Laois Polling Stations Coming Under Fire For Accessibility Problems

The station in Ballyroan has a lip on the entrance that would cause concern for wheelchair users.

A disability group is criticising voter accessibility in County Laois.

Physical Impairment Ireland claims wheelchair users would struggle to enter the polling station in Ballyroan because of a lip on the entrance ramp.

National Secretary Leo Kavanagh will this afternoon inspect arrangements for disabled citizens elsewhere in the county - and suspects the local Registrar has work to do.

Meanwhile, complaints about accessibility have been voiced at another Laois polling station.

Laois Fine Gael Councillor Thomasina Connell says signs had to be erected at Holy Family National School in Portlaoise:

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