Tag: Pippa Hackett
Three Laois monuments to benefit from more than €57,000 in funding
Three Laois monuments have been selected to share in €57,464 for restoration and conservation works.
Killabban Medieval Church, Lea Graveyard and Dysart Gallen Church are...
Abbeyleix Bog set to benefit from €16,000 in Biodiversity Funding
The Abbeyleix Bog Project has been approved for biodiversity funding totally €16,000
The announcement, made recently, has been welcomed by Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister for...
Six Laois schools benefit with funding for creativity
Two Laois Schools have been designated Creative Schools, while four others have become part of a Creative Cluster.
Welcoming the news, Minister Pippa Hackett explained...
New Government cabinet announced – but no Laois involvement
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has unveiled his new Government cabinet, an historical appointment that sees six ministerial positions for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and...
Pippa Hackett returns to the Seanad as voting concludes for the...
The Green Party's Pippa Hackett from Geashill has been elected to the Seanad, taking one of the 11 seats on the Agricultural vocational panel.
Pippa,...
Laois-Offaly General Election 2020 candidate in the hunt for Seanad seat...
The Seanad elections are ongoing at the moment and the counts for the different electoral districts are underway.
A total of 43 senators will be...
Explained: Who votes and how it works – five local candidates...
There a number of local candidates contesting for a seat in the Senate with nominations now closed and voting to commence later this month.
Two...
Best ever Green Party performance in Laois-Offaly but no seat for...
Pippa Hackett recorded The Green Party's best ever vote in Laois-Offaly as first count results were published this evening - but it will not...
On The Canvass: Pippa with a pep in her step as...
The Green Party have never won a seat in the Laois-Offaly constituency - and Pippa Hackett is trying to create history next weekend by...
Laois-Offaly candidate launches Green Party’s ‘Rural Manifesto’
Laois-Offaly General Election Green Party candidate Pippa Hackett launched her party's Rural Manifesto in the Dunamaise Arts Centre this afternoon.
The manifesto includes 'decent bus...
Green Party go into election mode as Pippa Hackett launches campaign
It has been some couple of months for the Hackett family from Geashill.
Last May, Pippa Hackett was elected as county councillor in Offaly for...
Laois-Offaly Green Party General Election candidate set to officially launch campaign
Green Party Senator Pippa Hackett will launch her General Election campaign for Laois-Offaly in the Tullamore Court Hotel this evening, Monday, December 16, from...
New Senator from Laois-Offaly takes up post today
Laois-Offaly has a new Senator.
Green Party councillor, Pippa Hackett from Geashill, was elected to the post unopposed on Friday last, November 1, which was...
Local candidate poised to win Senate seat
A local candidate is in pole position to win the upcoming Seánad bye-election.
Cllr Pippa Hackett from Geashill and an Offaly County County Councillor having...
Laois-Offaly Green Party candidate laments no Local Election choice in Laois
The Green Party are riding on the crest of a wave in Ireland at the moment as a fantastic showing in the Local Elections...
Hackett calls on government to ‘quit stalling on waste reduction’
Green Party member Pippa Hackett has called on the Government to quit stalling on waste reduction.
Today, the Green Party are introducing a motion today...