Environment

Blue-green algae on Lough Neagh

Bid to stop NI Water protection from environmental penalties on Executive table

Cigarette butts, food packaging and drinks containers can damage the environment and create hazards for other road users

Tougher littering laws now in place for motorists across Ireland

Sam McLeod, Laois Community & Voluntary Awards 2026.

WATCH: Laois communities urged to nominate for Climate Action Award

Laois community invited to have their say on new biodiversity plan

Fines are increasing for dog fouling and littering

Owners face bigger fines for not picking up after dogs amid crackdown

Rising data centre demand offsetting green power gains, watchdog warns

Catherine Connolly criticises ‘deafening silence’ over ‘normalisation of war’

Pictured: Catherine Fitzgerald and Ballintubbert House

Famous landscape architect excited to return to Laois for Ballintubbert garden f...

Investigation launched after oil spill at Dublin Port

PICTURES: Volunteers out in force for major clean up operation across Laois

PICTURES: Volunteers out in force for major clean up operation across Laois

swans in care at Kildare Wildlife Rescue centre.

Swans still in care after mystery Portlaoise estate oil spill

TD calls on Ireland to join Antarctic treaties

Ireland ‘lagging considerably’ behind targets for heat pumps and retrofits

PICTURES: Laois nature enthusiasts gather for county's first ever Bat Group

PICTURES: Laois nature enthusiasts gather for county's first ever Bat Group

Isabel Carr, Emma Kelly, Mary Aherne and Lisa Doyle (Biodiversity Officer) at Portlaoise Library for the first meeting of the Laois Bat Conservation Group (Photo: Alf Harvey).

Meeting of first ever Bat Group in Laois a 'resounding success'

Rain, snow and flooding warnings across island of Ireland

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Over €40,000 earmarked for Laois community groups to boost biodiversity
A number of Tidy Towns groups in Laois have been awarded funding
Sandra Malone

REVEALED: Popular bin collection company hits customers with almost 10% price hike

REVEALED: Popular bin collection company hits customers with almost 10% price hi...

Government and opposition clash over Ireland’s flood defences

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Laois' first ever bat group to be set up soon for nature enthusiasts

'You will end up in a hospital' Portlaoise cyclist argues against Bolt E-bike sp...

'Active, environmentally friendly' Bolt e-bike company defends Portlaoise scheme

Robots and Artificial Intelligence could transform future of farming, says exper...

‘It’s like Noah’s Ark’: One man is banking every native seed in Ireland

Harris defends energy price hikes as ‘investment to ultimately reduce prices’

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'Absolutely scandalous' - Laois TD calls for extensive wind farm legislation

Pictured is Brian Lyons of Clean Ireland Recycling pictured with one of the many electronic items that pose a fire risk if placed in a bin or skip/ Credit: Paul Corey

ALERT: Major warning issued highlighting risks of not dumping vapes properly

Sub-zero weather warnings issued for 10 counties in Ireland amid cold snap Staff reporter

Photo montage by Coillte of windfarm on Cullenagh mountain.

Laois group takes Coillte windfarm plan to European Court again

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Can humans contract bird flu as spread of 'very worrying' strain causes concern

Manor stone filling station in Ballacolla planing 12 new electric car chargers

Laois motorway service station goes green with bank of EV chargers

Some Laois council tenants refusing retrofits as no boilers or stoves allowed

Man seriously injured and 234,000 without power across Ireland as Storm Amy arri...

Man seriously injured and 184,000 without power as Storm Amy batters Ireland

Amy leaves 180,000 without power and some ‘sheltering in place’

Storm Amy: Worst-hit residents in north-west Ireland told to ‘shelter in place’

Storm Amy sparks school closures in Northern Ireland as Republic extends warning

Failing to meet climate targets could cost Ireland up to €26 billion in EU sanct...

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Have your say on Laois' Biodiversity Action Plan!

Cross-border science programme aims to tackle environmental issues

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Little-known tips for Irish homes as potentially dangerous spiders set to invade

Presidential candidates among thousands at Ploughing Championships

The new footpath from College Avenue to Kirwan Park, Mountmellick. Photos: Leinster Express

PHOTOS: ' A great job' progress on new footpath and cycle lane connecting Laois ...

A solar farm image by developer BNRG Bracklone.

Laois residents fear 'serious implications' to planned 130 acre solar farm

Louth mattress amnesty success prompts call for furniture amnesty

Date announced for free mattress amnesty day for Laois households

Almost 500,000 people relying on 'at-risk' water supplies across country, warns ...

Offaly Minister welcomes extension to peatlands community engagement scheme

LIVE: Nearly 40 illegal peat extraction sites causing 'catastrophic damage'

Photo: Mickail Nilov, Pexels.

Free Laois repair shop to open for two days

Return of anti-dumping CCTV cameras to Laois to catch offenders

ALERT: Extreme weather events set to hit major Irish services and put human heal...

ALERT: Irish homes hit with bin warning amid unwanted visitors coming in windows

ALERT: Irish homes hit with bin warning amid unwanted visitors coming in windows

Water Forum call for campaign to guide householders on septic tank management

Nearly all Laois septic tanks failed inspection last year

New figures show that over half of septic tanks in Ireland have failed inspectio...

This was the most common item found littered on Irish coasts

'Plastic is suffocating our ocean'- Irish adults admit to flushing these items ...

Portlaoise College students picture with their installation

Laois students create massive art installation from single use plastics

Union proposes maximum working temperature and four days of ‘climate leave’

The Asian hornet is a wasp-like insect, native to China, India and Southeast Asia, which already has a growing presence in some European countries, including France and the UK

Warning issued over wasp-like insect which could devastate Irish ecosystem and a...