Tag: 2024 General Election

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...

First of all, an apology. We interviewed Ivan Yates last week as part of our General Election coverage only for us to fall victim to...

The General Election is less than two weeks away, which means every housing estate and main street across the country are abuzz with promises,...

The General Election is in full swing now as we are now 11 days from polling day. Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett to...

Aisling Moran has successfully contested two elections - but she has never been looking for votes in this part of the world before. In the...

Going 'On the Canvass' with a General Election candidate is a logistical operation in itself. "We'll be in Mountrath all day on Friday," Eoin Delaney...

There will be a total of 12 candidates in this year’s General Election in Laois following the decision of two new Independents to enter...

By this day two weeks, all of the talking will be over and the people will be exercising their vote. But we have another two...

An election campaign has the ability to bring kindred spirits together and that's very much evident as Elaine Mullally and her team of campaigners...

Independent General Election candidate Elaine Mullally says that her election posters have been 'stolen' from around 30 locations in Laois. The Independent candidate says that...

Throughout the week between now and Election Day on Friday, November 29, we’ll be bringing you a regular bulletin from the campaign trail in...

We had a bit of a mishap recording this week. On Monday afternoon we chatted with broadcaster Ivan Yates, the former Fine Gael Government minister...

Brian Stanley has said that his family have been a "source of immense strength" over the past couple of weeks since his high-profile resignation...

The IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Services) contract from East End Hotel in Portarlington was withdrawn recently following non-compliance issues. This decision, according to Independent General...

Brian Stanley officially launched his General Election campaign in the Portlaoise Parish Centre recently. In front of a crowd of around 60 people, Stanley took...

Throughout the week between now and Election Day on Friday, November 29, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail in...

The date has been confirmed and the countdown to General Election 2024 is well an truly underway. Here at LaoisToday, we plan to produce three...

At last, the General Election campaign is officially underway. The question that was preoccupying politicos for months has been straight-forward enough: November or February. In recent...

The election has been called, the posters are up and we'll have an intense campaign between now and polling day on November 29. In the...

From Killeen to Dáil Éireann is a road less travelled. There has never been a Laois woman elected as a TD. The county hasn't sent...

Austin Stack is to contest the upcoming General Election and bid for one of the three seats in the Laois constituency. It has been confirmed...

People Before Profit are set to run a candidate in the Laois constituency for the upcoming General Election. Ken Mooney, 23, from Mountrath, has been...

After weeks and maybe even months of speculation, we finally have a date for the 2024 General Election. Speaking on RTE News this evening, Taoiseach...

In a significant development which will have a defining impact on the forthcoming general election in Laois, the Aisling Moran campaign has received a...