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Site Structure and Navigation

We have structured our site to make it as easy as possible for you to navigate through. Below is an outline of our navigation tools:

Main Navigation
Do It Online
A-Z of Services
Search Facility

Main Navigation:

Our main navigation divides the home page into eight main sections. These links are Planning, Housing, Roads, Environment & Water, Leisure & Culture, Community & Living, Your Council and Business. The services provided by all 17 departments (Arts, Corporate Affairs, Community & Enterprise, County Development Board, Economic Development, Environment, Finance, Heritage, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Library, Motor Tax, Planning, Roads, Tourism and Water Services) in the council are divided into these main areas. It was felt that the user would find it easy to navigate the site using these headings rather than having to know what department provided what services. For example the Roads section on the website has information on Motor Tax, even though internally the Motor Tax service is provided by the Finance Section.

For those that are familiar with the Local Government or wish to find out information about a particular department you can do so by selecting Your Council (from the main navigation on the home page) and Departments. This provides a break down of each section in the Council and the services they provide.

Do It Online

The secondary navigation on the site is our “Do it Online” section. This is useful for those that are coming to the site to perform a particular online task such as paying for a bill or downloading an application form.

Do IT Online Image from home page

Pay for IT – this links to all our online payment facilities

Apply for IT – This page contains all application forms

Map IT – This allows the users to view several services on a map of Laois.

Find IT – Links users to our search facility, A-Z of services, information on finding us etc.

Report IT- This explains how to make a complaint or report a problem.

Jobs – This is a direct link to jobs advertised by the Human Resources Department.

A-Z of Services

This image displays the link to the A-Z of Services.

This section provides links to all council services in alphabetical order. View our A-Z of Services.

Search Facility

This Google Search facility (on the top of each page) allows the user to search for any topic on our site. The user enters what they are looking for and clicks the GO button. Google search will bring back all pages that contain that subject. The Advanced Search link below the Search Box allows a more specific search. Here you can enter criteria for your search such as exact words or phrases.

Image of Search Box on each page