John Leahy on a mandate for change, his Renua years and a disappointing campaign
Defeated Laois-Offaly General Election candidate John Leahy has said that left-leaning parties have a mandate to form a Government and that their policies should...
Box by box: How the Birr-Ferbane area voted in Offaly in the 2020 General...
As the fallout continues from the 2020 General Election, we continue our look at how the Laois-Offaly constituency voted.
Today we venture across the county...
John Whelan: Can the man they call AK47 be the one to save Labour
It is nothing if not ironic that the man that the Labour Party will most likely chose to save the day in the face...
Box by Box: How the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick area voted in the 2020 General Election
Brian Stanley's dominance across the Laois-Offaly constituency, and in particularly in Laois, was again evident in the Borris-in-Ossory/Municipal District when he took in over...
How the power of prayer was the secret weapon to get Laois-Offaly TD back...
It might be pushing it a bit far to call it a miracle, but the re-election of one local TD last weekend was against...
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...
In Pictures: Portarlington celebrates the election of its first TD since 1927
A large crowd of supporters of the newly elected TD for Kildare South, Portarlington resident, Dr Cathal Berry gathered in Portarlington Golf Club on...
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...
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...
Labour’s Noel Tuohy calls on elected TDs to honour promises on Portlaoise Hospital
Labour Cllr Noel Tuohy has called on those who won election in Laois-Offaly at the General Election to honour the promises they made 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...
‘Fianna Fáil got no mandate to govern ‘ says elected Seán Fleming
Seán Fleming believes that his party have no place in the next government following the results of the 2020 General Election.
The Fianna Fáil TD,...
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...
Brian Cowen’s family open up on rehabilitation following serious health scare
The family of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen have opened up on his condition following a serious health scare last July.
Wife Mary, alongside daughters Sinead...
Fianna Fail’s Flanagan vows to fight on after failing to win General Election seat
Fianna Fail General Election candidate Pauline Flanagan says that she will continue to fight for the things she is passionate about after failing to...
‘Vicious personal campaign’ didn’t deter Flanagan as he gets elected for eighth time
Outgoing Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan says that the 'vicious personal' attacks that he was subjected to over the last number of weeks did...
Elected Berry to represent people of East Laois who were ‘forgotten about’
Independent Cathal Berry made history yesterday evening as he became the first Portarlington-based TD to be elected to the Dail since 1927.
Berry, who is...
Count by count: How the Laois-Offaly constituency elected its five TDs in the 2020...
Fifteen candidates, five seats, 11 counts.
That's what it took to elect five TDs for the Laois-Offaly constituency who will now return to Dail Eireann.
After...
In Pictures: All the best images from Day 2 of the General Election
General Election 2020 has come to an end.
Laois-Offaly has returned five of the TDs and all of them were sitting when the Dail dissolved...
Seán Fleming returned to the Dáil for Fianna Fáil on final count
That Seán Fleming had to wait until the 11th and final count in Laois-Offaly to secure his seat in the 33rd Dáil is testament...
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...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of our coverage from Day 2 of the General Election...
We're back for Day 2 of the General Election Count in Laois-Offaly.
The story across the country yesterday was one of the same - an...
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...
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy bows out in the 9th count
Fine Gael's Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy has officially lost her seat following the 9th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency.
The distribution of Barry Cowen's surplus of 591...
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...
ELECTED: Barry Cowen takes second seat in Laois-Offaly to continue family tradition
Fianna Fail's Barry Cowen has been re-elected to the Dail on the 8th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency following the distribution of the votes...
Count 8 drama in Kildare South with FF in the firing line
Kildare South is playing out as a bit of a nightmare for Fianna Fáil.
Instead of securing a gain which they had targeted they are...
Peter Ormond eliminated following 7th Count in Laois-Offaly but still no second election
He was tipped by many to win a seat before the election - but Peter Ormand is out of the race in Laois-Offaly.
The Fianna...
Ken Smollen eliminated but still no second candidate elected following 6th Count
Brian Stanley, who topped the poll on the first count, is still the only person in the Laois-Offaly constituency to be elected after six...
