The Portlaoise Municipal District now has a "gender balance" at 40% women, noted at the Laois County Council meeting where a new councillor was formal.
By Joe Barrett ANOTHER woman was added to the ranks of Laois County Council today, when Marie Tuohy was co-opted following the retirement of her husband Noel.
By Joe Barrett Tributes and a final salute were paid to retiring Labour Party councillor Noel Tuohy at the February meeting of Portlaoise Municipal District.
By Joe Barrett Two burnt out houses in the Lakeglen housing estate in Portlaoise are to be demolished and rebuilt. The news was relayed to councillors from the…