Derelict Centrepoint owners identified and ordered to improve Portlaoise site
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The owners of the derelict Centrepoint shopping centre in Portlaoise have been identified and legally ordered to secure the site and remove hazardous waste.
Laois County Council has confirmed today that it has served several legal notices to the owners, Pimcar Ltd from Kerry. The owners of the property have been confirmed as Pimcar Ltd, Unit 1 Keltic Business Park, Clieveragh, Listowel, Co. Kerry. The Planning Authority has made contact with the owners , who are engaging in carrying out works to the site. The Planning Authority served notices on the owners of the Centrepoint Property of the intention to enter the site on to the Derelict sites Register which commences that process, Senior Planner Angela McEvoy has confirmed.
More Portlaoise social housing ahead as land dispute ends
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Years of disputes over housing land in Portlaoise town has been resolved, opening the way for planned new social houses.
There are about 34 houses to be built on land on the town side of O’Moore Place.
It is part of a multi million Urban Regeneration project for what is one of the oldest council estate in Laois, built over 70 years ago. Already €400,000 has been spent demolishing six houses to add parking and a wider road.
Since 2019 however, the plan by Co-operative Housing and Laois County Council has been stalled over access to the land. The field’s owner had agreed but a title issue was in dispute.
Laois council tenants with outdated kitchens will have to wait up to 10 years to get them replace. There are some 50 Laois council homes waiting for new fitted .
Water supply cut to 500 Portlaoise homes with no prior warning
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Water supply was cut off for a day without warning to 500 households for a whole day in Portlaoise recently.
There was no prior warning to residents, according to a Portlaoise councillor.
Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley says that Irish Water should be telling customers ahead of cutting off their water supply to fix leaks.
“The water was turned off, it affected Highfield meadows, The Grange, the Borris Road, Dr Murphy Place and St Brigid’s Place. It was off from 8am to 4.30pm,” she said.
The shut off happened on Wednesday, February 3 Cllr Dwane Stanley said.
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