Tag: 2024 General Election

Better late than never. The official itinerary for the visit of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald listed her arrival at St Mary's Hall in...

Elections are rightly about the people who are running in them. But in Laois on this occasion, it's also notable for who doesn't have their...

General Election campaigns by their nature are always about the candidates. On this occasion in Laois, it is also somewhat significant for who isn't running. Charlie...

As well as podcast interviews and attending a canvass of the General Election candidates, we also asked them a selection of light-hearted questions. Here are...

For the second time in less than a month Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will be in Portlaoise on the campaign trail ahead...

General Elections are marathons not sprints - but we are in the sprinting phase of things now. Four days away from polling, Alan Hartnett and...

Nearly there now.  By this day next week we should know how the next Dáil will largely be comprised. Locally we should know the identity...

Storm Bert brought devastation to the western half of the country on Saturday and dumped a load of rain on us in Laois. But with...

School Funding, Staffing Shortage and Special Educational Needs Support are three priority areas I would like to see the next Government effectively address. School Funding ‘Cherish all...

As an electoral geographer who is interested in the minutiae of geographical variations in support patterns for political parties and candidates, there is nothing...

Pauline Flanagan is well able to walk at a right good pace. As she powers on down Colliers Lane on a bitterly cold Friday evening,...

"Austin Stack, Fianna Fáil. Austin Stack, Fianna Fáil. Austin Stack, Fianna Fáil." At Portlaoise Train Station on Friday evening, as commuters come down the stairs...

Jason Lynch caught everyone on the hop when his name appeared on the register to run in the General Election just as nominations closed. From...

Shortly after nominations closed for General Election candidates last Saturday, an email dropped into the inboxes of news outlets across the country. “Women for Election...

After a successful first outing, our Friday panel for our LoveLaois podcast for the General Election is back for another episode. This is once again...

In exactly seven days time, voting for the 2024 General Election will begin in Laois and across the country. Hundreds of candidates will be hoping...

A dairy farmer in Portlaoise, Willie Aird is a veteran elected representative of 45 years, having been first elected to the old Portlaoise Town...

Pauline Flanagan shocked us all, and maybe even herself, as she announced herself as a candidate at the last minute. Co-opted as a Laois County...

Sean Fleming is now the longest-standing politician on the ballot paper. First elected in 1997, he has held his seat in each of the...

Jason Lynch was very late to declare but has entered the race as an Independent. A paramedic from Portlaoise, his story is very interesting and...

Maria McCormack, who lives in Portlaoise but is a native of Ballyroan, is Sinn Fein’s candidate - replacing Brian Stanley. A candidate in the recent...

Aisling Moran from Killeen is an Independent – and has enlisted the support of her Laois County Council colleagues Ben Brennan from Crettyard, James...

Portarlington woman Elaine Mullally, who owns Clown Around play centre in the town, was among the first confirmed candidates in Laois for this General...

From Ballinakill, Palmer was the Green Party’s candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District in the Local Elections back in June. But that was a tough...

Austin Stack entered the race late enough as he was added to the ticket by Fianna Fail HQ. A retired prison officer, Austin is the...

A Sinn Féin TD since 2011 and a councillor prior to that since 1999, the Brian Stanley/Sinn Fein saga has been well documented at...

There's nothing like a cold, dark, car park in November to bring home the reality of a winter election. But in the Mountmellick Development Association...

It is 0° Celsius on a bone-chilling Tuesday evening in Portlaoise, but Brian Stanley and his team are undeterred and out in force. The group...

Ballyfin woman Claire Scott has a bird's eye view of General Election 2024 on a national level. We chatted to her on Tuesday afternoon from...

The latest guest on our LoveLaois General Election Podcast is Gary Murphy, the Professor of Politics in DCU who is a regular contributor on...