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Frank Baker, Paul Lalor, Sarah Lalor, Nina Horan, Paddy Buggy, Eimear Lynch, Maurice Lynch, Catherine McGuinness at The Valley Star Project Idea-Sharing…

For decades, Ennis shoppers would perform a style of step-dance to navigate the town’s medieval one-way streets, stepping off the kerb of the narrow footpaths to avoid oncoming pedestrians and out in front of the slow-moving cars circling the town in search of parking.

The Mountmellick Christmas Tree committee with guests at the launch of the Valley Star Project (a reimagining of the Mountmellick Christmas Tree through the…

More photos below By Carmel Hayes MOUNTMELLICK is filled with festive cheer tonight, after the big light-up of the first real Christmas tree in O’Connell Square…

It was a case of a ‘Marty Party’ when a number of men appeared at Portlaoise District Court on public order offences, following a party that had a free bar for…

Political representatives and public figures are paying tribute to the late Senator Tras Honan, who will be laid to rest tomorrow.

Photos from the Mountmellick Christmas Tree committee below A BEAUTIFUL Christmas tree was erected before dawn in Mountmellick this morning…

Tras Honan, the only woman to serve as Seanad Cathaoirleach since the foundation of the state. has died aged 93.

Former Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann Tras Honan has died in Waterford. She was ninety-three years of age.

Fear has been expressed that a major redevelopment set to take place in the county town will have devastating consequences for local business and anti-social behaviour due to unnecessary road closures. It comes as the second phase of the €11.5 million Ennis public regeneration project is set to get underway next month. The project will […]