Steven Miller
Steven Miller is owner and managing editor of LaoisToday.ie. Husband of Emily, father of William, Lillian and John, he's happiest when he's telling stories
Fine Gael set to wait until September to select General Election candidate to fill...
Fine Gael members in Laois have been told to be ready for a September convention, where they will decide who to run for the...
ACFL Division 5: Stradbally claim league glory after extra-time epic with The Heath
Stradbally 0-26 The Heath 2-15 - after extra time
ACFL Division 5 Final
Sometimes you can get the most epic of games in the most unusual...
Laois MFC ‘A’: Wins for Portarlington and O’Dempsey’s while Mountmellick Parish Gaels come back...
Mountmellick Parish Gaels 1-10 Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-10
Laois MFC 'A' Round 1
Mountmellick Parish Gaels came back from seven points down at home to champions...
Fixture details confirmed for Laois’s Tailteann Cup final with Down
Fixture details have been confirmed for Laois's Tailteann Cup final in Croke Park - which will be played on Saturday, July 13, at 3pm.
The...
Column: Unfair club football leagues need a reboot – and walkover culture must be...
Imagine this. One team wins three, draws three and picks up nine points from ten games in a league campaign. Another team, in the...
Justin McNulty: ‘Since you are knee high you dream about Croke Park’
Laois football manager Justin McNulty acknowledged after Sunday's hard-fought Tailteann Cup semi-final win over Antrim in Croke Park that he thought the game was...
Croke Park Diary: Semi-final win opens up all that is good about sport
'Semi-finals are for winning,' goes that ageless sports cliché, trotted out by sports managers, particularly GAA ones, since time began.
But there is a certain...
Padraig Fleming voted in as Cathaoirleach as new council term gets underway
Padraig Fleming was voted in as the new Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council for the next 12 months at today's AGM in what was...
Box by box: How the Portlaoise Municipal District voted in this year’s Local Elections
The diverse nature of the Portlaoise Municipal District - as well as 20 candidates competing for the seven seats on this occasion - means...
Box by box: How the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District voted in this year’s Local Elections
One of the golden rules to getting elected to your Local County Council is dominating your local area.
And the six candidates chosen in the...
Celebration of one of Ireland’s longest-serving teachers – as Portlaoise primary school principal retires
Muriel Wall-Coughlan has made an incredible contribution to education - and her remarkable 51-year teaching career was celebrated in Scoil Bhride in Knockmay today...
Box by box: How the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District voted in this year’s Local Election
There's no place like home - and a strong performance in your home area was once again key to sending successful candidates to Laois...
Looking at the state of play for each party and grouping as Local Elections...
With the latest Local Elections now behind us, the General Election is the next item on the agenda.
Here we look at the state of...
LaoisToday Election Awards: Spoil sports, unquotable quotes, best dressed and our unsung heroes winners
Now that it's all over, we look back on this year's Local Elections - and give out some very unofficial awards as well as...
Naeem Iqbal: ‘I didn’t get enough of the transfers … but I’ve no regrets’
Close but not just close enough.
Fianna Fáil's Naeem Iqbal got 624 first preference votes in this year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District,...
PJ Kelly: ‘I fought the good fight to the end … congratulations to Vivienne,...
After the first count in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, outgoing councillor PJ Kelly seemed to be in a good position.
The Fine Gael man from...
John Joe Fennelly: ‘The biggest achievement in my lifetime was seeing Abbeyleix winning the...
Having to wait around through the various counts before being elected was a new experience for Fianna Fáil's man in Abbeyleix, John Joe Fennelly.
First...
Marie Tuohy: ‘I’m really proud and I’m proud for Noel because a lot of...
For the third election in a row the Labour party have won a seat in Portlaoise in the Local Elections.
It was a different name...
Barry Walsh: ‘I don’t see it as a seat it for me but I...
Barry Walsh may have been an outgoing councillor - but he hadn't been elected in his own right before.
The Ballyroan man was co-opted to...
Tommy Mulligan: Family ‘all thought I was crackers’ to be going for election
The big breakthrough success story of this year's Local Elections in Laois was Independent candidate Tommy Mulligan, who won a seat in the Portlaoise...
Local Election Podcast: Mulligan breaks through, Tuohy holds on, Connell loses out and the...
The most impressive breakthrough performance in this Local Election campaign in Laois was that of Independent candidate Tommy Mulligan.
He took the third seat in...
Local Election Podcast: Reflecting on the gripping contest in Graiguecullen-Portarlington
There's always one area that throws up an election thriller.
And this year it was in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District where Fine Gael candidates PJ...
Massive Fine Gael battle for final seat in Graiguecullen-Portarlington as Vivienne Phelan continues to...
There is a gripping battle in store in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District for the final seat between Fine Gael running mates PJ Kelly and...
Count by count: The way Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick is playing out
Conor Bergin has topped the poll in the sprawling Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
The Fine Gael candidate from Borris-in-Ossory was first elected in 2019 as a...
Story of the count: How Graiguecullen-Portarlington is unfolding
We will endeavour to keep the count of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District covered in this particular piece.
In total, 11,229 votes were cast in this...
Count by count: Working through the candidates in Portlaoise with seven seats to fill
After a long wait for a first count, progress is now being made in the Portlaoise Municipal District where 20 candidates were in the...
Portlaoise: Aird tops the poll, Mulligan in business, Connell to lose out – and...
The Portlaoise Municipal District rarely disappoints in terms of drama and storylines.
Fine Gael's Willie Aird tops the poll again. Independent Tommy Mulligan set for...
Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick: Bergin boosts his vote big time as FF transfers to get McDonald home
Fine Gael's Conor Bergin has topped the poll in the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District with a massive 1,606 first preference votes, almost 700 more than...
Graiguecullen-Portarlington: First count announced as McEvoy tops the poll and all outgoing candidates set...
Fianna Fáil's Paschal McEvoy has topped the poll in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
The Stradbally-based candidate, who was born and raised in Timahoe, will be...
In Pictures: Day 1 at the Local Election count as picture emerges – but...
That was a long day!
And it's really only the start. The 2024 Local Election count got underway on Saturday with the sports hall in...