Rural Life
Laois County Council is submitting a planning application for the Mountmellick Flood Relief Scheme to An Coimisiún Pleanála.
The biodiversity officer in Offaly County Council, Ricky Whelan has said that the Asian hornet is "certainly on it's way" to Ireland.
An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for a proposed agricultural shed containing a milking parlour in Co. Laois.
Among the complaints received by Laois County Council this year include one on cattle accessing a river and causing water pollution.
Environment
Farm inspections carried out near the river in Co. Laois have found some issues around the loss of sediment from farmyards into watercourses.
