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'Progress' - Cabinet approves heads of Bill granting maternity leave to councillors

The general scheme of a Bill to grant maternity leave to councillors has been approved by Cabinet. The Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Peter Burke, ...

27 Jul 2022 at 14:02

National News

Big majority of county councillors Laois and elsewhere want to video meetings to stay

A big majority of county councillors in Laois and other parts of the country want to keep video meetings and other types of hybrid working ushered in by the pandemic but nearly half don't believe it will get more people into local politics, ...

16 Nov 2021 at 12:18

Local News

Gardai issue security advice to Laois councillors

Councillors were given a talk on personal security safety ahead of a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Portlaoise. Laois Offaly Garda Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Graham Kavanagh issued safety advice to the councillors. The move ...

13 Mar 2023 at 21:23

National News

New allowance announced for Councillors to enhance their home security

Mr. Kieran O’Donnell TD, Minster for State for Local Government and Planning has announced a new allowance of up to €2,500 for Councillors to provide for measures to enhance their personal physical security. The announcement comes ...

14 Sept 2023 at 10:02

National News

Taoiseach leads tributes following death of former TD and councillor Gerard Murphy

Taoiseach Simon Harris has led the tributes to Gerard Murphy, a former TD and one of the longest-serving public representatives in Cork County Council, following his death. Mr Murphy, a proud Fine Gael member and native of ...

16 Apr 2024 at 19:09

Crime & Court

Former Midland Fine Gael mayor and hotelier pleads guilty to multi-million money

A former Fine Gael politician and hotelier in Edgeworthstown has been sent forward for trial on guilty pleas of money laundering €2.6 million. Frank Kilbride (69), of Aughakilmore, Ballinalee, Co Longford, appeared at the ...

13 Dec 2023 at 18:22

National News

Scheme to grant full maternity leave to councillors will 'address deficit' - Burke

A new scheme granting full maternity leave to female councillors will "address a deficit which should not exist in a 21st century workplace". That's according to the Minister of State for Responsibility for Local ...

28 Jun 2022 at 14:07

Local News

Cost of Ireland's local politicians could rise by nearly €7 million under reform plan

A new report recommends that county councillors be paid a salary as part of a series of reforms which would see them better off by over €9,000 each year and would cost the public nearly €7 million annually. ...

10 Jul 2020 at 16:12

National News

Man seriously injured and family left homeless in ‘petrol bomb’ attack in Dublin

A man has sustained serious injuries after a petrol bomb incident in Dublin on Saturday which has left a family without a home. Gardaí said they were investigating an incident “of criminal damage by fire” ...

14 Jul 2024 at 11:14

Local Elections

Local and European Elections: Everything you need to know before you vote

Ireland will head to the polls once again on June 7th for both European and local elections. National and local politicians have been canvassing intensively all around the country in recent weeks, ...

03 Jun 2024 at 19:29

Portlaoise

Laois Councillors welcome new greenway connecting Laois bogs

The proposal of a greenway through Cashel bog, Cul na Móna and Ross bog is a 'huge opportunity' for Laois, Laois Fine Gael Councillor William Aird has said. This route would link the bogs ...

24 Oct 2024 at 18:23

BREAKING: Election breakthrough in Kildare as Sinn Féin lose out on final local council seat

National News

BREAKING: Kildare election breakthrough as Stokes advances

The deadlock in the race to elect new councillors to represent the Newbridge area appears to have been broken. At the end of the fourth recount in Punchestown this evening James Stokes ...

12 Jun 2024 at 19:01

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