Search
09 Sept 2025
Search
09 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Paddy Bracken, Fianna Fáil
What are your priorities?
My properties are to get a Relief Road for Mountmellick to alleviate the current traffic congestion in the town; the regeneration of the town from a business perspective; more social and affordable housing to meet ever growing demand and more funding for regeneration of villages and roads throughout the electoral area.
The extension of the sewerage system to urban areas of the town of Mountmellick that are not currently serviced is needed and ensuring that the Mountmellick Flood Relief Scheme is completed as quickly as possible.
What is the biggest issue facing your area?
The need for a relief road for Mountmellick as the lack of same and the resulting congestion is totally disrupting the business life of the town and is a barrier to all aspects of the future development of the town.
Why do you think you would make a good County Councillor?
I have been privileged to represent the people of this area for the last 20 years and have enjoyed the confidence of the electorate in the last four County Council elections. I have always worked to the best of my ability to represent the people of this electoral area.
Paddy Bracken is a candidate in the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District. In the lead up to polling day on June 7 we will be featuring profiles on all 47 candidates vying for a seat on Laois County Council.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
