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Your Local St. Patrick's Day Parade in Laois & Offaly
It is my pleasure to represent Ireland in Kenya and Tanzania this St Patrick's Day. Whilst, I'm overjoyed to be able to represent my...
Pippa Hackett
Mar 6, 20232 min read

2023 Green Awards
I was delighted to be invited to speak at last evening's Green Awards ceremony, 2023. I believe it was the biggest yet. It was wonderful...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 22, 20233 min read


Solar Capital Investment Scheme
Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. announced the opening of applications for solar...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 22, 20233 min read


Thirteen recommendations on gender-based violence
Offaly Subgroup’s Report on Gender-Based Violence in Public Spaces is disturbing but not surprising Report highlights that women in...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 22, 20234 min read

Hot School Meals, Fuel Allowance and more
The Government is highly aware of the effect that high energy prices and the cost of living are having on families, businesses and the...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 21, 20233 min read

€81M Allocated to Voluntary and Community organisations
1,450 organisations to receive one-off payment Minimum payment of €1,000* HSE to make payments in coming weeks The Minister for Health,...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 20, 20235 min read


New bus routes for Laois & Offaly
I am delighted that people of Laois & Offaly, will soon have new opportunities to hop on the bus to get to where they need to go. Laois...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 17, 20232 min read


€29 million for Laois & Offaly Roads
Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. today announced details of a €626 million investment programme for 2023 for regional and local...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 14, 20232 min read


2023 Summer Programme welcomed
l am delighted that both primary and post primary schools in Laois and Offaly will have an opportunity to run a Summer 2023 programme for...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 9, 20231 min read


HSE National Lottery Grant Scheme
I hope to encourage all volunteer and community groups, in my constituency of Laois and Offaly, to apply for the HSE National Lottery...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 8, 20231 min read


Local Authority Home Loan
Changes to the Local Authority Home Loan is good news for anyone buying a home in Laois, Offaly and the wider Midlands region. From March...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 7, 20231 min read


Funding for County Councils for Climate Action
I welcome funding for Laois Offaly County Councils to resource climate action partnerships with communities. €27 million was allocated by...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 7, 20231 min read

Laois to get Biodiversity Officer
I welcome news this morning, that Laois is one of the 11 Local Authorities to have been awarded funding for the appointment of...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Over €1.7 million for Community Support Programmes across Laois and Offaly
Today’s announcement of €1,705,298 for Community Support Programmes across Laois and Offaly is welcome news. €427,429 was allocated for...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Midlands Counties set to receive over €3.3 million to support Ukrainian arrivals
I’m delighted to see that €50million is being made available to communities across Ireland by this new Community Recognition Fund. This...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 24, 20232 min read


Five-fold increase in enrolment in retrofit programmes welcomed
I encourage all people in the Midlands to avail of “free and flexible” places on retrofit programmes. Facilities like the Centre of...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 17, 20232 min read


New Local Hackney Pilot Scheme for Kilcormac
New subsidised local hackney service to be provided in Kilcormac, Co Offaly as part of national pilot programme I welcome todays launch...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 9, 20232 min read


€5.25m in funding for organisations supporting victims of crime
Today's funding announcement of €5.25m for organisations supporting victims of crime sends two clear messages: First, our services on the...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 6, 20231 min read

Expanded Eligibility - Review your entitlements
Councillor Mark Hackett and I are using some quieter time to issue a joint message for people to review their entitlements to Government...
Pippa Hackett
Dec 27, 20223 min read


EMERGE into a brighter future
We know we must move from our dependence on fossil fuels. As those of us in the Midlands region know only too well this move did not...
Pippa Hackett
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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