Portlaoise housing estate revives old vegetable allotments
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The traditional area reserved for garden allotments in a mature Laois housing estate has been revived due to popular demand.
Marian Avenue on the Abbeyleix Road in Portlaoise long had individual plots in an area to the rear of houses, and this week Laois County Council has formally agreed to rent them out again to some residents eager to get growing.
The residents are to pay a nominal rent of €1 a year for their plots for the next three years.
Laois County Council Cathaoirleach is Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald, who grew up in the estate.