of Laois to join the ‘rooftop revolution’ in light of new exemptions from the need for planning permission...

At a free public event in Mountrath, Minister Pippa Hackett hosted a panel of speakers focusing on managing energy costs for individuals, businesses and...

Minister Pippa Hackett is to host two public events in Laois and Offaly in October in response to rising energy costs for individuals, businesses...

Laois-Offaly based Minister Pippa Hackett has welcomed the extension of the Young Adult Card and Student Leap Card fare initiative to the commercial bus...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced capital funding of €20m for a new specialist palliative care inpatient unit for the Midlands. The new 20-bed unit, to...

The Cabinet has given approval to legislate for the designation of safe access zones around healthcare premises to safeguard access to termination of pregnancy...

Parents in Ireland can take up to seven weeks paid Parents Leave and Benefit, as part of new measures introduced. Green Party Minister Roderic O’Gorman's...

The publication of the Wool Feasibility Report was welcomed by Laois Offlay based Minister Pippa Hackett recently. Wool is a sustainable, organic, renewable natural material...

Minister Pippa Hackett has welcomed planning permission exemption proposals for rooftop solar panels on homes. The exemption will also cover other buildings from community centres...

Three Laois areas are to benefit from the Community Water Development Fund issued by the Local Authority Waters Programme. €4,500 is going to the Nore...

A local TD has announced that she has hired a Ukrainian refugee as her new parliamentary assistant. Green Party Minister for Laois-Offaly, Pippa Hackett, has...

Laois’s raised bogs are set to benefit from an award of €15,000 under the Community Peatlands Engagement Scheme. The award will be made to the...

More than €190,000 has been secured for five Laois projects under the Community Monuments Fund. Ballylynan church and graveyard has received the highest alocation with...