Derek Fanning

LANDOWNERS and farmers living along the route of the proposed Pipe bringing water from Lough Derg to Dublin will be offered one of two choices, the Midland Tribune has learned.

COUNCILLORS and staff of Offaly County Council bid a “fond farewell” to Tom Shanahan during the December meeting of the body.

THE owners of a quarry in the Slieve Bloom Mountains have been asked by Laois County Council to provide the local authority with more information as part of an application to extend their quarry. Breedon Materials Limited (trading as Breedon Ireland) is seeking permission to make a major extension a...

OFFALY County Council's mission is to develop “a vibrant, innovative Offaly”, the December meeting of the local authority was told.

THE Cathaoirleach of Nenagh Municipal District, Cllr Fiona Bonfield (Labour), strongly criticised the government's housing policy, saying it was failing people, during the recent meeting of Nenagh Municipal District.

Thoughts?

LAST WEEK I wrote about the two-headed Roman God Janus, whose name gave us the word January. Janus for the Romans was a symbol for any crossroads or transition moment in life. It also represented one part of us looking back on the past and another part of us looking to the future. To the modern mind...

BANAGHER farmer John Dolan has this week hailed one of his geese for being “a record-breaker” after it laid an unprecedented third clutch of eggs.

SEVERAL councillors called for urgent action to tackle Birr's “unacceptable” water problem, during the January meeting of Birr Municipal District.

THE Army was called out to help people in South Offaly attend their hospital appointments during the recent Cold Snap.