ELECTED: Patricia Ryan first to gain a seat in Kildare South
Sinn Fein's Patricia Ryan has been elected on the sixth count in the Kildare South constituency.
She topped the poll last night but had to...
End of the road for Noel Tuohy as Laois-Offaly moves to 6th count
Portlaoise-based Labour candidate Noel Tuohy has been eliminated after the 5th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency with the elimination of Stephen Tynan's votes.
Cllr Tuohy,...
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...
Fianna Fail benefit from Pauline Flanagan’s transfers but no further elections as Stephen Tynan...
Fianna Fail candidates benefited from over 1,300 of Pauline Flanagan's transfers on the fourth count in the Laois-Offaly constituency.
But there still has been nobody...
John Whelan: This wasn’t a Sinn Féin surge, it was a tsunami that stunned...
A Sinn Fein surge, they say. Scratch that. This was a tsunami. A tsunami of support that swept away everything in its political path.
Laois,...
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...
In Pictures: All the best images from Day 1 of General Election 2020 in...
Day 1 of General Election 2020 has come to an end - and what a roller-coaster it has been.
The story across the country was...
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...
Talking Politics: Brian Stanley wins the day while Fine Gael and Fianna Fail both...
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There have been big election results before - but this one is like never before.
The people...
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...
Sinn Fein’s Ryan in pole position in Kildare South after first count
Sinn Fein's Patricia Ryan is on course for election in the Kildare South constituency.
Voters from Portarlington, Killenard and Ballybrittas took part in this constituency...
ELECTED: Brian Stanley tops the poll in Laois-Offaly on first count
Brian Stanley has become the first person from the Laois-Offaly constituency to be elected to the 33rd Dail.
The Sinn Fein candidate has topped the...
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...
Best ever Green Party performance in Laois-Offaly but no seat for Hackett
Pippa Hackett recorded The Green Party's best ever vote in Laois-Offaly as first count results were published this evening - but it will not...
John Whelan: You could go on holidays and still get elected for Sinn Féin
"You could go on holidays and still get elected for Sinn Féin," a shrewd political observer said to me during the week.
It turns out...
Stanley states Sinn Fein will not be a ‘mudguard’ for other parties
As in keeping with the huge increase in support for Sinn Féin nationally, Laois’s Brian Stanley is on course to top the poll in...
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 -...
GE2020 – a bluffer’s guide to the General Election in numbers
Today, Saturday, February 8 is polling day.
Polling stations will remain open from 7am until 10pm tonight.
Voters will elect 160 TDs across the country in...
Election Memories 1973 & 1977: A Minister for Laois, Hall’s Pictorial Weekly and a...
The two General Elections of the 1970s were the first to be really contested in the full glare of the then relatively new-fangled gadget,...
Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly resolutely remains Fianna Fáil country
So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s.
The 80s, the decade that...
Profiled: The three Laois candidates from smaller parties seeking election
Over the last week, we have went 'On the Canvass' with a number of the candidates contesting Saturday's General Election.
Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein), Sean...
Talking Politics: Kildare South, borders and the battle of Birr
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And we're nearly there!!
The 2020 General Election takes place this Saturday, February 8, in the 39...
Explained: Everything you need to know ahead of the General Election this Saturday, February...
There has been so much election coverage over the last couple of weeks that it’s easy to become overwhelmed by it all.
Here we attempt...
Meet your Candidates: Quickfire questions to conclude our series
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 3 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
