Tag: School
Laois TD calls for extra capacity on School Transport Scheme
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that children are again being turned away from school transport this year 'due to a failure by the...
Laois parents encouraged to apply as School Transport Scheme for 2022/23...
New applications for the school transport scheme for the coming school year 2022/23 are now being accepted.
Laois TD Charlie Flanagan has encouraged parents to...
Laois TD’s party publishes plan aimed at tackling back to school...
Sinn Féin have launched proposals that they say would tackle the costs associated with children returning to school.
Under their play, Laois TD Brian Stanley...
Teacher’s union calls for extension of school closure until ‘at least...
The Teacher's Union of Ireland has called on the government to extend the current school closures until January 18 at the earliest.
TUI General Secretary...
Community Integration funding for Laois group while better conditions promised for...
A Laois project is set to benefit from Community Integration funding.
Minister for State Sean Fleming has confirmed that €5,000 has been granted to Laois...
The kids are alright – but time for decision makers to...
The Cul Camps got underway in Laois this week as hundreds of children from across the county came together in groups - many doing...
Laois families set to receive refunds for school transport
Laois families will receive refunds for school transport fees for period of a schools closures.
The news was confirmed by Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan...
‘Kindness Committee’ at Portlaoise school gift thousands of books to Peter...
Students at local Portlaoise school Scoil Chríost Rí have donated thousands of their own books to the Peter Mcverry Trust in Dublin.
A committee was...
Construction company insists no penny pinching was done when building schools
Western Building Systems has insisted there were no, 'short cuts or penny pinching' in its construction of schools.
Three of the four Laois schools built...
Three Laois schools require extensive works before they can open again
Three of the four Laois schools identified as possibly requiring “urgent structural assessments” following the discovery of “significant structural issues” at a Dublin secondary...
BREAKING: Four Laois schools to be ‘examined’ as structural issues emerge...
Three Laois schools are among 30 that will undergo "urgent structural assessments" following the discovery of "significant structural issues" at a Dublin secondary school.
The Department...
Parents “risking children’s lives” due to unsalted roads near school
A 'red alert' should be in place to ensure school routes are salted, the Portlaoise Municipal Authority meeting heard this week.
A motion before the...
Teachers’ Union say it would be ‘very unfair’ to shorten Easter...
The INTO have hit out at any suggestion that the Easter Holiday break would be shortened to make up for days lost from the...