Tag: Liam Hyland
The week that was: Our most read stories of the past...
1 - The Laois woman who used her GAA coaching skills
Sinéad Brennan is just back from East Africa, where she was coaching Gaelic football in...
Liam Hyland at 90: From Ballacolla to Brussells – former Laois...
It's a Friday afternoon in Fearagh outside Ballacolla. Liam Hyland opens the door of his home and welcomes us with a handshake as warm...
From the Archives – 1985 Election Memories: A Fianna Fáil landslide,...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on April 22 2019.
The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...
1979 Election Memories: The men in suits, the dealing in Donoghues,...
Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...
Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly resolutely remains Fianna Fáil...
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...
Election Memories from the 1990s – Gallagher rides the Labour wave...
The general elections of the 1990s were in sporting parlance, a game of two halves, with a major incident in the tunnel as the...
Strong Laois representation in first weekend of All Ireland League rugby...
There was a number of Laois players involved on the opening weekend of the top two divisions of the Energia All Ireland League.
Laois players...
1979 Election Memories: The men in suits, the dealing in Donoghues,...
Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...
1991 Election Memories: Liam Hyland champion of rural Ireland; Cathy Honan’s...
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‘Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose’, the more it changes, the more they...
1999 Election Memories: The count that ended up in court as...
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If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...
1985 Election Memories: A Fianna Fáil landslide, first woman elected, some...
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The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...
Laois Fianna Fail stalwarts praised by Michael Martin
Laois County Councillor Jerry Lodge - who will this year celebrate 50 years as an elected representative - was singled out for special praise...