Tag: 2024 Local Elections

Caroline Dwane-Stanley was first elected to Laois County Council in 2014 and is seeking a third term in the Portlaoise Municipal District. In this wide-ranging...

Maria McCormack is a new candidate for Sinn Féin in Portlaoise. Originally from Tipperary, she moved to Ballyroan at a young age and has...

The first time Willie Aird was eligible to vote, he voted for himself! That was way back in 1979 when he was elected to...

Marie Tuohy is no stranger to the election campaign trail - having been a key figure alongside her husband Noel when he was successfully...

The Graigucullen-Portarlington Municipal District does, as the name suggests, stretch from one side of the county to the other, from the Carlow border to...

Vivienne Phelan from Stradbally is running for Fine Gael in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District and is hoping to make up for the disappointment of...

Aisling Moran is a sitting county councillor, running as an Independent on this occasion, having been elected for Fine Gael in 2019. She discusses...

Having first been elected in 2009 in the old Luggacurren area, Ben Brennan is now contesting his fourth Local Election. The independent councillor from...

Having grown up in Timahoe but lived in Stradbally for a lot of his adult life, Paschal McEvoy has had a strong based in...

Aaron Kelly from Graiguecullen is a first-time candidate, running for Sinn Féin, in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District. He explains how he came to join...

Having run as a candidate for the first time in 2019 and missed out on the last seat, Labour's Eoin Barry is back once...

PJ Kelly is a sitting Fine Gael councillor in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District - but this is his first election to contest as he...

The Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District is a massive, sprawling, area that stretches from Clonaslee on one side to Cullohill on the other. Mountmellick is the largest...

The Green Party are running three candidates in this year's Local Elections in Laois - and Fiona Dunne is the representative in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick...

Paddy Buggy is hoping it's a case of third time lucky in this year's Local Elections as runs as a Fine Gael candidate in...

At the second time of asking, Lorna Holohan-Garry is hoping to win a seat on Laois County Council in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. She was...

James Kelly has been a Laois County Councillor since 2014 when he claimed the first seat in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. Re-elected in 2019, he...

Based in Castletown, Fintan Cuddy is running as Fianna Fáil candidate in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. He chats about his tough upbringing and how events...

There was no Labour candidate in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District in 2019 - so in Bryan Corrigan, the party are represented once again on...

Brian Phelan is a first-time candidate from Rathdowney, running for Fianna Fáil in the Borris-in-Ossory Municipal District. An auctioneer, he discusses the challenges and opportunities...

Helen Campion from Rathdowney is seeking to win a seat on Laois County Council in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. A first time candidate, she chats...

At 25, Fine Gael's Conor Bergin was one of the youngest elected councillors in the country in 2019. From Borris-in-Ossory, he is looking for a...

From the Camross/Coolrain area, Kevin Drennan is running as an Independent in this year's Local Elections in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. Hugely passionate about farming...

Sinn Féin has confirmed that the rail beds connecting the three bogs that Bord Na Mona owned in Laois will now be retained for...

The votes for this year's Local and European Elections in Laois will be sorted in the sports hall in Scoil Chríost Rí on the...

An increase in funding is needed to deliver additional playgrounds, Fine Gael Cllr Thomasina Connell has said. Cllr Connell is calling for more funding from...

No matter what way you garner a vote, they all count the same in a ballot box. And a Laois Local Election candidate has launched...

There are nine female candidates in the Portlaoise Municipal District contesting this year's Local Elections, which accounts for 45% of the overall field. That figure...

A total of 47 candidates have been confirmed for this year's Local Elections in Laois. Election hopefuls had until Saturday at noon to declare their...

Putting yourself up for election, at any time and in any contest, is a brave thing to do. While the general population can go for...