LAOIS TD Willie Aird has called for increased investment in tourism infrastructure in rural counties, saying Laois has “enormous tourism potential” that is not being fully realised.

TWO TDs in Laois have joined an Oireachtas Heart and Stroke group to back urgent calls for a new national cardiovascular disease (CVD) health policy.

FOR over 50 years there has been countless on-going discussions, plans and funding provided for a proposed Inner Relief Road for Mountmellick.

"It’s a death trap," warned one councillor.