Tag: Sean Fleming

€200,000 has been allocated for the Laois Offaly Education Training Board (LOETB). The funding has been announced to support educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing and...

Funding of €12,740 has been allocated for local community-based integration projects in Laois. This funding is being made available to local communities to promote integration...

Applications for new student supports have opened and Laois TD Sean Fleming says that they will reduce the costs associated with attending college. According to...

€1.4 million funding has been approved for Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in Laois. The total €1,421,438 funding is...

A recent Ministerial visit to Zambia has highlighted the great work being done by people with Laois and Offaly links. Minister for International Development, Sean...

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 project to bring a new school building for Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise is back on track. So says Laois TDs Sean Fleming and...

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...

Legislation to abolish adult public in-patient hospital charges in public hospitals has been finalised in the Dáil and is set to come into practise...

€107,100 has been allocated for works to be carried out on four historic structures across county Laois. This scheme, confirmed by Minister for State Sean...

Four Laois women have received high praise for supporting people living in extreme poverty overseas. Mountrath Community School students Sarah Phelan and Doireann O’Connor, along...

€94,450 has been allocated for conservation repairs to eight historic structures in Laois. This funding includes work to repair thatched buildings, gable end walls, roofs...

The 2022 GLAS (Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme) balancing payments have commenced this week. Under the payments, farmers in Laois will receive over €315,000, a Laois...

Laois Minister for State Sean Fleming has described the news surrounding Kolbe Special School as 'a serious set back' but he is certain the...

A new special education needs facility, consisting of three classrooms, has been approved for Mountrath Community School. This involves the reconfiguration of six existing mainstream...

Minister Sean Fleming has confirmed the total government allocation of €18,860,448 for the improvement and upkeep of roads in Laois for 2023. In recent days,...

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...

Laois Minister Seán Fleming is overseeing Ireland’s response to the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week. As Minister for International Development,...

More homebuyers in Laois and nationwide are now eligible for increased Local Authority Home Loans following threshold changes. The prices of homes eligible for Local...

Laois County Council has been given approval to appoint the first biodiversity officer to the county. The announcement follows a commitment in the Programme for...

Minister Seán Fleming has urged people in Laois to check their passports are in date before booking foreign travel for 2023. With many people preparing...

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...

The out of hours GP service in Laois is to continue to operate as normal - Laois TD Sean Fleming has confirmed. There has been...

Earlier today, we brought you the news that Portarlington had benefited with €500,000 worth of funding from the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. This money...

Community centres in Laois will receive essential funding of more than €427,000 to carry out upgrades and repairs, two Laois TDs have confirmed. Funding of...

The Government has allocated funds of €98,156.72 to support the Laois Youth Services CLG trading as Youth Work Ireland Laois. This funding will assist the...

A further increase in income eligibility limits which will see more people across Laois eligible for social housing has been announced. Social housing income limits...

A €14 million investment has been approved for a major extension to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The news was confirmed by Laois TD Sean...

Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, pledged to attend the AGM of Laois IFA in January if reappointed in the cabinet reshuffle, during a visit to...