Local Elections
End of an era as Goodwin goes down fighting
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The Local Elections always bring about a certain number of casualties - and on this...
Long-serving McDonald delighted to be back again as Bracken increases his vote once more
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Seamus McDonald is Fianna Fáil's longest-serving county councillor in Laois, the Rosenallis man first having...
Fianna Fáil stalwart Fitzgerald looking forward to getting back to work again
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A feature of this year's Local Elections in Laois was that while Fianna Fáil lost...
Dom proud as he goes the distance in battle for council seat
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After the 14th count in the Portlaoise Municipal District came to a conclusion, duly electing...
Brendan Phelan out for the count and fairly sore with Fianna Fáil
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Brendan Phelan from Rathdowney will long remember the 10th count in the Borris-in-Ossory electoral area...
In Pictures: The curtain comes down on the 2019 Local Elections
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After a marathon three days, the counting at the 2019 Local Elections in Laois has...
Elections 2019: Your full list of the 19 Laois County Councillors following three incredible...
After three days of incredible drama, the 19 Laois County Councillors for the next five years are now known.
The marathon count came to a...
ELECTED: Conor Bergin, John King and Ollie Clooney all fill Borris-Mountmellick seats
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John King, Conor Bergin and Ollie Clooney have all been elected to Borris-Mountmellick this evening...
ELECTED: Thomasina secures major gain for Fine Gael in Portlaoise with final seat
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Thomasina Connell has secured a Council seat on her first attempt.
She was elected on 796...
ELECTED: Ben Brennan and Aisling Moran take final Graiguecullen-Portarlington seats
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Independent Ben Brennan and Fine Gael's Aisling Moran have taken the final two seats in...
ELECTED: Ballyroan woman Mary Sweeney takes sixth seat in Portlaoise area
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Ballyroan's Mary Sweeney has taken the sixth seat in Portlaoise for the Laois County Council.
She...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Day 3 of the Local Election...
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Candidates are exhausted, count staff are exhausted and members of the media are exhausted -...
ELECTED: Noel Tuohy takes fifth seat in Portlaoise area
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Labour will have one seat in the next Laois County Council as Noel Tuohy has...
Full recount underway in Borris-Mountmellick area
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A full recount of the Borris-Mountmellick electoral area is now firmly underway in the Portlaoise...
ELECTED: Catherine Fitzgerald has been re-elected in the Portlaoise area
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Catherine Fitzgerald has been re-elected to the Portlaoise Municipal District following the 9th count and...
Kelly reflects on massive success as he’s returned with huge vote in Borris-Mountmellick
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Independent candidate James Kelly from Mountrath has reflected on another successful campaign that has seen...
ELECTED: Seamus McDonald takes third seat in Borris-Mountmellick
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Fianna Fail's Seamus McDonald has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the eight count...
John Whelan: The battle of Borris and the scrap for Portlaoise will leave casualties
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As the count in Portlaoise grinds on the final outcome still remains elusive and inconclusive.
However,...
ELECTED: Caroline Dwane Stanley takes the third Portlaoise seat
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Sinn Fein's Caroline Dwane-Stanley has retained her seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District.
She polled 1,210...
ELECTED: James Kelly gets the second seat in Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick
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Independent James Kelly has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the sixth count in...
In Pictures: Day 2 finishes with seven elections and a lot more still to...
What a day that was.
As night fall settled on Kealew Business Park, candidates, family members, spectators and supporters walk away with a promise of...
ELECTED: Paschal McEvoy gets the fourth seat in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area
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Paschal McEvoy has claimed the fourth seat in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area on the second count.
This...
ELECTED: Paddy Bracken first elected in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
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After four counts of no-one reaching the quota in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area, Paddy Bracken is...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Day 2 of the Local Election...
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And we’re back. After a long day of sorting the votes yesterday in St Mary’s...
ELECTED: Padraig Fleming, Aidan Mullins and Tom Mulhall all elected on first count in...
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Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil), Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin) and Tom Mulhall (Fine Gael) are the...
No-one elected on first count in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area
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No-one has been elected on the first count to the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal area.
The quota was...
John Whelan: Savage scrap in store for final seat in Portlaoise
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There is a savage scrap in store in the Portlaoise electoral area for the last...
ELECTED: Fourth election in a row that Willie Aird tops the poll and John...
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Willie Aird has managed an astounding feat by topping the poll in the Portlaoise Municipal...
Laois is the last county in Ireland awaiting a first count in local elections
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It's official. Laois is the last county in Ireland to be waiting for first count...
Portarlington councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick back on top in Offaly
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The roller-coaster political career of Portarlington councillor, Eddie Fitzpatrick hit a high note this weekend...
