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21 hours ago · A crash has forced the closure of the busy N80 on the Mountmellick side of Portlaoise as the Bank Holiday weekend gets underway. Motorists were being diverted off the main road between Laois and Offaly after the collision which took place around 6pm on Friday, January 31. Emergency services were on ...

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1 day ago · A barrister for a Monasterevin man accused of the murder during a row outside a pub in the town has told a Central Criminal Court jury that if they have any doubt his client kicked the deceased in the face, they must find him not guilty. “If there was a …

2 days ago · Laois councillors have slammed the impending reduction in speed limits on Irish roads, beginning on Friday, February 7 with local roads down from 80km to 60km per hour. "A disaster" and "shocked" were among the reactions, when the public representatives learned at …

Jan 4, 2025 · The public has been urged to take extra care this weekend following warnings of a “multi-hazard weather event” due to hit Ireland on Saturday. It comes as the Government’s national emergency co-ordination group (NECG) met on Saturday to prepare for the severe weather forecast acros...

Laois people in Mountmellick, Portarlington will be hoping the flood defences promised by an incoming minister will finally be delivered seven years after he promised the money to build them. The independent TD was the Minister of State for Public Works with …

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