Election Diary: A ‘phoney class war’, the silage election and getting a lift to...
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: The greatest person of all time in their area
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 4 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
On the Canvass: Labour’s Noel Tuohy looking to make up ground after late start
If you had said to Noel Tuohy three weeks ago that he'd be knocking on doors looking for votes to win a seat in...
Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee releases open letter to voters ahead of General Election
General Election 2020 is just four days away and one ongoing issue in the Laois-Offaly Constituency is the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
The Portlaoise Hospital...
Senator among the challengers as five outgoing deputies hoping to hold in Carlow-Kilkenny
Down the road in Carlow-Kilkenny, it's a five-seat, two-county constituency just like it is here in Laois-Offaly.
They weren't separated four years ago as they...
Election Diary: Special Needs, Tax Cuts and fit for office?
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: Would they be willing to enter coalitions?
General Election 2020 is just five days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates who are running in Laois-Offaly...
Sinn Féin candidate on holidays during closing week of election campaign
A Sinn Féin candidate in the Kildare South constituency, which now takes in Portarlington, Killenard and Ballybrittas, has gone overseas on holidays at a...
On the Canvass: ‘Challenging election’ as Flanagan sets to go to battle again
Saturday afternoon in Portlaoise. A week to election day.
It's pleasantly mild for January as Minister Charlie Flanagan parks in the Market Square in the...
Election Diary: Meet the Kildare South candidates, farmers, families and the battle for Portarlington
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: The politicians they admire most
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just six days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
On the Canvass: Pauline Madigan and a tale of two Flanagans
Some people will do anything to get elected. Pauline Madigan even changed her name.
Pauline, as we all call her anyway, is now Pauline Flanagan.
It’s...
Election Memories from the 1990s – Gallagher rides the Labour wave on the ‘Spring...
The general elections of the 1990s were in sporting parlance, a game of two halves, with a major incident in the tunnel as the...
Labour candidate Tuohy hits out at ‘anti-rural’ planning regulations
Local need planning rules are absurd, discriminatory and anti-rural, according to Labour's General Election candidate in Laois-Offaly Noel Tuohy.
The Portlaoise-based Cllr Noel Tuohy has...
Meet your Candidates: Their earliest political memory and dream careers as a child
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just seven days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
On The Canvass: Pippa with a pep in her step as Green Party seek...
The Green Party have never won a seat in the Laois-Offaly constituency - and Pippa Hackett is trying to create history next weekend by...
LISTEN: LaoisToday Talking Politics Podcast profiles all 15 candidates in the Laois-Offaly General Election...
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With just a week to go to the 2020 General Election we return with our latest...
Election Diary: Renewable Energy, support for people with disabilities and young farmers
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: Their pet hates and favourite TV shows
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just eight days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
2002 & 2007 Election Memories: The rise and fall of Parlon and the PDs
In the spring of 2002 Mary Harney courted farm leader Tom Parlon and won him over.
She wiped the eye of Parlon’s other suitor, Michael...
History in Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington as residents cast their General Election votes
The residents of Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington made history today by being the first voters from Laois and Offaly to vote in the...
On the Canvass: For Seán Fleming’s campaign every day is a school day
We’re in Clogh. Clogh, Ballacolla.
This is farming country. Fields, cows and sheds everywhere you look.
Seán is biding his time. A man in a big...
Election Diary: Mountmellick jobs, farmers’ interests and Portarlington voters
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: Social Media – Is it a good or a bad thing?
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 9 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
Laois General Election candidate calls for re-introduction of the Death Penalty
A General Election candidate from Laois has called for the re-introduction of the death penalty.
National Party candidate for Laois-Offaly John Daly, says that the...
On the Canvass: Cold night but warm reception as Brian Stanley hits the doorsteps...
It's a bitterly cold Tuesday evening in Portlaoise but the reception on the doorsteps for Sinn Féin General Election candidate Brian Stanley is overwhelmingly...
Election Diary: Odds, Wooly’s rant and an injured Shane Ross
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulleting from the campaign trail – from...
Meet your Candidates: Favourite film? Preferred dinner guests? We got some right good suggestions...
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 10 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
Pundit Ivan Yates predicts three Fianna Fáil seats for Laois-Offaly
Pulling no punches and certainly not hedging his bets the former bookie and Fine Gael TD and Minister Ivan Yates has predicted that his...
Election Diary: Midlands debate, councillors support Noel Tuohy and Kildare candidates come to Monasterevin
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
