€4 million had been allocated by the Department of Justice for the new school that the development has stalled on.

A DEFENDANT who pleaded guilty to stealing a candlestick from a church and a cash box from a farmers’ market was given a chance to do some voluntary work in St Clare’s Hospitality Kitchen, Graiguecullen.

“Uisce Éireann has not increased the water supply capacity in any Laois town since it came into being 11 years ago, despite the billions of euros that it has received" - Deputy Brian Stanley.

The local TD said that over-reliance on agency staff is concerning.

"It’s going to be unreal.”

The party also appointed a member to represent the Graiguecullen/Portarlington Municipal District.

“Whatever the outcome for housing completions in 2025, it will fall well short of the 50,000-60,000 units required," said the author of the report.

A GRAIGUECULLEN man was last week ordered in Carlow District Court to carry out community service after he got “very agitated” when he was approached by a member of An Garda Síochána in a supermarket.

After celebrating his 90th birthday, Liam Brennan, Coolnariska, Killeshin passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday 10 May surrounded by his loving family.

The housing shortage in Laois will not be fixed by a Housing Tsar said the Laois TD

AOIFE Kelly signed off her Ireland U19’s career last week with her final appearances for the side as she played in the Euro Qualifiers against Serbia, Wales and France.

THE Independent Republican TD in Laois Brian Stanley spoke in the Dáil last week on affordable and Social Housing.

CLLR Aisling Moran suggested that as a way of tackling illegal dumping in Laois that property owners should be mandated to have refuse collection bins on their premises.

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

It is alleged that Mr Dooley and an unnamed accomplice were observed by gardaí moving eight boxes from a van to a shed rented by Mr Dooley

Tony O’Kelly, Ballickmoyler passed away peacefully on Tuesday 10 December under the excellent care of the nurses of The Barrow Ward, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny.

Laois Shopping Centre U20 Football Championship Final  Stradbally Parish Gaels 3-12 Graiguecullen 0-14 There was a gale force wind blowing straight down the pitch heading for The Town with Graiguecullen ...

OUR Journalist Joe Barrett has reported on every town commission, town council, county council, general election and referendum count that have been held in either Laois or in Offaly over the past 25-years.

LOCAL Independent Republican general election candidate TD Brian Stanley is calling for Primary Healthcare Services in Laois to be brought into the 21st century.

DAVID Nolan, owner of Nolan Driving Academy in Graiguecullen, recently sat the RoSPA advanced motorcycle driving test and achieved the gold standard.

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'People talk a lot about change and wanting change. Well, if you want change, you must vote for it' - Cllr Aisling Moran.

'I am prepared to stand on my record of work of over four decades of political activism and let the good people of Laois judge for themselves whether I should represent them in the 34th Dáil' - Deputy Brian Stanley.

Mary hand said that Aontú is a party unafraid to stand up for what it believes in and for justice for the sick, the poor and voiceless.

PARKING bays are badly needed in The Vale housing estate in Graiguecullen, according to local councillor Ben Brennan.

Mary Mulhall (née Dowling) of 55 St Fiacc’s Terrace, Graiguecullen, Laois/Carlow passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Thursday 24 October under the loving care of the nurses and staff of The Sacred Heart Hospital, Carlow.

'I was told the work was going to be done before the local elections. But it wasn’t done' - Cllr Paschal McEvoy.

"It took two operations to realign his bite"

Sean O'Shea, Ballickmoyler Road and formerly of St Fiacc's Terrace, Graiguecullen on the 9th October 2024, peacefully, following a long illness borne with strenght and dignity, in the loving care of his family.

The incident unfolded at a house in the Heatherhill housing estate, Graiguecullen, on the Laois/Carlow town border at around 1pm on Wednesday