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To celebrate the return of the much loved LEGO Club, we are having a LEGO Building competition. The idea is to build your own original creation and bring it into the Abbeyleix Library, where it will be displayed for the duration of the competition.

Entries must be brought into the library between Saturday November 25th and Saturday 2nd December.

The LEGO will start back up after this event and we would encourage all to come along that day to register for the new LEGO club.

Download your entry forms here:

LEGO Rules & Entry Form

Alternatively you can collect an entry form in branch from any Laois library.

Get Building!!!

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The following Weather Advisory has been issued by Met Eireann at 14:00 hours Thursday, 19-Oct-2017

Met Éireann forecasters have elected to name Storm Brian this afternoon. This action was taken due to a potential risk of orange level winds developing in coastal regions of a number of counties in the west and southwest Friday night and on Saturday. A rapidly deepening depression in the mid-Atlantic (Storm Brian) is expected to fill as it tracks over parts of Ireland overnight Friday and early on Saturday. In general, the winds in most parts of the country will not be as severe as on Monday.

Yellow wind warnings are in effect countrywide, with Orange level warnings for coastal areas of the south and west.  Various parts of the country will experience strong winds at different times during this period, with northern counties probably not encountering peak

For Ireland
Weather Advisory
winds until Saturday afternoon
Valid from 22:00 hours Fri, 20-Oct-2017
Valid until 22:00 hours Sat, 21-Oct-2017

Laois County Council, An Garda Siochana and HSE Crisis Management Team wish to advise that all priority routes in the county are deemed passable with care.  The public are urged to exercise caution at all times due to fallen debris and unstable trees.  The following route remains blocked:

• Mountmellick to Ballyfin Rd. (R423) – Council crews have attended the site and we are awaiting ESB assistance due to live power lines.

Further short-term closures will occur throughout the day to deal with dangerous obstructions and potential obstructions.

Since 6.30am this morning, over 30 incidents have been dealt with by the area staff and the fire service crews.  The Council Housing maintenance crew are also dealing with incidents received and these will be dealt with on a priority basis.

The following is the update on Water and Wastewater outages in Laois.

1. Pallas Water Booster Station Back in operation. Supply being restored to areas affected.
2. The Strand Public Water Scheme – still out.
3. Coolenaugh Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants – still out.
4. Mountmellick WW Network – pumping stations at Connolly Street, Irishtown and Emmet Terrace. This issue will need to be monitored and emergency emptying may be required – all 3 pumping stations back on line.
5. Knocks Water and Drim Water – affecting Mountrath – Knocks Water Treatment Plant back in operation.
6. Arles Water and more than likely Wastewater Treatment Plant – still out.

Please note this may not be an exhaustive list of outages.

The Crisis Management Team would like to acknowledge and thank the public for their on-going co-operation.

The local number for the Severe Weather Communication Centre is 1890837273.  Please be advised if you require the assistance of the emergency services dial 999 or 112.

The following is the update on Water and Wastewater outages in Laois.

1. Pallas Booster Water affected areas Ballyfin and Pallas
2. The Strand Public Water Scheme
3. Coolenaugh Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
4. Mountmellick WW Network – pumping stations at Connolly Street, Irishtown and Emmet Terrace. This issue will need to be monitored and emergency emptying may be required.
5. Knocks Water and Drim Water – affecting Mountrath
6. Arles Water and more than likely Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Please note this may not be an exhaustive list of outages.

From 6.30am this morning 55 area staff, 7 JCBs, 2 road sweepers, tree surgeon contractors and 4 private contractors were deployed across the county.  They are supported by 65 retained fire fighters across 8 fire stations.

The Crisis Management Team met for the eight time this morning at 8.30am.  It was confirmed that 108 calls were logged by the Severe Weather Co-ordination Centre and the Centre was operational again at 7am this morning. 

Laois County Council, An Garda Siochana and HSE Crisis Management Team wish to advise that all priority routes in the county are deemed passable with care.  The public are urged to exercise caution at all times due to fallen debris and unstable trees.  The following routes are currently blocked:

• Mountmellick to Ballyfin Rd. (R423)
• Derrycloney to Rosenallis Rd. (Drinagh, L2097)

Further routes may close throughout the day to deal with dangerous potential obstructions. Updates will continue to be provided on our website and through social media.