“Two IPA centres in a small village, is not acceptable,” said a local TD.

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

Laois TD Brian Stanley is supporting Catherine Connolly in her bid to become the next President of Ireland

"I believe that given the potential dangers posed, this project needs funding urgently," said the TD.

A LOCAL TD has called for traffic calming measures to be installed in a number of locations along the N80 that runs through Laois.

"Workers' rights in many cases have gone backwards and that needs to change," said the TD.

LAOIS Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley has been appointed to the National Security and Defence Committee.

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

ONE of the largest solar energy farms in Ireland is being planned for Laois. A subsidiary of a global Danish-owned energy company – Ørsted Onshore Ireland Midco Ltd – is planning to develop a solar farm across a stretch of land measuring 4.

There is a chronic shortage of space and an urgent need for extra classrooms in Saint Francis Special School said the TD.

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

TÁNAISTE Simon Harris has agreed with the Laois TD Brian Stanley that the ban on over 70’s driving school buses must go. The Independent Republican TD highlighted the problems that the ban is causing when he spoke in the Dáil this week.

"It is great that common sense has prevailed and that Dáil rules have been upheld." - Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley

“As well as being a strong Sinn Féin voice for the county, I will also be a strong advocate for the delivery of affordable housing, and ensure that the voices of carers and people with disabilities are heard2 - Senator Maria McCormack.

SPEAKING in the Dáil for the first time since the new Government was formed the Laois Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley held nothing back when he criticised both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael’s record on past promises.

Public lighting is badly needed said the TD.

The wife of former party TD Brian Stanley who is now an Independent, released a statement on her official Facebook page on Friday evening.

CAROLINE Dwane Stanley, the wife of re-elected Independent Dáil candidate Brian Stanley, held nothing back in the election count centre when she lashed out at her Sinn Féin colleagues, accusing them of running “a toxic, dirty, despicable and ...

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.

TWELVE candidates submitted their nomination papers by closing time today Saturday 16 November to contest for three seats the 34th Dáil from the Laois constituency.

Portlaoise man Jason Lynch signed the nomination papers in Portlaoise Court House on Friday and will be contesting the election as an Independent candidate.

"Families who are on incomes in the range of €40,000 – €60,000 are in the squeezed middle and who are under the most pressure,’’ said Deputy Brian Stanley

“Fine Gael and Fianna Fail will take one seat each in this constituency. The question is who will take the third seat," asked Deputy Brian Stanley?

“I know I have an uphill climb ahead of me,” - Rosie Palmer (Green Party)

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

The Sinn Féin vice president vowed to build back trust in Sinn Féin following the recent controversies that have hit the party

The former Sinn Féin TD said the party was not his judge, jury or executioner.

Stanley said he has received commitments of assistance with campaigning from people in all areas, including those who have resigned from Sinn Féin.

'The need for the home retrofit schemes to be ramped up is ever pressing given the cost of fuel and the fact that we need to reduce our carbon emissions' - Deputy Brian Stanley.

The general election is looming larger than ever with the coalition leaders set to discuss a date in a meeting on Monday evening

Sinn Féin has called on the national broadcaster to apologise for the comedian’s comment in the opening monologue of Friday’s Late Late Show

A Sinn Féin TD has criticised the suggestion that the Government should influence the nomination of the chair of the influential scrutiny committee

The move to formally change the structure of the committee will go to the Dáil for approval next week

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald addressed a series of party controversies in a statement in the Dáil

The former Sinn Féin TD resigned from the party over the weekend for reasons which are still unclear

Other opposition TDs said that while the Sinn Fein revelations were shocking, the issues were being used as ‘a political football’.

The party has been dogged by a string of controversies in recent weeks.

From the Michael McMonagle controversy to Brian Stanley's resignation, the average person may well wonder when it all started to go wrong.

The Taoiseach said there was an opportunity in the Dáil on Tuesday for the party ‘to put all the information out on the table for once and for all’.

Sinn Féin said it told Brian Stanley in September to go to the Garda with concerns he raised during a party inquiry into a complaint against him

Brian Stanley accused members of Sinn Féin of orchestrating a ‘character assassination’ against him.

Brian Stanley accused members of Sinn Fein of orchestrating a ‘character assassination’ against him

A complaint was made against Brian Stanley at the end of July or early August by a long-standing member of Sinn Fein.