PORTLAOISE based Independent county councillor Tommy Mulligan is calling for “the inadequacies of the operational systems in which paramedics (ambulance crews) are compelled to carry out their daily duties,” to be addressed.

John (Johnny) Maher, Ballymorris Heights, Portarlington died suddenly at his residence on Thursday 13 March. Johnny was predeceased by his mother Moll, brother Ritchie and his baby daughter June.

AN eggceptional granny hand-knitted 600 Easter chicks to raise funds for the school attended by her beloved grandson. With a Cadbury’s Crème Egg nestling in each colourful chick, the cracking gifts are a huge hit at Mountrath Community School.

"We all have personal experiences but, they’re not facts," challenged the councillor.

The 'Greatest Show' will be performed from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 March.

The man was found to be four times over the drug-driving limit.

AFTER 18 months of darkness, a road in Portarlington has seen the light at last. The Ballymorris Road had become notorious, with a line of 21 street lights out of action since September 2023.

A verdict of unlawful killing has been returned at an inquest into the death of journalism student Joe Drennan, who was fatally injured in a hit and run in Limerick two years ago.

The St Patrick’s Day parade in Abbeyleix has been cancelled, less than a week before the big day. Traditionally one of the best parades in the county, the event will not go ahead as planned next Monday 17 March.

“We have not moved on this for years, and it is causing problems," said the TD.

A MAN who admitted poisoning his partner of 30 years appeared last week in Carlow Circuit Court after he told gardaí that he put Valium in her sandwich.

AN abandoned Mercedes that was causing a hazard in Rathdowney has been seized by local gardaí. The battered car, whose front grille is held on with cable ties, was left in a parking space in the centre of town.

A WOMAN who runs a business on Dublin Street, Carlow and her husband will be sentenced at the next sitting of Carlow Circuit Court after they pleaded guilty to possessing various kinds of drugs worth €230,000 for sale or supply.

A MAN charged with the trafficking of €2. 5m worth of drugs in Athy last summer is to stand trial at Naas Circuit Court.

WELL known Laois poet Dr. Arthur Broomfield is putting together the finishing touches to his latest book which is a collection of short stories entitled ‘Rising Dust’. Poet and Beckett scholar Dr.

A MOTORIST was told that he was very lucky he didn’t kill himself or other people with the amount of alcohol that was in his system while he was driving through Portlaoise.

It is alleged that on the day in question, that the defendant and an unnamed accomplice were observed by gardaí moving eight boxes from a van to a shed

VAPING was a hot topic when children from Timahoe NS exhibited a powerful project at a prestigious science fair in the RDS.

A PORTLAOISE mother who was raped by her uncle when she was only seven is appealing to people to support a peaceful protest this Thursday, one week after he was released from jail.

LAOIS venues are celebrating sweet success, after scooping 18 titles in the Leinster finals of the Irish Restaurant Awards.