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Laois commuters dodge toll hikes for now as Government steps in

Drivers in Laois who use the motorways won't have to face the rise in toll charges until next year after the Government stepped. The Government is to intervene to defer increases in toll charges on eight motorways for six months. It is understood ...

29 Nov 2022 at 17:52

Local News

Laois road death risk not an exaggeration council warned

A Laois councillor doesn’t want to see anyone killed in Durrow at a location which is on the popular Leafy Loop walking route but where motorists are driving as fast as they would do on the Dublin to Belfast motorway. Cllr Ollie Clooney, ...

07 Oct 2022 at 14:23

Local News

Laois Gardai issue appeal following motorway collision

Portlaoise Garda are appealing for information following a motorway collision involving a motorbike this afternoon. They are seeking witnesses in relation to the incident at Junction 16 of the M7. They are particularly interested in ...

22 Mar 2022 at 20:05

On the Road

Laois Gardai seize car from learner driver

Gardai say an uninsured learner driver was caught driving at 157kph on the motorway in Laois. Learner drivers are not permitted to drive on the motorway where the top speed limit is 120kph. They are also not allowed to drive ...

21 Feb 2023 at 19:59

Crime & Court

A motorist has been arrested for dangerous driving in Laois

A driver has been arrested for dangerous driving in Laois. Gardai said the motorist was caught speeding on the M7 Motorway in wet conditions. “Laois Roads Policing conducting a speed check on M7 in wet weather conditions ...

01 Apr 2023 at 12:06

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Motorway clear following crash on M7 on Laois Tipperary border

Transport Infrastructure Ireland says the M7 between Borris-in-Ossory and Roscrea has reopened following an earlier collision. Traffic congestion was reported this evening, Sunday, on the Limerick / Dublin road ...

02 Apr 2017 at 19:13

Motoring

Laois - Kildare motorway junctions to be left in the dark with light switch off

A Laois TD has hit out at the motorway managment agency's move to leave Dublin Cork and Limerick motorway junctions without public lighting. Sean Fleming TD said he is shocked to lear that the public lighting ...

13 Jul 2018 at 18:02

Motoring

Relief promised for Laois commuters on 'car park' M7 through Kildare

Thousands of Laois people and business who travel to Dublin and Kildare daily may have their journey times cut with addition of a extra lane to a road that was called a 'car park' by a Laois truck haulier ...

19 Jul 2017 at 12:13

Local News

Drunk drove lorry 10km on Laois road

A man who drunkenly drove a truck on the motorway as gardai pursued him for ten kilometres was disqualified from driving for three years. Florin Stefan, 31, of no fixed abode, admitted to the offence at ...

11 Sept 2022 at 09:53

Local News

Council to extend 80kph Motorway limit in Laois

Laois County Council has announced a planned extension of the temporary 80kph motorway speed limit between Kill and Portlaoise. The speed limit is being put in place between Junction 15 in Laois and ...

10 Oct 2022 at 18:53

On the Road

Snow causing hazardous conditions on many Leinster roads with M7 motorway hit

Gardaí have urged motorists to take care if they have to venture out in the snow and ice with the Status Orange Snow Ice alert alert now in place for Laois, Kildare, Dublin and other Leinster ...

18 Mar 2018 at 11:59

National News

WATCH: Gardaí chase van driving in wrong direction on motorway

Gardaí chased a van travelling in the wrong direction on the M8 outside Fermoy late on Wednesday night. The driver managed to travel over 20 miles in the wrong direction and failed to stop ...

06 Feb 2025 at 10:30

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