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THE Shannon to Dublin pipe project, part of which will run through Offaly, has entered another public consultation phase. This 13 week consultation period began...

MOST of the motorists speeding through villages in Offaly are local drivers, a garda said this week. “Its people from within the towns and villages that ...

IF victims co-operate with gardai the perpetrators of assaults will be brought to court, a senior Birr garda said this week. Inspector Alan Kerins was commentin...

Councillors breathed a collective sigh of relief when they learned last week that the Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage stated it will grant...

Cllr John Carroll told the October meeting of Birr Municipal District that a link road between Banagher Road and Tullamore Road is badly needed in order to alle...

The councillors of Offaly County Council slammed the slow roll out of the Just Transition programme during their recent monthly meeting. Director of Services St...

BY a margin of 12 to five, councillors in Offaly have voted to remove the 2km buffer zone between wind turbines and towns and villages. The zones removal had b...

People seeking housing in Offaly are “doomed to failure" Reporter: 15 May 2021 The threat of homelessness still hangs over a significant number of people. Cllr Peter Ormond said several people in Offaly narrowly missed being made homeless during the last couple of months. );  ); People seeking housing in Offaly are “doomed” to failure because the system is stacked against them, stated a local politician this week. Cllr John Leahy told the Tribune that he has massive sympathy for people ...

An Bord Pleanala approve €20m Offaly retail project Reporter: );  ); FULL planning permission has been granted for a €20m retail, cinema and restaurant complex on Church Road in Tullamore. Tony Flanagan, the local man who heads up the development company hoping to build the Riverside centre, was told on Tuesday (May 11) that An Bord Pleanala had given the project the green light. The planning decision opens the way for a major retailer to come to Tullamore after years of stagnation in the...

Fears that Offalys water service will become more centralised Reporter: 27 Apr 2021 The future of Offalys water and sewage service is currently with the Workplace Relations Commission. People are worried that the service will become more centralised. );  ); A number of local Councillors are worried that the running of Offalys water and sewage system will become more centralised. Mary Hussey of the environment section of Offaly County Council told the April meeting of Birr Municipal District t...