Graiguecullen-Portarlington: First count announced as McEvoy tops the poll and all outgoing candidates set...
Fianna Fáil's Paschal McEvoy has topped the poll in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
The Stradbally-based candidate, who was born and raised in Timahoe, will be...
In Pictures: Day 1 at the Local Election count as picture emerges – but...
That was a long day!
And it's really only the start. The 2024 Local Election count got underway on Saturday with the sports hall in...
Graiguecullen-Portarlington: Tallies show outgoing councillors set to be returned – with PJ Kelly to...
All six outgoing county councillors look set to be re-elected in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
Though the tallies made available by Fine Gael and Fianna...
Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick: Tallies show Paddy Buggy in with a shout but McDonald and King likely...
Long-serving Fianna Fáil councillor Seamus McDonald is in a battle to retain his seat in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
The Mountmellick-based Fine Gael candidate Paddy...
Portlaoise: Confusion over tallies mean full picture not clear – but Mulligan set for...
Tommy Mulligan, an Independent candidate, looks set to win a seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District but a full picture is not clear due...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the updates from Day 1 of the Laois Local...
The big day is finally here. Sorting of the votes in the Laois Local Elections gets underway in Portlaoise this morning.
With voting having taken...
Polls open as Laois goes to vote in the Local and European elections
Voting in the 2024 Local and European Elections is officially underway as the polling stations are now open.
Those registered to vote can do so...
Overview: The LaoisToday guide to this year’s Local Elections as county gets set to...
So here we are. Election Eve.
Those with a passing interest say that elections are like the championship for political folk. As decent and all...
Charlie McDonald Interview: The Ballyroan man who served as a councillor, Senator, TD and...
The old Chinese proverb, 'May you live in interesting times', is particularly apt for Charlie McDonald, the Ballyroan man who represented the people of...
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...
Election Diary: Rail beds retained, Emo solar farm, and €2.4 million for Laois SMEs
Sinn Féin has confirmed that the rail beds connecting the three bogs that Bord Na Mona owned in Laois will now be retained for...
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...
Election Diary: Rural roads, Laois taxis, Town Teams and another hole in the head
The single biggest issue in the rural areas is the poor state of local roads according to Paddy Buggy, Fine Gael candidate in the...
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...
New Independent candidate for Local Elections focussed on farming and rural communities
A new candidate has thrown their name in the hat to contest the upcoming Local Elections, scheduled for June 7.
Kevin Drennan, from the Coolrain/Camross...
REVEALED: Where Laois ranks overall in numbers of refugees and asylum seekers taken in...
The county-by-county breakdown of Ukrainian refugees and other applicants for international protection (asylum seekers) shows that Laois has taken some of the lowest numbers...
