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Laois students virtually walking to Lourdes for homeless Reporter:  ); Two Laois students are inviting people to virtually walk to Lourdes and to donate to a Laois charity, Portlaoise Action to Homelessness (PATH). Sadhbh Dunne and Cara Phelan from Scoil Chríost Rí, are asking the community to collectively walk 1,965 km, the distance from their school in Portlaoise to the religious pilgrimage town of Lourdes in France. The 5th year girls are working towards achieving The Pope John Paul II A...

January 7, 2021 3:36 pm Planning permission has been granted for Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd to develop a biogas plant in Co. Laois. Conditional approval has been given for the renewable gas facility, along with associated works, to be developed at Cúil na Móna bog, in the townland of Clonboyne and Clonkeen, Portlaoise. The total area of the development will be 18ha. According to Bord na Móna, the facility is envisaged to treat up to 80,000t of organic material per year. The renewable gas fa...