Tag: On the Canvass
On the Canvass: Storm Bert no match for Willie as team...
Storm Bert brought devastation to the western half of the country on Saturday and dumped a load of rain on us in Laois.
But with...
On the Canvass: ‘Fire in her belly’ as Pauline Flanagan knocking...
Pauline Flanagan is well able to walk at a right good pace.
As she powers on down Colliers Lane on a bitterly cold Friday evening,...
On the Canvass: Late to the race, Austin Stack is looking...
"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...
On the Canvass: Brian Stanley strengthening his base as General Election...
It is 0° Celsius on a bone-chilling Tuesday evening in Portlaoise, but Brian Stanley and his team are undeterred and out in force.
The group...
On the Canvass: Maria McCormack on the march for Sinn Fein...
The General Election is less than two weeks away, which means every housing estate and main street across the country are abuzz with promises,...
On the Canvass: Aisling Moran and ‘The A Team’ looking to...
Aisling Moran has successfully contested two elections - but she has never been looking for votes in this part of the world before.
In the...
On the Canvass: Fleming putting in the hard yards once again...
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...
On the Canvass: Energy in abundance as Elaine Mullally and her...
An election campaign has the ability to bring kindred spirits together and that's very much evident as Elaine Mullally and her team of campaigners...
On the Canvass: Labour’s Noel Tuohy looking to make up ground...
If you had said to Noel Tuohy three weeks ago that he'd be knocking on doors looking for votes to win a seat in...
On the Canvass: ‘Challenging election’ as Flanagan sets to go to...
Saturday afternoon in Portlaoise. A week to election day.
It's pleasantly mild for January as Minister Charlie Flanagan parks in the Market Square in the...
On the Canvass: Pauline Madigan and a tale of two Flanagans
Some people will do anything to get elected. Pauline Madigan even changed her name.
Pauline, as we all call her anyway, is now Pauline Flanagan.
It’s...
On The Canvass: Pippa with a pep in her step as...
The Green Party have never won a seat in the Laois-Offaly constituency - and Pippa Hackett is trying to create history next weekend by...
On the Canvass: For Seán Fleming’s campaign every day is a...
We’re in Clogh. Clogh, Ballacolla.
This is farming country. Fields, cows and sheds everywhere you look.
Seán is biding his time. A man in a big...
On the Canvass: Cold night but warm reception as Brian Stanley...
It's a bitterly cold Tuesday evening in Portlaoise but the reception on the doorsteps for Sinn Féin General Election candidate Brian Stanley is overwhelmingly...