Tag: Labour

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

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...

Laois County Council is set to get a new councillor following the decision of the Labour party locally to select a replacement for Noel...

The Labour Party are hoping to have a replacement for Portlaoise councillor Noel Tuohy in situ for the February meeting of Laois County Council. Cllr...

Portlaoise-based Laois County Councillor Noel Tuohy has announced that he stepping down from his position due to medical reasons. Cllr Tuohy, who was elected to...

New Labour party leader Deputy Ivana Bacik visited Laois recently and was joined by Portlaoise Councillor Noel Tuohy and Local Area Representative in Graiguecullen-Portarlington...

The HAP housing support system has collapsed as analysis shows just 4 properties available for rent in Laois, a Labour representative has said. Eoin Barry,...

Labour's representative in Laois has called on the government to introduce the promised lower fares on public transport immediately. It was announced previously that people...

The position of the head of Laois County Council has had different names over the years - mayor, cathaoirleach, chairman. In Laois it has been...

Laois people are being asked to take part in a survey on the future of towns and villages. Labour representative for Laois, Eoin Barry, is...

When you think of elections and the subsequent count, it's usually the happy scenes of celebration that come to mind first. But for Mark Wall,...

Labour Party Senator Mark Wall says he hopes to contest the next General Election, whenever that may be - but he says the party...

Labour Senator Mark Wall is our latest guest on the LaoisToday Podcast. From Castlemitchell outside Athy, he was elected to the Senate earlier this year...

Labour representative for Laois, Eoin Barry, is urging support for The Labour Party's Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020 due to be debated in...

A Labour party representative has called for 'social bubbles' to be introduced for those who are living alone. Eoin Barry, who ran in the 2019...

Eoin Barry, Labour Area Representative for Graiguecullen-Portarlington has lent his support to the extension of school meal throughout the summer until school return in...

The Labour Party's Mark Wall has been elected to the Seanad after taking the seventh of nine seats for the Industrial and Commercial Panel...

Labour candidate Mark Wall is well in the mix to win a Seanad seat following a strong first preference showing. Wall, who polled strongly but...

This piece by John Whelan originally featured on LaoisToday on April 28, 2019, ahead of the Local Elections. In the biggest blow to local government...

This piece by John Whelan originally featured on LaoisToday on April 15 2019 ahead of last year's Local Elections. While the country was still basking...

Amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Coronavirus outbreak, it would be easy to forget that there is actually a national election ongoing at the...

Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...

Labour Cllr Noel Tuohy has called on those who won election in Laois-Offaly at the General Election to honour the promises they made in...

So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s. The 80s, the decade that...

The general elections of the 1990s were in sporting parlance, a game of two halves, with a major incident in the tunnel as the...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union Being strong on your home patch was very much apparent in Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, where...

Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this Friday. There...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union As the country gets set to go to the polls this week in the European...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union In keeping with the lower number of candidates this year putting themselves forward for election,...