Ábhair:
Our town centres have been severely neglected over the past few decades which has prioritised peripheral development of our towns in both the retail, amenity and residential space. Our town centres need to be reclaimed through a process of traffic calming, tree planting, pedestrianisation and restoration of the built environment. Recent efforts by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown council have shown the positive impact such moves can have both on our civic pride, sense of community and local economy. Cars have been prioritised over people for far too long in all Laois’ towns and villages to the detriment of the people who inhabit them or increasingly used to inhabit them.