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Thomasina Connell has secured a Council seat on her first attempt.
She was elected on 796 votes which was less than the quota of 1,278 but more than the only remaining...
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Independent Ben Brennan and Fine Gael's Aisling Moran have taken the final two seats in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal in the 7th Count.
Independent Brennan is returned for a third term while...
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Ballyroan's Mary Sweeney has taken the sixth seat in Portlaoise for the Laois County Council.
She polled 1,024 first preference votes but had to wait until the 12 more counts before...
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Candidates are exhausted, count staff are exhausted and members of the media are exhausted - but the Local Election Count for Laois is into Day 3.
After a long day of...
Parents, teachers and media received a red carpet welcome for the premiere of 'Finding Steve-O' at Scoil Phadraig Naofa, Mountmellick last Thursday May 23.
'Finding Steve-O' was unveiled as an amazing graphic design video made by fifth class students of...
Gardaí at Tullamore are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious road traffic collision on the N80 Tullamore - Mountmellick road at approximately 5pm today, May 27.
Gardaí and Emergency Services are at the scene where it's believed a...
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Labour will have one seat in the next Laois County Council as Noel Tuohy has been re-elected.
He has got in following transfers from Timothy Adejumo and a total vote of...
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A full recount of the Borris-Mountmellick electoral area is now firmly underway in the Portlaoise count centre.
It is anticipated that it could take between four and five hours to complete...
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Catherine Fitzgerald has been re-elected to the Portlaoise Municipal District following the 9th count and the distribution of her running mate Pauline Madigan's 366 votes.
First elected in 1999, Fitzgerald increased...
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Independent candidate James Kelly from Mountrath has reflected on another successful campaign that has seen him grow his vote from 1,116 in 2014 to 1,517 on this occasion.
He topped the...
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Fianna Fail's Seamus McDonald has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the eight count in the Local Election.
He has retained his seat with a total vote of 1710.
Mr McDonald...
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As the count in Portlaoise grinds on the final outcome still remains elusive and inconclusive.
However, what we do know is there will be changes of personnel and there will be...
On Friday, St Mary's CBS brought a team of Transition Year students to a mock trial competition in Loughrea.
The boys won four out of the six awards given on the day. The individual awards were given to John Davis...
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Sinn Fein's Caroline Dwane-Stanley has retained her seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District.
She polled 1,210 First Preference votes and transfers from Willie Aird, John Joe Fennelly and the eliminated Judith...
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Independent James Kelly has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the sixth count in the Local Election.
The Mountrath native got the highest First Preference vote with 1,517 but he...
The Rathdowney Duathlon is back for a third year and organiser Barry Bowe is anticipating the running and cycling event to be even bigger and better than before.
The duathlon involves a 2.5 km run through the town followed by a...
What a day that was.
As night fall settled on Kealew Business Park, candidates, family members, spectators and supporters walk away with a promise of 12 more seats still to be filled.
After being determined as the last county in Ireland...
Laois manager John Sugrue appeared a very content man when he addressed the waiting media after yesterday's fine win over Westmeath - a far cry from the agitated figure that stood before us after the Division 3 league final...
The sun even made an appearance for Kilminchy estate’s first ever community event on Saturday May 18.
Kilminchy, on the outskirts of Portlaoise, is the largest estate in Laois with over 700 houses.
The event at the Kilminchy lakes attracted families...
Two Portlaoise College TY students, Lee Carroll-Talbot and Byron Sage-McGuirk, accepted an invitation from the University of Limerick to present a project.
The invite came specifically from the Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) department.
The lads were asked to present...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen Donovan (née Ryan)
Liogard, Portlaoise, Laois
Donovan (nee Ryan) Liogard, Portlaoise, May 23rd 2019. Peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Kathleen, beloved wife of the late Jack. Dearly...
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Paschal McEvoy has claimed the fourth seat in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area on the second count.
This comes after Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil), Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin) and Tom Mulhall (Fine Gael)...
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After four counts of no-one reaching the quota in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area, Paddy Bracken is the first over the line on the fifth count.
The Mountmellick man received 1752 votes on...
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And we’re back. After a long day of sorting the votes yesterday in St Mary’s Hall in Portlaoise, the action moved to Kealew Business Park yesterday evening where the counting...
Borris-Kilcotton and Clough-Ballacolla remain top of Division 1 of the hurling league following big wins over Abbeyleox and Rosenallis respectively this morning.
Both sides have maintained their 100% record with five wins from five games and are now four points...
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Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil), Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin) and Tom Mulhall (Fine Gael) are the first people elected to the Portarlington-Graiguecullen Municipal area.
Padraig Fleming topped the poll for the first...
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No-one has been elected on the first count to the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal area.
The quota was 1,704 votes. James Kelly was the highest to reach this figure with 1,517, followed by...
Gardaí and fire engines are at the scene of a one-car collision in Stradbally which occured this evening.
The single car collision occured between the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland church in Stradbally.
In the midst of local elections, we're...
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There is a savage scrap in store in the Portlaoise electoral area for the last seat.
The 7th seat is the only one up for grabs as all the established sitting...
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Willie Aird has managed an astounding feat by topping the poll in the Portlaoise Municipal Area for the fourth election in a row.
The Fine Gael councillor has served as a...
