Tag: 2019 Local Elections
1999 Election Memories: The count that ended up in court as...
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If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...
Two new candidates enter Local Election race in Portlaoise as deadline...
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Two brand new candidates have declared to run in the Portlaoise electoral area ahead of...
How to vote in the 2019 Local Elections …
Mary Sweeney, Ballyroan native and Fine Gael candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District, has put together a very helpful guide ahead of the 2019...
Election Diary: Housing crisis in Laois, benefit scheme for the self-employed...
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More people looking for houses in Laois than there are living in Mountrath
That's according to...
2014 Election Memories: Carnage even before the off, FF and FG...
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In the biggest blow to local government in forty years and the greatest damage inflicted...
Election Diary: Moving the Court House from main street, taking to...
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Take the Court House off Main Street - Dunne
Portlaoise municipal district election candidate Dominic Dunne...
Election Diary: Digital hub in Rathdowney, unusual political meeting, Main Street...
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Plans to launch Erkina digital hub in Rathdowney
A Laois councillor is working on launching a...
Election Diary: Council-run bin collection, posters and flood relief works
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Re-establishing council-run bin collections
Independent local election candidate Brian Furlong has called for the re-establishment of...
1985 Election Memories: A Fianna Fáil landslide, first woman elected, some...
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The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...
Election Diary: Fraud squads, fair deal schemes and Portlaoise hospital
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Time to bring back the old fraud squad - Dunne
RENUA Ireland has called for a...
Election Diary: Wheelchairs users have their say, facilities for young people...
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Irish Wheelchair Association users lay down their concerns
Service users and staff from the Irish Wheelchair...
Election Diary: Kilminchy bigger than most towns, road safety at Crookedy,...
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Kilminchy bigger than most towns
With more than 700 houses there, many with young families, the...
Well-known community activist declares to run in Local Elections
Another candidate has declared his intention to contest the May 24 local election the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
Long time community, environmental and political activist Brian...
2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough...
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While the country was still basking in the warm afterglow of Bertie Ahern’s second term...
Election memories on the way as LaoisToday set to take trip...
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This time six weeks we'll be in the thick of it. The canvassing will be...
Election Diary: A ‘time for change’, road accidents at Garryhinch Cross...
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Safety measures at Garryhinch Cross Portarlington
Offaly Fianna Fáil councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick from Cloneygowan says he is...
Election Diary: Fianna Fáil urged to pull the plug, video stars...
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Full house in Rathdowney as Fianna Fáil urged to 'pull the plug'
Brendan Phelan - an independent...
Election Diary: Passport delays, broadband woes and state lands in Portlaoise
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Passport Office delays unfairly blamed on Northern Ireland applications
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois and Chairman of...
Election Diary: Registering to vote, no election posters and delay on...
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Are you registered to vote?
Are you registered to vote in the forthcoming local and European elections?...
Election Diary: Portlaoise Mail Centre, campaign launches and healthy meals in...
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Noel Tuohy launches election campaign
Portlaoise councillor, Noel Tuohy is set to hold his official...
Spending budgets for upcoming local elections have been announced
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An order setting the spending period that will apply to all candidates standing in the...
Election Diary: Clock changes, traffic calming measures and cost disparities between Laois...
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Traffic calming measures ‘badly needed’ in Ossory Court estate in Borris-In-Ossory
Traffic calming measures, such as...
New candidate in the mix in Portlaoise ahead of Local Elections
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Well-known local homelessness activist Tom Duffy has become the latest candidate to throw his hat...
Election Diary: Ministerial babies, football joy and Euro meetings
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Busy weekend for Mary Sweeney
It’s a busy job being a local politician but one woman...
Election Diary: World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, broadband issues and a...
It is less just under three months until the Elections and our eighth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces...
Election Diary: Sewage problems, funding and calls to go Green for...
It is less than three months until the Elections and our fifth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
Portlaoise has fourth highest national rate of women contesting in 2019...
As it stands, Portlaoise has one of the highest rates of declared female candidates of any local election area in the country.
According to research...
Election Diary: International Women’s Day, school visit and calls for electoral...
It is less than three months until the Elections and our third Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this year.
There’s just over three months to go to...
Election Diary: Launches, big support and a call for help
It was a busy week of campaign launches - but it was really only the start of it.
On Thursday night, Renua officially kick-started Dom...