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Laois man who featured in film to run for Sinn Féin

A Laois man who lost his wife to cervical cancer and who subsequently featured in a film about loss has been selected as a Sinn Féin local election candidate for the Portlaoise Municipal District. Jason Phelan says he has put himself forward for ...

27 Feb 2024 at 12:23

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: Housing, health and local communities

What are your priorities? My priorities are housing, health and communities. What is the biggest issue facing your area? Housing is the biggest issue in my area. Foreign nationals coming in and getting medical cards, the older generation who ...

02 Jun 2024 at 09:52

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Represented the people of this area for the last 20 years'

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 ...

01 Jun 2024 at 07:52

Local News

Laois Local Election Q & A: Illegal dumping 'everywhere'

What are your priorities? Illegal dumping, road maintenance and regeneration of the villages and towns in my area. What is the biggest issue facing your area? Illegal dumping is the biggest issue, and unfortunately it's everywhere. Why do ...

03 Jun 2024 at 08:52

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Housing emerges as the biggest issue'

What are your priorities? My priorities are the revitalization of Rosenallis village, the promotion of The Slieve Bloom Mountains, an Inner Relief Road for Mountmellick and securing home building programmes for every town and village in ...

04 Jun 2024 at 09:52

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Young families totally underrepresented'

What are your priorities? My priorities are roads, housing, street lighting, and playgrounds which are basic services not being maintained in our local areas. It should be easy to deal with this, but clearly it is not happening, I ...

04 Jun 2024 at 11:52

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Vacancy and dereliction need to be addressed'

What are your priorities? More affordable and a greater variety of housing. Housing that matches how people live - we need, for example, to plan for more 'right size' housing, for both young and older people and for the ...

04 Jun 2024 at 14:52

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'All villages should have a village plan'

What are your priorities? My priorities include a primary care centre for Rathdowney. My main aim is to continue working with all the groups and bodies in all the towns on community projects such as playgrounds and ...

04 Jun 2024 at 16:52

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'The area has been left behind and not prioritised'

What are your priorities? My priorities include infrastructure, enterprise, housing, safer communities, the environment and facilitating residents to utilise local authority grant schemes. What is the biggest ...

04 Jun 2024 at 18:22

Local Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'Commitment to the local community'

What are your priorities? My priority is to be a voice for the people of Clonaslee and The Greater Slieve Bloom area. My priorities would include tackling local problems such as road surfacing and repairs, ...

04 Jun 2024 at 22:22

Elections

Decision time as Laois voters head to the polls

It's decision time for voters in Laois as polls opened this morning for both the local and European elections. There are 68,472 people registered to vote in the council election. That's a rise of nearly ...

07 Jun 2024 at 08:57

Elections

Laois Local Election Q & A: 'a good track record in getting work done'

What are your priorities? My main priority is to be a voice for the people in my electoral area and represent their views in Laois County Council. I do this both at the meetings of the Municipal ...

28 May 2024 at 18:22

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