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
Your guide to the game as Laois hurlers take on Clare
The Laois senior hurlers continue their Allianz League Division 1 campaign this afternoon when they make the trip to Ennis to take on Clare.
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What you need to know as the Laois footballers take on Cavan in Division...
After a seven-day delay, the Laois senior footballers are set to face Cavan this afternoon in Round 3 of the National Football League.
Results last...
No regrets as Fianna Fail’s Peter Ormond reflects on election campaign
For Fianna Fail's Peter Ormond, last week's General Election was a new experience.
Not only was it his first time going for the Dail, but...
Players and management badly treated by GAA’s negligence of U-20 grade
All last week there were rumblings surrounding the Laois U-20 football team ahead of their Leinster championship quarter-final against Westmeath which was due to...
Box by Box: How the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area voted in the 2020 General Election
The Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District in Laois voted overwhelmingly in favour of the three outgoing TDs from the county in last weekend's General Election as...
Weekend Read: 25 years on from the famous Laois-Westmeath minor trilogy
Laois and Westmeath have played out many big battles over the years but the one that really brought the rivalry on to a new...
Box by Box: How the Portlaoise area voted in the 2020 General Election
As in keeping with how he performed across the Laois-Offaly constituency, Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley got almost double that of his nearest challenger in...
Laois-Offaly Independent TD Carol Nolan joins new political group
Independent TD Carol Nolan has joined a new political group - the Rural Independent Group.
The Offaly native has joined forces with Michael Collins, Michael...
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy on her time as a TD, a possible Senate campaign and the...
By the very nature of General Elections, there will be winners and losers.
The one that the public see is the candidates themselves. They put...
Talking Sport: Elections, fixture backlog and U-20 preview in our latest Podcast
Our Talking Sport Podcast this week is a bit of a strange one.
It comes after a weekend when almost every sporting fixture was called...
Carol Nolan defies the pre-election predictions to retain seat in Laois-Offaly
Independent candidate Carol Nolan has been re-elected to Dail Eireann on the 11th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency.
The Cadamstown woman, who was initially elected...
ELECTED: Outgoing Minister for Justice Flanagan returned on 10th count in Laois-Offaly
Charlie Flanagan has been elected on the 10th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency having been put over the quota by his running mate Marcella...
‘A tough day … but glad to have represented the people of Kildare South’...
There have been many shock results in the 2020 General Election but one of the bigger ones has been the defeat of Fianna Fail's...
Portarlington gets its TD as Cathal Berry unseats Fiona O’Loughlin
The town of Portarlington has a TD for the first time in over 90 years following the election of independent candidate Dr Cathal Berry...
Fiona O’Loughlin back into the lead in Kildare South following elimination of running mate...
Outgoing Fianna Fail TD is back in third place in Kildare South following the elimination of her running mate Suzanne Doyle in the 5th...
Explained: How the transfers work as Day 2 of counting begins in 2020 General...
There are certain words that are only used when there's an election on - quotas, tallies, surplus and counts.
As Day 2 of 2020 General...
11 Talking Points from Day 1 of the Laois-Offaly General Election count
Every so often an election throws up a result that history will remember in simple terms.
Jack Lynch’s landslide success with Fianna Fáil in 1977;...
Three-way scrap for last seat in Kildare South as counting finishes for the night
Counting has concluded for the night in the Kildare South constituency - with a three-way battle taking place for the last seat.
Outgoing Fianna Fail...
Counting finished for the night as Fianna Fail’s Pauline Flanagan to be eliminated next
Counting in the Laois-Offaly constituency has been postponed until Monday morning with the elimination of Fianna Fail's Pauline Flanagan and no further elections.
The distribution...
Carol Nolan maintains her advantage for fifth seat in Laois-Offaly after Stanley transfers
Independent Carol Nolan - a former member of the Sinn Fein party - has strengthened her grip on the fifth seat in the Laois-Offaly...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of our coverage from Day 1 of the General Election...
The big day is finally here. After weeks (and years in some cases) of planning, campaigning, canvassing and finally voting - we can now...
Cowen labels Sinn Fein vote a ‘costly punt’ by voters
Laois-Offaly Fianna Fail candidate Barry Cowen has labelled the huge surge in Sinn Fein support as a 'costly punt'.
Mr Cowen, who is well placed...
The final tallies in Kildare South as Monasterevin Sinn Fein candidate set to take...
Sinn Fein are also on course to top the poll in the Kildare South constituency with the Monasterevin candidate Patricia Ryan set to take...
REVEALED: The final tallies from Laois-Offaly with Stanley expected to have surplus of 5,000
Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley is set to break 16,000 votes and have almost 5,000 of a surplus, according to the final tallies compiled by...
Stanley to top the poll as Sinn Féin almost double vote in Laois-Offaly
Brian Stanley to increase vote by almost double
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy to lose out
Carol Nolan leads the way for fifth seat
Sean Fleming,...
Sinn Féin on course for best ever election result but little to separate the...
Sinn Féin are on course for their greatest ever General Election performance - both in terms of percentage vote and overall seats won -...
Weather plays havoc with local sports fixtures as Storm Ciara hits
There's an Orange weather warning across the entire country from 5am on Sunday morning - and that has had a considerable effect on a...
Gardai seize over €250,000 in village close to Laois border
Gardai have seized over €250,000 worth of cannabis as well as a cocaine press in a raid on a house in Kildangan in Kildare...
Good times continue for IT Carlow as Laois lads help hurlers to Fitzgibbon Cup...
Five Laois hurlers saw action as IT Carlow reached a second Fitzgibbon Cup final in four years thanks to a 5-14 to 0-15 win...
Laois football team named for Sunday’s Division 2 league clash with Cavan
The Laois football team has been named for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 2 clash with Cavan in MW O'Moore Park.
Laois manager Mike Quirke...