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My Life in Politics: Thomasina Connell on early memories, hectic schedule and the difference...
Our latest My Life in Politics interviewee is Portlaoise-based Fine Gael councillor Thomasina Connell.
She first arrived on the political scene in 2016 when she ran in...
My Life in Politics: Caroline Dwane-Stanley on visiting Long Kesh, local government issues and...
Sinn Féin's rise at a national level has been mirrored somewhat in Laois.
The party won their first Dáil seat in the 1997 General Election...
My Life in Politics: James Kelly on election memories, Tony Gregory and why local...
James Kelly is an independent county councillor from Mountrath and was first elected to Laois County Council in 2014, before retaining his seat comfortably...
Councillors ‘should be given the power to tackle local problems’
Laois County Councillor James Kelly has said that local representatives should have more power to deal with problems in their area.
The Mountrath-based councillor, speaking...
Local Fianna Fáil candidate Fiona O’Loughlin elected to the Seanad
Former Kildare South Fianna Fáil TD Fiona O’Loughlin has won a seat on the Administrative panel in the Seanad after the 13th count.
The results...
Local Fianna Fáil candidate Fiona O’Loughlin on course to be elected to the Seanad
Former Kildare South Fianna Fáil TD Fiona O'Loughlin should be in the mix for one of the seven seats on the Administrative panel in...
Local Labour candidate Mark Wall in strong position to win Seanad seat
Labour candidate Mark Wall is well in the mix to win a Seanad seat following a strong first preference showing.
Wall, who polled strongly but...
Seanad Elections: Laois stud farm owner seeking to be a voice for rural Ireland
The Seanad Elections are like the under world of Irish politics.
Senators have a lower profile, it's an incredibly complicated system and in ways the...
Laois Councillor urges people to shop locally and support small business amid Coronavirus outbreak
A Laois County Councillor has called on people to support local businesses in this time of crisis.
Labour Councillor Noel Tuohy, who ran as a...
Talking Sport: Elections, fixture backlog and U-20 preview in our latest Podcast
Our Talking Sport Podcast this week is a bit of a strange one.
It comes after a weekend when almost every sporting fixture was called...
Election progress, no-poster campaign and education issues to the fore at local Labour AGM
The Labour Party in Laois-Offaly held its constituency meeting in Kavanagh’s in Portlaoise this week.
At the meeting JP O’Mahony was re-elected for another term...
Local candidate poised to win Senate seat
A local candidate is in pole position to win the upcoming Seánad bye-election.
Cllr Pippa Hackett from Geashill and an Offaly County County Councillor having...
LaoisToday Local Election coverage honoured at NUI Maynooth
It may seem like a lifetime ago now - but the Local Elections still cast a long shadow and the LaoisToday coverage has been...
Laois Councillor hits out at ‘long delay’ in delivering Local Election results
A Laois County Councillor has hit out at the slow pace of counting in the Local Elections in the county at the end of...
Laois-Offaly Green Party candidate laments no Local Election choice in Laois
The Green Party are riding on the crest of a wave in Ireland at the moment as a fantastic showing in the Local Elections...
Chairmen and vice-chairs elected at first Council meetings of local areas
Three new chairmen and vice-chairpersons have been elected this morning as the three local areas of Laois County Council met for the first time...
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 -...
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...
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...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of our coverage from Day 1 of the Local Election...
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The big day is finally here. After months of planning, campaigning, canvassing and finally voting...
The six Laois local election hopefuls who are no-poster candidates
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Posters versus no posters has been a topic raised in council chambers and on door...
PROFILED: The full list of candidates running for Local Election in Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick
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The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this Friday.
There...
PROFILED: The full list of candidates running for Local Election in Graiguecullen-Portarlington
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The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this Friday.
There...
PROFILED: The full list of candidates running for Local Election in Portlaoise
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The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this...
Row erupts between Fine Gael Local Election candidates over posters
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A row over posters has erupted in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area between two Fine Gael Local...
Two new candidates enter Local Election race in Portlaoise as deadline closes
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Two brand new candidates have declared to run in the Portlaoise electoral area ahead of...
Former Paypal boss offers to head up taskforce in Laois with tourism, local hubs,...
Louise Phelan, the Laois woman who was Paypal's vice president of global operations Europe, Middle East and Africa for 13 years before recently stepping...
Fianna Fáil add candidate to their team for European Elections
There was a bit of a shock at the Fianna Fáil European Election selection convention for the Ireland South constituency last week when Wexford...
The confirmed list of candidates in the running in Ireland South for the European...
The European Elections are coming fast down the tracks at us - and will be held on the same day as the Local Elections,...
Local Fianna Fáil European hopeful withdraws from contest – for now
Local Fianna Fáil county councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick has withdrawn his name as a candidate to contest the party's selection convention for the European Elections...
