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Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Improving roads and community facilities'

What are your priorities? Since I was elected in 2019, my main priorities have included securing funding to resurface more rural roads in my area, improve community facilities such as playgrounds, protecting rural housing and assisting with housing ...

28 May 2024 at 15:52

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Prioritising small and medium farmers'

What are my priorities? My priority is housing especially for Irish people who are on the waiting list and have young families. We must look after our own first. I am also very concerned about the services for the people with kids with ...

30 May 2024 at 10:22

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Gaining the trust of our communities'

What are my priorities? I am proud to have represented the Borris in Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District since 2014 and being a councillor is all about giving back to the community by being their voice and bringing an energy, ...

29 May 2024 at 10:22

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Asking the harder questions at local level'

What are your priorities? I believe that a large part of Ireland’s failure to deliver “an Ireland that works for all” can be mostly solved at local Government level. A stronger local government would ensure that such local ...

28 May 2024 at 11:59

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'New blood and change badly needed'

What are your priorities? At local level, It’s Affordable Housing and Health. Planning laws need to be reformed, and councillors need to implement it. Primary Care units need to be built and staffed and funded efficiently,...

30 May 2024 at 15:52

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: ''Fresh thinking and new ideas needed'

What are your priorities? My priority in my area is housing, in particular two bedroom houses where there are smaller families that wouldn’t qualify for a three or four bedroom house. Also ASD units for schools there is ...

29 May 2024 at 15:52

Local News

Parking outside of Laois health centre is "accident waiting to happen" says councillor

Laois county councillor Paddy Bracken has called on the council and the HSE to address the "serious parking safety issues" at the health centre on the Birr road in Clonaslee. The councillor tabled a motion before Laois ...

13 Sept 2024 at 15:53

Mountmellick

"We're getting it in the neck": Laois County Councillors slam road repairs backlog

At a Laois County Council meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick municipal district on Wednesday September 11, a motion tabled by Councillor John King led to the discovery of a four year backlog to roadworks ...

12 Sept 2024 at 12:23

Mountmellick

'About time this Government gets off its ass' insists Laois councillor

A Laois councillor has hit out at the Government for not delivering more money to the county under a scheme which is described as being "essential" for the many small community groups and organisations. Cllr ...

13 Sept 2024 at 07:40

Schools

Road safety needed outside Laois school as batteries stolen from school sign

Batteries were stolen from digital school road signs to power electric lawn mowers, according to a local County Councillor. Rathdowney’s Cllr John King has tabled a motion for Laois County Council to repair ...

24 Sept 2024 at 07:53

Your Community

New council houses on a Laois Main Street will come at a big price

The massive financial burden facing Laois County Council in taking people off its housing waiting list is revealed in small social housing development in Rathdowney. Laois County Council confirmed to ...

20 Jul 2017 at 15:56

Your Community

Laois road users are suffering car damage due to hedge overgrowth

A lack of manpower in Laois County Council and “phenomenal” hedge growth during the year is causing car damage for Laois drivers. Laois road users cars are being damaged by overgrown hedges ...

20 Jul 2017 at 12:49

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