Tag: General Election

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...

It has rumbled on for the guts of a month now. Brian Stanley's resignation from Sinn Féin, his description of a 'Kangaroo Court' inquiry, his...

Sinn Féin have endured a tricky couple of weeks, to say the least, but there was a show of strength in Portlaoise this evening...

This article will offer a very brief history of General Election contests in Laois, or rather Laois-Offaly in most cases, with the focus being...

Aisling Moran has declared as an Independent candidate for the forthcoming General Election in Laois. The outspoken councillor from the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area said she was...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is set to attend the party's selection convention in Laois on Monday night where Maria McCormack looks likely...

Elaine Mullally, Independent candidate in the General Election for Laois, has completed a series of eight listening meetings across Laois, meeting parents, carers and...

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

Laois native Adrian Kavanagh, a renowned political commentator and lecturer in NUI Maynooth, is set to write a political column for LaoisToday as part...

It's a saga that continues to rumble on, an all-out war of words between Brian Stanley and the Sinn Féin party in statement after...

Sinn Féin will have a candidate in the General Election in Laois, according to Mary Lou McDonald, who was speaking in the wake of...

Like the rest of the country, Willie Aird doesn't know when the General Election is going to be. But he knows one thing. He's...

Laois and Offaly may no longer be constituency colleagues when it comes to the General Election but there is still considerable interest in what...

Long-serving Laois-Offaly Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has announced that he will not contest the next General Election, thus bringing an end to his...

Politicians in favour of the continued use of election posters during future campaigns have set out their reasons for doing so in no uncertain...

To paraphrase the famous quote, rumours of her political demise have been greatly exaggerated. Fianna Fáil general election candidate, Pauline Madigan, has defiantly confirmed her...

Over a month has passed since this year’s Local Elections and with county councils around the country now back to the business, attention will...

Mr Moloney announced to LaoisToday back in July his intention to re-enter political life for the first time since he lost his seat in...

News has just broke that Fianna Fáil are to extend the confidence and supply arrangement with Fine Gael for one more budget. It is expected...

The political parties are busy getting ready for three elections at the moment - Local, European and General. While the Local and Europeans are set...

Fianna Fail members in Offaly have chosen Barry Cowen to represent the party once again in the next General Election following their Selection Convention...

Charlie Flanagan, Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy and John Clendennen will represent Fine Gael at the next General Election following the party’s selection convention in Clonaslee this...

Fine Gael will hold their selection convention later this month as the party sets their sights on fighting the next General Election in the...

Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin says that the party will more than likely run two Laois candidates in the next General Election. Speaking to LaoisToday...

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Sitting TD Brian Stanley was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate in the next general election at their election convention on Friday night in...

Renua Ireland leader John Leahy has claimed that rural people are now being medicated so they can sleep at night - such is the...

Charlie Flanagan has been selected by the Laois Fine Gael party to contest an eighth General Election this evening in Abbeyleix. The party held their...

With the Government hanging by a thread and a General Election possibly on the cards for before Christmas, Fine Gael in Laois have arranged...

With a snap General Election on the cards and services of Portlaoise Hospital in doubt, the Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee have been urged to...