Laois TD Renews Funding Call For Courthouse

Laois TD Willie Aird wants the Government to provide funding to start building a new courthouse in Portlaoise.

A courthouse in Laois need to be moved to a new site so that it's closer to a prison in the county.

That's according to Laois TD Willie Aird, who says the current location is causing safety and traffic issues in the town centre, every time a prisoner has to be escorted to the courthouse from the Midlands Prison.

He's pushing the Government for funding to start building a new purpose built courthouse on a greenfields site, purchased by the local authority in 2020.

Deputy Aird says it could be built quickly:

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