The meeting comes as families across Laois continue to struggle under the pressure of soaring energy bills, rising rents, childcare costs, food prices and fuel costs.

“These families were told they’d be in by January or February of this year," said the Senator.

A PUBLIC meeting about women living with endometriosis is taking place in Portlaoise on Wednesday 23 April. Endometriosis is an often-painful condition in which tissue that is similar to the inner lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus.

‘The privatisation of local authority bin services over 20 years ago has been an unmitigated disaster’ - SIPTU Divisional Organiser Adrian Kane