# abbeyleix - Saturday 1 February, 2020
Robert was last seen on Thursday in Abbeyleix.
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# abbeyleix - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Tributes to Father John Cummins this evening recalled a “lovely man” and a “true gentleman”.
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# abbeyleix - Friday 17 August, 2018
Two men were arrested.
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# abbeyleix - Tuesday 12 December, 2017
Like all good pubs, it started out as a grocery shop and shebeen.
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# abbeyleix - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
People Over Wind want to launch a legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s granting of planning permission for the Cullenagh Wind Farm project.
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# abbeyleix - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
Topaz is opening the service stations on the Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Waterford motorways.
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# abbeyleix - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
It’s wild out there today.
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# abbeyleix - Friday 18 May, 2012
THE SOUTHBOUND LANES of the M8 motorway have been closed due to an oil spillage on the road.
The closure affects the whole area between Junction 3 near Abbeyleix, Co Laois and Junction 8 near Cashel, Co Tipperary. It’s expected the road will be closed for a number of hours.
Diversions are in place and motorists have been advised to use alternative routes.
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# abbeyleix - Monday 16 April, 2012
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
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# abbeyleix - Saturday 24 December, 2011
Reports that ten publicly-run community nursing homes will be shut next year have been met with criticism by the Opposition party.
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# abbeyleix - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
The Health Service Executive has said it will now hold a consultation with residents after they challenged the closure in the High Court.
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# abbeyleix - Thursday 24 November, 2011
Cathal Magee will face questions about the health service crisis when he appears before an Oireachtas committee.
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# abbeyleix - Sunday 20 November, 2011
One of the organisers of today’s protest says the patients are “very happy” to see the level of support shown by the local community against the closure.
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Catch up on the day’s main stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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# abbeyleix - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
St Brigid’s Hospital – a 28-bed unit in Shane, Portlaoise – will be closed, just two weeks after a unit in Abbeyleix was shut.
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# abbeyleix - Friday 11 November, 2011
A round up of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.
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Closing the unit down will unfairly target its vulnerable and elderly residents, leaders of the campaign told TheJournal.ie.
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# abbeyleix - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said the move was “uncaring and insensitive”, and will not deliver significant savings for the HSE.
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# abbeyleix - Monday 31 October, 2011
Gardaí in Abbeyleix are seeking the public’s assistance in relation to a serious assault that occurred on Sunday morning.
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# abbeyleix - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
Bus driver Francis Donoher says he was taken aback at the generosity of the cafe which gave him and his passengers free tea, coffee and hot chocolate as they waited for the road to clear.
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