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William Aird (born 1959/1960) [1] is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] [3]Aird was elected at the age of 19 to Portlaoise Town Council in 1979, and was a member until its abolition in 2014.
Portlaoise [2] (/ p ɔːr t ˈ l iː ʃ / port-LEESH), [3] or Port Laoise (Irish pronunciation: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the South Midlands in the province of Leinster. Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest towns and cities in Ireland from 2011 to 2016. [4]
The winners of the Laois Senior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. They often do well outside the county, [ original research? ] with the likes of Portlaoise (1971, 1976, 1982, 1987, 2004, 2009) among the clubs from Laois to win at least one Leinster Championship after winning the ...
Laois County Council is the local authority governing County Laois. It has 19 councillors, and is divided into three local electoral areas , each of which is also a municipal district: Borris-in-Ossory - Mountmellick (6), Graiguecullen- Portarlington (6), and Portlaoise (7).
Portlaoise won their first adult level trophy defeating O'Moore's on a scoreline of 3–12 to 1–04 to win the 2020 Laois Junior Camogie Championship. This game was the delayed replay of the 2020 final played on 19 September 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Originally meetings of Laois County Council were held in Portlaoise Courthouse. [1] After the courthouse became inadequate, a purpose-built facility was built in May 1982. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An extension, linked to the existing County Hall building by a single storey glazed corridor, was completed in 2007.
Under a new sponsorship deal it is known as "Laois Hire O'Moore Park". [ 2 ] Although it may have been in use as a GAA ground since 1888, and was acquired by Maryborough GAA Club in 1908, it was not purchased as the county grounds until 1917, becoming then one of the first grounds acquired by a county board (just six years after the purchase of ...
Laois contested the second ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) final in 1889. In 1926, the county won the final of the first National Football League competition, defeating Dublin. 1936 brought Laois's only other appearance in an All-Ireland SFC decider. Laois defeated Monaghan by a point in the 1985–86 National Football ...