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As the General Assembly reaches its halfway point next week, four local lawmakers updated area public school officials Friday on legislation under consideration that could impact their schools.

Mental health problems, especially suicides, are significantly higher among blue-collar workers compared with other occupations, according to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.

Critics picks for entertainment in the week ahead.

A state official credits the pandemic for getting employers and employees to talk about mental health.

“You’ve got two large hospital systems and two major universities with a large, young population, and I think if a bicycle path similar to the American Tobacco Trail were built between Duke and UNC, it would be wildly popular."

The man accused of the murder of mother of one Sharon Crean on Wednesday 14 December in Mountmellick appeared at Portlaoise District Court by video link from…

On Wednesday 34-year-old Sharon Crean was discovered with serious injuries in an apartment in Mountmellick.

Sean Egan, of no fixed abode, made no comment when he was informed of the charge.

The $11.8 million project in Winston-Salem, N.C., will allow Nelipak to replicate flexible packaging operations it has in Europe.

There was a large garda presence both inside and around the Courthouse in Portlaoise earlier this morning Friday 16 December when 36-year-old Sean Egan was…