Electronic Tags Needed To Control Overcrowding Midlands Prisons

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• Miraculous Easter Sunday Recovery For Midlands Search and Rescue

  Six volunteer divers used scuba gear and their hands. 

• Man Charged For Sexually Assaulting Girl In The Midlands Over 9 Year Period

  He appeared before Mullingar District Court.

• 10% Increase For Midlands House Prices In Last Year

  The CSO'S Residential Price Property Index shows a 10.6% increase in house prices in the past year.

• Laois TD Wants Updates On Primary Care Centres

  The Taoiseach says he'll check with the Health Minister and the HSE on the Portlaoise Primary Care Centre project.

• Offaly Businesses Join Forces To Create New Jobs

  The companies will provide bus licences.

• Public Consultation Clinic In Laois Today For Planned Midlands Solar Farm

  BNRG intend to build a 52 hectare solar farm on the Laois-Kildare border.

• National Ploughing Championship Release Brown Bread Baking Competition Details

  The competition has been a staple of the Ploughing for decades.

• Offaly Councillor Caught Speeding Demands Answers Over New Limit Signage

  Fine Gael Councillor Noel Cribbin fell foul of the new local road speed limit on the L2025.

• Midlands Biodiversity Projects To Receive Over €280k Funding

  The Local Biodiversity Action Fund is supporting a range of Laois, Offaly and Westmeath projects.

• Motorists Urged To Take Care This Silage Season

  Midlands roads will see more machinery this week.

• Midlands Families Struggling Under Caregiving Pressures - LauraLynn

  Caregivers are feeling isolated and struggling with emotional exhaustion.

• Former Laois Minister Appointed New Chair Of Irish Red Cross

  Ex Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has been elected by the board's general assembly.

• Laois Teenager Crowned Irish Dancing World Champion

  Portarlington's Zoey McLoughlin won the Open Championship in Belgium.

• Jury Told Jozef Puska’s Two Brothers Are Accused Of Misleading Gardai

  His brothers have pleaded not guilty to withholding information.

• Westmeath Facility Among Five IPAS Centres Non Compliant With Standards  

  The Centres must submit plans for improvement. 

• Status Yellow Thunderstorm Warning Issued For Midlands

  It's in place for Laois and Offaly until 8 this evening.

• Almost €200,000 Worth Of Contraband Seized In The Midlands, Dublin, Rosslare And Waterford

  Various illicit drugs were discovered with the help of detector dogs.

• Electronic Tags Planned For Prisoners To Reduce Overcrowding

  Midlands and Portlaoise Prisons are well over capacity.

• IFA President Challenges EU Commission To Scrap CAP Proposals

  Flash action protests are taking place in Dublin and EU member states this morning.