An iconic Portlaoise building that has sat empty since it was radically modernised, has been approved planning for apartments.
The former Portlaoise Arms pub at 6 Market Square, is approved by Laois County Council to get two two bedroom apartments on the first floor, each with 'winter garden' balconies.
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Below: the layout of the apartments.
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Below: the Portlaoise Arms as it was in former times, photo by Ronnie Rice. The pub closed in 2008. The ground floor of the modernised building now described as a commercial shell, continues to await a retail tenant.