Willie Aird

Timahoe Community Hall, The Rock GAA Club, Fr. Breen Park Vitality Hub, and Cullahill Community Centre among the groups to receive funding.

Big cash boost for Laois community centres, halls and GAA Clubs

Portlaoise Train Station

Call for 'sleeper train' to Laois to stop in Portlaoise

Laois courthouse has 'very detrimental effect' -Tánaiste Simon Harris

Positive ageing keynote event at the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise

WATCH: Portlaoise ageing event attracts big crowd and big names

Security issues at Portlaoise Courthouse raised with Minister

Faster access to mental health services needed in Laois

Budget measures will 'help people get ahead', says Laois TD

VAT rate causes ‘carnage’

'Shocking money' cost of selling cattle causing 'carnage' - Laois TD

‘Events like this matter’ - Free positive ageing event in Laois

Laois TD seeks expansion of Meals on Wheels service

Mental health services ‘under increasing pressure’, says Laois TD

Laois Fine Gael TD Willie Aird

‘Greater freedom’ Laois TD welcomes softening of house planning rules

Laois TD Willie Aird welcomes EU presidency.

Laois TD claims EU Presidency will define future

The Poet's Cottage in Camross, a village referenced in the Dáil by Laois TD Willie Aird when talking about rural housing.

'Awful' that people couldn't live where they want to school - Laois TD

Dublin TD Paul Murphy tells Laois TD Willie Aird that hares run from hounds out of fear of being killed.

Laois TD told hares don't run from greyhounds ‘for the craic’

The campsite on The Heath in Portlaoise

OPW goes to High Court to remove encampment in Laois

PICTURES: Preparations well underway in Laois for the Ossory Show
The Ossory Agricultural Show, now in its 128th year will take place on Sunday, July 26 at Coolfin, Rathdowney.
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Laois TD Willie Aird welcomes Government plans to ease restrictions on once-off housing in rural areas.

'Putting down roots in the places they know and love' - Laois TD

Portlaoise District Court where solicitors withdrew their services this week

Breaking Laois TD says Minister set to increase new flat free legal aid fee

Leprino cheese factory

Taoiseach addresses need for investment in Laois cheese factory

Roundabout at Dargan Woods on the Borris Road in Portlaoise, the starting point for the new road now getting funding.

€10m for new road in Portlaoise to 'open up' land for more houses

Laios TD Willie Aird has exchange with Minister Martin Heydon in Dáil.

Is this all just talk? Laois TD asks if farming is bailing out schools

Push for greenway in Laois as TD argues county is ‘overlooked’

Willie Aird in his dairy parlour just after he topped the poll in Portlaoise Municipal District in 2019.

'Absolutely not' no housing for Laois TD Willie Aird on rezoned land

Laois families forced to seek GPs in Dublin amid shortage

'Restrictive and inconsistent’ - Laois TD criticises planning rules

A bat survey will be carried out in Laois.

Funding for wetland restoration and tackling invasive species

Free book bags for Laois children starting school this year
Children in Laois who are about to start school in September have been invited to pick up a free book bag full of useful books and resources to help them transition to primary school.
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Leprino Foods plant in Portlaoise

Upset as €130million factory on sale for €12million and 132 Laois jobs lost

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Laois families being left without access to GPs as population increases

Crowds pictured at the opening of Market House in Portarlington

Portarlington's Market House reclaims its place in the heart of town

Laois TD Willie Aird has issued a statement on the fuel crisis.

Laois TD issues update on government talks on fuel crisis

IDA Business Park Portlaoise

Portlaoise business sites are finally being marketed to foreign companies to cre...

Ballybrittas is among the Laois villages to lose its Post Office in recent years an issue highlighted by Willie Aird TD.

'No pub, no post office, no shop' - Laois TD says it is 'awful' what's happened ...

Ben Conroy, Slieve Bloom, looking to turn for the posts at Timahoe G.A.A on Wednesday Night. Photo Denis Byrne

Laois communities boosted by inclusion in national grant programme

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Almost €3 million earmarked for Laois housing grants for older and disabled peop...

Funding boost for repairs to Laois' rural local roads after harsh winter

Most of the money going to hospital facilities in Portlaoise and Mountmellick.

HSE injects over €6 m into Laois hospitals and health facilities

Roadworks in Portlaoise.

Millions for Laois roads but nothing for key new Portlaoise and Mountmellick byp...

IFA President Francie Gorman, flanked by Henry Burns, addresses Laois IFA agm that was attended by Laois TDs and hundreds of farmers.

Government 'can't bully the people of rural Ireland' IFA leader ramps up pressur...

Minster for Education Hildergarde Naughton will be accompanied by her party colleague and Laois TD Willie Aird on visit to Laois schools in Portlaoise

Minister in Laois to visit a huge investment in Portlaoise schools

WATCH: Laois TD calls for 24 hour Garda Station in Portarlington

Laois Community Safety Partnership Vice Chair Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley and Chair Liam O'Neill. Pic credit Laois County Council

Laois TD says his government made 'a bad mistake' and should reconsider replacem...

National N80 must currently navigate Market Square and other busy junctions in the heart of Portlaoise.

'Joke' that Portlaoise is 'completely choked' rails Laois representative

Portlaoise Train Station should get another service.

Late train that 'sleeps in Kildare' should stop in Portlaoise - TD

Laois TD asks 'who is going to buy out two GAA clubs?'

Farmers fear Brazilian beef imported via Mercosur will be unsafe, environmentally damaging and hit incomes hard.

Mercosur no vote right call for Laois farmers, insists Laois representative

Rathdowney Fire Station problems higlighted in Dáil.

Plea for money to replace Laois fire station with no women's toilets or showers

Cathaoirleach of Portlaoise Municipal District Cllr Willie Aird and Cllr Tommy Mulligan at the launch of the Portlaoise E-Bike scheme by Laois County Council, the NTA and BOLT. Pic Alf Harvey

Vandalism of Portlaoise electric rental bikes 'disappointing'

Building site in Portlaoise.

35-year mortgage faced by a Laois man highlighted

Laois County Council manages the social housing list for Laois.

'Deplorable disgrace' that woman with disabilities is off Laois housing list

Portlaoise town bus service launched in January 2025.

Demand for Portlaoise bus service expansion and a better deal for Laois commuter...

M7 Cork, Dublin, Limerick motorway on ramp

Gridlock faced by Laois commuters is not a 'headache' for Ministers weaving behi...

Portlaoise Courthouse

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

WATCH: Official opening of Laois village's first ever café

Pictured: Leprino Cheese Factory, Portlaoise. Photo: Google Maps

Government 'working hard' to find investor for Laois cheese factory, says Minist...

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Laois TD calls for end of controversial Compulsory Purchase Orders for greenway ...