Tag: 2024 Local Elections

Conor Bergin has topped the poll in the sprawling Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. The Fine Gael candidate from Borris-in-Ossory was first elected in 2019 as a...

Day 3 of the Local Election count is here and perhaps, just perhaps, we might manage to get it finished today. We had to wait...

We will endeavour to keep the count of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District covered in this particular piece. In total, 11,229 votes were cast in this...

After a long wait for a first count, progress is now being made in the Portlaoise Municipal District where 20 candidates were in the...

We had to wait until just after 7pm - but we finally got a result in the Local Elections for Laois on Day 2...

The Portlaoise Municipal District rarely disappoints in terms of drama and storylines. Fine Gael's Willie Aird tops the poll again. Independent Tommy Mulligan set for...

Day 2 of the Local Election count is here and this time we will actually do some counting. The 2024 Local Election count got underway...

Day 2 of the 2024 Local Elections in Laois are ongoing and we now finally have a few results. Before the first count was announced,...

Fine Gael's Conor Bergin has topped the poll in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District with a massive 1,606 first preference votes, almost 700 more than...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tommy Mulligan, an Independent candidate, looks set to win a seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District but a full picture is not clear due...

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...

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...

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...

In the LaoisToday Live Blog of the 2019 Local Elections, our resident political analyst at the time John Whelan coined two phrases that aptly...

We are one day out from voting in the 2024 Local and European Elections with excitement and anticipation building in equal measure. So, Alan Hartnett...

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...

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,...

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...

John King from Rathdowney has been a Fine Gael councillor since 2009 when he was elected at the third time of asking having missed...

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...

Pauline Flanagan missed out on a seat at her first attempt in 2019 when she was then a Fianna Fáil candidate and running under...

Dom Dunne came within just over 50 votes of winning the final seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District in 2019, then as a candidate...

Barry Walsh is an outgoing councillor in the Portlaoise Municipal District having replaced Mary Sweeney when she stepped down - but fights this election...

Bolaji Adeyanju is an Independent candidate running in the Portlaoise Municipal District. A Nigerian native, he chats about how he came to live in Ireland,...

Rosie Palmer is a first-time candidate, from Ballinakill, running for the Green Party in the Portlaoise Municipal District. Part of Minister Pippa Hackett's parliamentary team,...

Thomasina Connell was elected to the Portlaoise Municipal District in 2019, taking the last seat after a mammoth battle as a first-time Local Election...