Tag: Fianna Fail

A new Government is set to be officially voted in this Wednesday when the Dáil resumes. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Regional Independent grouping and...

It will take a while for all the small print to be finalised but it is only a matter of time before a new...

Laois Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming - who was elected for the seventh successful time - says that he's happy to go back into...

Sean Fleming has been elected to the Dail for the seventh time following the conclusion of counting in the Laois constituency. The Fianna Fail TD...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

Fianna Fáil look set to stick with the policy of having just one General Election candidate, after a meeting of the party in Portlaoise...

There were chaotic scenes in Laois County Council this week as Government parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were accused of 'not wanting transparency'. The...

Local Fianna Fáil TD, Seán Fleming, has been selected as the party’s candidate in Laois for the next General Election. Deputy Fleming was unanimously selected...

Close but not just close enough. Fianna Fáil's Naeem Iqbal got 624 first preference votes in this year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District,...

Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, having won six of the 19 County Council seats on offer in last week's...

Having to wait around through the various counts before being elected was a new experience for Fianna Fáil's man in Abbeyleix, John Joe Fennelly. First...

The results are in and the the Laois County Councillors to serve from 2024 to 2029 have been elected. Day 3 of the count on...

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...

There was a huge dispute between councillors of Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, with the Fianna Fáil councillors accused of "an election stunt" by their political...

From a family steeped in Fianna Fáil, locally and nationally, Padraig Fleming has been a Laois County Councillor since 2009 and is seeking a...

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

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...

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...

If political opinion polls aren't the most reliable gauge, then election launches are on another level again in accurately ascertaining a party's current health. But...

Fianna Fail have added a third candidate to contest the 2024 Local Elections in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area. Sitting Councillors Padraig Fleming and Paschal McEvoy were...

Fianna Fáil has selected Barry Cowen TD to represent the party in the Midlands-North-West constituency for the upcoming European elections. The Laois-Offaly TD was voted...

Former Fianna Fáil General Election candidate Pauline Flanagan (nee Madigan) is set to contest next year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District as...

Brian Phelan is set to be a candidate for Fianna Fáil in next year's Local Elections in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District. From Rathdowney, Phelan will...

Naeem Iqbal will be contesting the 2024 Local Elections as a Fianna Fáil representative in the Portlaoise Municipal District. Mr Iqbal contested the 2019 Local...

Fianna Fail have added a third candidate to their list to contest the 2024 Local Election in Portlaoise. Naeem Iqbal a Pakistani native, who contested...

Fine Gael TD Martin Heydon and Fianna Fail's Sean Fleming both believe that the redrawing of the electoral boundaries is a positive thing. The pair...

Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen joined Will Faulkner for a 40-minute chat on Midlands 103 this week where the former Laois-Offaly Fianna Fáil TD discussed...