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06 Sept 2025

Representative body for soldiers plans offices in Portlaoise

Kildare soldier's family find house at last

A representative body for members of the Defence Forces has applied for planning permission for offices in Laois  

Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association(PDFORRA), which represents and pursue the interests of enlisted personnel serving full-time in the Irish Army, Naval Service and Air Corps applied for permission to change a house into offices in Portlaoise.  

They lodged a planning application with Laois County Council seeking  “change of use from dwelling house garage and gymnasium granted under plg file 04/933 to offices with ancillary welfare facilities, car parking spaces and all associated site works” at a property on the Dublin Road in Portlaoise. 

The planning application was lodged on October 26 and the council are expected to make a decision on the plans on December 20.

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