Leinster Express

6 days ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Eoghan MacConnell

Bus stop enhancement works for Laois are to begin in Portarlington which doesn’t presently have a bus shelter. Independent Cllr Aidan Mullins requested bus shelters for the town in a recent motion.

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Eoghan MacConnell

Laois County Council has granted a licence for the largest ever Electric Picnic at Stradbally this August. The Council’s planning Department approved EP Republic Ltd’s application for the event to take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 29, 30 and 31. This year’s festival will have a daily limit of 80,000 attendees. The figure is up 6.25 percent on the previous year when the limit was set at 75,000 attendees per day.

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Lynda Kiernan

A huge weekend festival is on the way to Laois next weekend, with the return of the Old Fort Quarter Festival in Portlaoise. The festival takes place all over Portlaoise town centre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 27, 28, and 29. Concerts will take place nightly inside the cool new covered events venue in the Old Fort itself. The great line up includes Friday 27 June, 7pm, €40 The Whistlin' Donkeys & The Dooley Brothers.

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Lynda Kiernan

The annual switcheroo between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to hold the Cathaoirleach's chair in Portlaoise Municipal District sparked a row at their June meeting. The two parties are in a pact to vote together as four votes against three, to keep the higher profile, paid position within their ranks. Fianna Fáil Cllr John Joe Fennelly has been voted to chair the central Laois district for the coming year, replacing Fine Gael Cllr Paddy Buggy.

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Eoghan MacConnell

Fine Gael Cllr Vivienne Phelan is the new Cathaoirleach of Portarlington Graiguecullen Municipal District. The Stradbally native was proposed for the role by Fianna Fail Cllr Paschal McEvoy who said her contributions in the past year had been excellent. Fianna Fail Cllr Padraig Fleming seconded the nomination and said Cllr Phelan had “shown her mettle very incisively in her remarks” in the chamber and he believed she will do an excellent job as Cathaoirleach.