Men’s shed is up and running in Borris
21/03/19
2:52pm
Laois News
Durrow hall plans spark street spat over spaces
21/03/19
12:52pm
PLANS for the new community centre in Durrow will have to be long-fingered for a while after a number of Patrick Street residents lodged an appeal against it with An Bord Pleanala last week, claiming a loss of car parking...
Go-ahead given for 62 new houses in Portarlington
SOME small dent may be made in the homeless figures for the midlands over the coming months after an application...
Abbeyleix student on winning team
New surface for car park
A TARMAC surface will be installed over the summer at the new overflow car park beside Portarlington Leisure Centre. Parking...
Events exec Stacey is Irish hotels employee of the year
Tree planting project is just phase one of master plan for Kilminchy
Christopher wins top academic scholarship
Tractor run helps hall in The Swan
Food companies hope to market their produce on a co-operative basis
Traffic unit will be based at Borris-in-Ossory for short-term stay in 2020
BORRIS-IN-OSSORY Garda Station is to act as a base of operations for the Laois/Offaly Garda Divisional Traffic Unit when major...
Eateries acknowledged as legends in their own lunchtime
AT LEAST a dozen Laois representatives will grace the national restaurant awards in May after they qualified through the regional...
More gardaí on the way for rural locations
GARDAÍ are aiming to beef up numbers to provide 24-hour coverage across Mountmellick, Portarlington and Clonaslee. That was the aim...
25 more jobs on the way for Portlaoise
A CANADIAN-based company is set to bring up to 25 jobs to Portlaoise. Last week, Laois County Council approved planning...
Charitable donation could sort out spat over mast
AN enlightened suggestion of a charitable donation may be just the thing to fix a recently developed spat between a...
Teenager Orlaith puts gender equality on the national stage
‘Housing programme has more stages than Strictly Come Dancing’
IT looks like Co Laois is going to stay competitive in the house building stakes for 2019 with plans for...
Major redevelopment likely for garda station after several false dawns
IT’S over 50 years since plans were first drawn up to redevelop Portlaoise Garda Station. Those plans may finally come...
Joinery firm is Laois enterprise of the year
Boxer TJ eyes up possible world title fight in Portlaoise
THE likelihood of Portlaoise hosting the nation’s biggest sporting event of the year became a little more realistic this week...