Tag: Willie Aird
Issue over speed limit preventing safety measures at Portlaoise GAA grounds
A pedestrian crossing, a path and a decreased speed limit should be put in place at the Portlaoise GAA grounds at Rathleague outside the...
Anti-social behaviour in Portlaoise park a ‘shame’ as local residents highlight...
Anti-social behaviour in the People's Park in Portlaoise at night time and weekends is causing huge disturbance to local residents as measures to combat...
Portlaoise Leisure Centre ‘has to be kept on the agenda’
The issue of Portlaoise Leisure Centre "has to be kept on the agenda or it will be forgotten about" said Cllr Noel Tuohy at...
Calls for old railway track in Portlaoise to be turned into...
A new Greenway walking and cycling route could be developed linking Portlaoise to the new business park and Togher Woods.
The proposed route would use...
Portlaoise Courthouse is letting the town down, claims local councillor
Portlaoise Courthouse "is a poor reflection of our principal town in Laois" according to Cllr Thomasina Connell, who called on Laois County Council to...
Calls for lorries to be banned from using Mountmellick Road in...
Large articulated lorries should not be allowed to use the Mountmellick Road and come through Portlaoise town centre - and instead should be forced...
Calls for a new road to link Stradbally and Dublin Roads...
Portlaoise-based councillor Catherine Fitzgerald has called for Laois County Council to give serious consideration to connecting the Dublin Road and Stradbally Road in the...
Mixed views among Fine Gael’s elected representatives in Laois on Government...
There are varied views among Fine Gael elected representatives in this area about the proposed Programme for Government that would see a coalition formed...
2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough...
This piece by John Whelan originally featured on LaoisToday on April 15 2019 ahead of last year's Local Elections.
While the country was still basking...
Laois councillors request meeting with Housing Minister following ‘stupid’ affordable housing...
Laois County Councillors are requesting a meeting with the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy after they deferred a vote on a draft Affordable Housing...
Laois’s longest serving politician elected new Cathaoirleach of County Council
Fine Gael's Willie Aird has been elected as Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council at the AGM this afternoon.
The Portlaoise native, who has spent 40...
Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019...
There were 31 boxes in the Portlaoise Municipal District - with 22 of them in Portlaoise and the remaining nine spread across a wide...
ELECTED: Fourth election in a row that Willie Aird tops the...
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Willie Aird has managed an astounding feat by topping the poll in the Portlaoise Municipal...
Battle for the last seat in Portlaoise set to go right...
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Six of the seven seats in the Portlaoise Municipal District are set to be won...
1999 Election Memories: The count that ended up in court as...
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If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...
2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough...
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While the country was still basking in the warm afterglow of Bertie Ahern’s second term...
Councillor asks for continued support for new development committee in Ballinakill
Cllr John Joe Fennelly asked at the latest Portlaoise Municipal Meeting that the council continue to support the new development committee in Ballinakill with...
County Councillor warns CIE that ‘our day will come’
A Laois County Councillor has fired a warning shot towards CIE following a dispute over a footpath in Portlaoise.
The matter arose at a recent...
Tributes flow for former Councillor on return to chamber
Laois County Council chamber was packed on Thursday evening for a reception for the Cooper family from Coolrain, owners of the Irish Grand National-winning...
Wired with Whelan: Leo is more my type, but Simon is...
Come gather ‘round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
Is your time...
Laois on wrong end of commercial premises vacancy list
Laois has the 11th highest vacancy rate for commercial premises in the country, a survey has found.
A total of 12.89% of premises in Laois...
Funding of €1millon approved for Portlaoise relief road
Funding of €1 million has been allocated to allow the compulsory purchase of land for the Portlaoise Southern Relief Road, which is seen as...