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Sinn Fein Local Election team reduced as announced candidate confirms withdrawal
Sinn Fein's team to contest the Local Elections in Laois this summer has been reduced by the withdrawal of a candidate who had been...
Sinn Fein and The Green Party launch Local Election candidates ahead of 2024 vote
Sinn Fein and The Green Party recently held events to launch their candidates that will contest the Local Elections in Laois in 2024.
As reported...
Sinn Féin set to run record number of candidates in 2024 Local Elections in...
Sinn Féin are set to run a record number of candidates in next summer's Local Elections in Laois, with a possibility that they could...
Portlaoise has fourth highest national rate of women contesting in 2019 local elections
As it stands, Portlaoise has one of the highest rates of declared female candidates of any local election area in the country.
According to research...
Local Elections: Sinn Féin set out their stall in bid to take record number...
The 2024 Local Elections loom large on the horizon and the launch of Sinn Féin's campaign in Portlaoise last night is as good a...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael Smyth
Palmerstown, Dublin / Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of Palmerstown, Dublin and Droughill, Portarlington, County Laois and...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, October 11, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Vera Finlay
Mountrath rd., Portlaoise, Laois
FINLAY, Vera Mary Elizabeth (Portlaoise), October 10, 2021, after a long...
Shave or Dye ‘Hoolie for Cathail’ set to take place this weekend
Mountmellick Central Hub are set to present their first in-person event in almost two years this weekend - and all for a brilliant cause.
Cathail...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael Fitzpatrick
Clonagh, Ballickmoyler, Carlow/Ballickmoyler, Laois
Michael Fitzpatrick of Clonagh, Ballickmoyler, Co. Carlow, passed away unexpectedly, on...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, August 2, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bridget (Bridie) Conroy
The Fields, Portlaoise, Laois
Died August 1st 2021 peacefully at home in the loving...
New faces, departures and a crazy count – reflections on the 2019 Local Elections
A year on, we look back at the drama of last year's Local Elections in Laois. This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday on the...
2019 Remembered: The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
We had great craic covering the Local Elections this year and this announcement of all the confirmed candidates kicked it all off.
The people of...
In Pictures: Laois TASTE Month a huge success to date
October has been designated Laois TASTE Month with a range of events organised to showcase what the county has to offer.
You are invited to sample the...
Weekend Read: New faces, departures and a crazy count – reflections on this year’s...
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At 10.30pm on Monday evening last in a warehouse in Kea Lew Business Park in Portlaoise...
Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019 Local Elections in...
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On close examination of the tallies for the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District, there's one set of...
ELECTED: James Kelly gets the second seat in Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick
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Independent James Kelly has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the sixth count in...
ELECTED: Paddy Bracken first elected in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
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After four counts of no-one reaching the quota in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area, Paddy Bracken is...
No-one elected on first count in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area
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No-one has been elected on the first count to the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal area.
The quota was...
New candidates Bergin and Clooney in the mix in Borris-Mountmellick as Goodwin under pressure
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Two new first-time candidates have put the cat among the pigeons in the Borris-Mountmellick Municipal...
PROFILED: The full list of candidates running for Local Election in Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick
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The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this Friday.
There...
Ground hurling, the GAA vote and the Rosenallis factor all in play in Borris-Mountmellick
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One of the puzzling anomalies of Laois-Offaly politics is how villages like Ballacolla and Bracknagh...
Election Diary: Rural bus service, staff in Portarlington Data Commission office and Erasmus
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Lorna Holohan Garry calls for full bus service
A Borris-Mountmellick Municipal District candidate has described the...
In Pictures: Anger in Mountmellick as protest against Post Office move begins
The news that An Post had confirmed they were moving their premises from the Main Street in Mountmellick to a unit adjoining McConville’s SuperValu...
Election Diary: Housing shortages, Divorce Referendum and water charges
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Sinn Fein candidate calls for housing shortages to be addressed in the south and west...
Sinn Féin aiming to take four seats on Laois County Council in party first
Sinn Féin are aiming to double their representation on Laois County Council by putting forward four candidates for a seat in the local electionson...
Election Diary: Council-run bin collection, posters and flood relief works
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Re-establishing council-run bin collections
Independent local election candidate Brian Furlong has called for the re-establishment of...
Well-known community activist declares to run in Local Elections
Another candidate has declared his intention to contest the May 24 local election the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
Long time community, environmental and political activist Brian...
The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this year.
There’s just over three months to go to...
Sinn Fein selects Cllr Aidan Mullins to run for May Elections
Sinn Fein have chosen their final candidate to run in the upcoming Local Elections in May.
Cllr Aidan Mullins was ratified at a Convention last...
Five in the mix at final Fine Gael Local Election Selection Convention
The last Fine Gael selection convention ahead of May's Local Elections will take place Thursday night in St Fintan's Hall in Mountrath at 8.30pm.
And...