However, the inquest into the death of Emily Ellen Culhane (16) from The Birches, Lower Boley, Abbeyleix, Co Laois who died from a strain of meningococcal B at Beaumont Hospital on January 5, 2025 heard such a measure had already been ruled out earlier this year.

The incident happened on the R433 at Tullyroe near Abbeyleix at around 10am morning, when the car he was driving left the road and struck another parked car.

A man, aged in his 70s, has died after being struck by a car on Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co Laois, on Wednesday evening

A man, aged in his 20s, has died following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Co Laois on Tuesday night

The announcement was made at Croke Park by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys