Local Elections
2024 Local Elections: How Portlaoise was decided after a marathon battle in 2019
In the LaoisToday Live Blog of the 2019 Local Elections, our resident political analyst at the time John Whelan coined two phrases that aptly...
Mary Wheatley Interview: Political life, ladies football and breaking the glass ceiling – a...
The people of Laois and Ireland will go to the polls on Friday as the 2024 Local and European election voting will take place.
As...
2024 Local Elections: Count by count – How Graiguecullen-Portarlington was decided in 2019
The Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District had the smallest field five years ago - with just nine candidates contesting for the six seats.
Fine Gael's John Moran,...
2024 Local Elections: Count by count – How Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick was decided in 2019
To look at how a vote might go in this year's Local Elections, one of the best starting points is the last election.
And the...
Local Election Podcasts: 10 minutes with candidates in the Portlaoise Municipal District
A record number of 20 candidates will battle it out for the seven seats in the Portlaoise Municipal District in Laois County Council.
Though a...
Local Election Podcasts: 10 minutes with the candidates in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District
The Graigucullen-Portarlington Municipal District does, as the name suggests, stretch from one side of the county to the other, from the Carlow border to...
Local Election Podcasts: 10 minutes with the candidates in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District
The Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District is a massive, sprawling, area that stretches from Clonaslee on one side to Cullohill on the other.
Mountmellick is the largest...
Local Elections: New locations for votes to be sorted and counted as Returning Officer...
The votes for this year's Local and European Elections in Laois will be sorted in the sports hall in Scoil Chríost Rí on the...
Dick Miller Interview: GAA, the Council and Timahoe – a lifetime of local service
Who thought we could have got lost in Timahoe?
The Local Elections come around just every five years so in a local media outlet, generating...
Local Elections: Portlaoise candidate unveils song ahead of polling day
No matter what way you garner a vote, they all count the same in a ballot box.
And a Laois Local Election candidate has launched...
Local Elections: High percentage of women running in Portlaoise – though Laois overall is...
There are nine female candidates in the Portlaoise Municipal District contesting this year's Local Elections, which accounts for 45% of the overall field.
That figure...
Confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections in Laois
A total of 47 candidates have been confirmed for this year's Local Elections in Laois.
Election hopefuls had until Saturday at noon to declare their...
2024 Local Elections: The candidates that missed out in the past but are back...
Putting yourself up for election, at any time and in any contest, is a brave thing to do.
While the general population can go for...
In Pictures: Laois Local Election candidate has posters destroyed and vile comments sprawled on...
For the third time in the last three days, a Laois Local Election candidate has reported that their posters have been tampered with.
This time,...
Another Laois candidate expresses frustration as election posters go missing
Another Laois County Council election candidate has expressed his frustration after he discovered that some of his posters have been removed in recent days.
Following...
In Pictures: Laois election hopefuls have heads cut out from posters in overnight attack
Another instance of campaign posters being damaged has been captured, this time on the road between Castletown and The Pike of Rushall.
Posters belonging to...
Two Sinn Féin candidates have their election posters stolen and vandalised
A number of campaign posters belonging to two Sinn Fein candidates in the Portlaoise area have been stolen and vandalised.
Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley and...
Election Diary: Candidate meets with American politician, call for improved water infrastructure and support...
The 2024 elections are just over a month away and candidates are busy making their views heard ahead of the elections on June 7.
Lower...
‘Time for the Council to get back to basics and build Council houses’ –...
Labour Councillor Marie Tuohy officially launched her election campaign with her supporters over the weekend.
Cllr Tuohy officially kicked off her election campaign at Ramsbottom’s...
Local Elections: Bumper crowd as Fianna Fáil launch campaign and target two extra seats...
If political opinion polls aren't the most reliable gauge, then election launches are on another level again in accurately ascertaining a party's current health.
But...
Local Elections: Fine Gael look to increase council seats in Laois as change of...
There was a little bit of everything at the Fine Gael Local Elections launch in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel last night.
A nod to their...
Green Party confirm two more candidates to contest Local Elections in Laois
The Green Party have announced that two more candidates will contest for a County Council seat at the Local Elections in June.
Last year, Ballinakill...
Local Elections: Sinn Féin set out their stall in bid to take record number...
The 2024 Local Elections loom large on the horizon and the launch of Sinn Féin's campaign in Portlaoise last night is as good a...
Fianna Fail add candidate to ticket as 19-year-old steps forward to contest 2024 Local...
Fianna Fail have added a third candidate to contest the 2024 Local Elections in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area.
Sitting Councillors Padraig Fleming and Paschal McEvoy were...
A first for Laois as Independent Ireland party candidate declares to contest Local Election
One of the newest political parties in Ireland will have a candidate in Laois in the Local Elections which are set to take place...
Sinn Fein Local Election team reduced as announced candidate confirms withdrawal
Sinn Fein's team to contest the Local Elections in Laois this summer has been reduced by the withdrawal of a candidate who had been...
In Pictures: Minister Simon Harris present as Laois Local Election candidate launches campaign
Minister Simon Harris was in attendance at Dick Dunne's Lounge, Stradbally, on Saturday last, to launch the election campaign of Vivienne Phelan.
Phelan is a...
Sinn Fein adds third candidate to contest Local Elections in Portlaoise Area
Sinn Fein has selected a third candidate to run for the party in the Portlaoise Area at the Local Elections in June.
Jason Phelan, who...
Sinn Féin set to run record number of candidates in 2024 Local Elections in...
Sinn Féin are set to run a record number of candidates in next summer's Local Elections in Laois, with a possibility that they could...
Former Fianna Fáil General Election candidate set to contest 2024 Locals as Independent
Former Fianna Fáil General Election candidate Pauline Flanagan (nee Madigan) is set to contest next year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District as...
