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€20m landmark flooding project in Laois town moves forward

Laois town gets €80,000 for flooding as wait drags on for €20m project

Large encampment moves on from The Heath in Portlaoise

The campsite at The Heath

Solutions sought on illegal campsites at The Heath in Portlaoise

Planning permission sought to develop carpark at Laois heritage site

The campsite on The Heath in Portlaoise

OPW goes to High Court to remove encampment in Laois

The encampment at The Heath, Portlaoise

OPW serves notice on Evangelical Gypsy encampment in Portlaoise

Aghaboe Abbey.

Possible purchase of historic Laois Abbey raised in the Dáil

Kean Kavanagh in Emo Court

Laois 'county star' singer in Emo Court for The Anam Sessions

Portarlington Main Street

Submissions rejected as Laois lands rezoned to build more homes

Minister says flood relief plans should not need to be cut due to science centre

Money ahead for Laois natural amenities as new plan approved

Evacuation in Mountmellick. Pic Kevin Byrne

Laois Flood Relief Scheme for Mountmellick enters new phase

Entrance to The Grange estate in Portlaoise. Image: Google Maps

Flood protection in Laois housing estate needs Office of Public Works funding

Portlaoise Courthouse

Laois TD vows to deliver new Portlaoise Courthouse as project overlooked for fun...

Livestream now available to experience the Winter Solstice live from Newgrange

Portlaoise Garda Station where works on a new Laois Offaly Divisional Headquarters are ongoing

OPW Minister refuses to be drawn on Portlaoise Garda Station cost
The Department of Justice has cited a figure of €51 million, double the €25 million estimated in 2021
Eoghan MacConnell

The sod being turned on the project in November 2024

Budget for new Laois Offaly Garda Headquarters doubled to €51 million

The Distillery Building and the Bishop's Square building, which are both being rented by the OPW. Photos: Google Streetview.

'Money down the drain’ - Government agency spends €20 million to rent empty offi...

Flooding in Mountmellick in 2017

UPDATE: Goahead for Mountmellick flood defences to start planning application

John Gray at the Rock of Dunamase, Laois. Photo: Leinster Express

Hollywood director in Laois to make film at iconic castle ruins

The then Minister for State Boxer Moran on visit to flooded Mountmellick in 2017 where flood defences were promised for the town. Pic: Denis Byrne

Laois flood relief scheme to cost five times original estimate and take 15 years...

OPW admits spending €70,000 on three sets of replacement curtains in Dublin Cast...

IRA members jailed in Portlaoise Prison

New Defence Forces prison building completed less than a year before army withdr...

Donohoe ’embarrassed’ by bike shed cost and ‘accepts responsibility’

Photo credit: PA Media

REVEALED: Almost €1.5 million spent on security hut outside Department of Financ...

OPW chairman says cost of Leinster House bike shed was 'completely not acceptabl...

Office of Public Works to appear before Oireachtas over Leinster House bike shed
The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee has invited the OPW to answer questions about the construction of the bike shed in front of the committee
Sandra Malone

Tents housing asylum seekers near to the Office of International Protection, in Dublin | FILE PHOTO/PA

ALERT: Major operation underway in Dublin to move asylum seekers sleeping in ten...

Minister Patrick O'Donovan on site

Minister meets builders of Laois Ukraine modular homes on site

Photo: Sligo Walks

Gardaí to be notified of graffiti vandalism at ancient passage tomb site

L-R Minister Patrick O'Donovan, Anthony Ryan, Aidan Doyle, Deputy Head of Germany’s Mission in Ireland, Mr Christian Resch | PICTURE: Office of Public Works

OPW staff hailed as 'guardian angels' by German Embassy in Ireland

Dumping at one of the top tourist attractions in Laois. Picture Credit Dunamase Community Alert

Illegal dumping at top Laois tourist destination

Council to consider 30kph speed limit at Laois tourist attraction

Pilot programme to promote knowledge of biodiversity on building sites launched

IN PICTURES: Stunning heritage site images on display in Laois

Disturbance of bats at Laois heritage site raised in Dail

National Day of Commemoration

'I am to die for Ireland' - New exhibition marks 100 years since first Civil War...

Up to 250 'high value' civil service jobs to be created for capital projects

Delayed re-opening of popular Irish tourist attraction postponed again

Popular Irish tourist attraction remains closed after rockfall

'This year is different' - Irish landmarks to light up blue and yellow for Paddy...

The lake at Emo Court in Laois. Photo © Colin Park (cc-by-sa/2.0)

OPW still hasn't got to the bottom of dried up overgrown Emo Court lake

OPW announces closure of Newgrange for Winter Solstice Sunrise

Popular Laois amenity reopens with special times for cocooners

Evacuation in Mountmellick. Pic Kevin Byrne

Contract sealed to design defences for flood-ravaged Laois town

Hurricane Lorenzo is currently located over the Atlantic Ocean

Councils directed to prepare for potential arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo

The hosepipe ban has been put in place by Irish Water

Hosepipe ban extended in Laois as drought impact continues to be felt

Flooding Minister in Mountmellick to make announcement on funding

GALLERY: Ministers view scale of Mountmellick flooding damage

Emo Court.

Ministerial visit to Laois for flood relief measures

Council willing to buy site for courthouse

Search continues for new site for Portlaoise courthouse

Emo man's protest picnic

Ballyroan no longer at risk of flooding

Dredging, not barriers, needed

No cash for flood wall at Portlaoise homes