Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces date for 2020 General Election
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that a General Election will take place early next month.
Speculation had been mounting in recent days that Fine Gael...
Talking Politics: Fianna Fail TD Fiona O’Loughlin on constituency changes, her father’s influence and...
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Election Diary: Housing, Government ‘running out of road’ and elections on a weekend
We are going to have a General Election in the coming months.
We don't know when - but the speculation is that it could be...
Laois General Election candidate calls for public debate with fellow contenders
There's most certainly a General Election hanging in the air and with that comes all sorts of calls and claims.
And one of the candidates...
Boost for Portarlington Leisure Centre as €300,000 in funding announced
A total of €300,000 in funding has been announced for Portarlington Leisure Centre under the Government's large scale sports infrastructure fund.
The news was announced...
Despite climb-down Minister Flanagan still determined to honour RIC
Despite an embarrassing climb-down by the Government last night when they were forced into a humiliating U-turn over their plans to stage an event...
Minister Flanagan sensationally cancels RIC commemoration
In a bid to curb mounting public outrage and outcry Minister Charlie Flanagan has sensationally announced that the planned RIC commemoration event has been...
Sinn Féin lambast Minister Flanagan on RIC event and call for boycott
Sinn Féin forces in Laois have lined up to blast local Minister Charlie Flanagan for his role in organising an official State event to...
Bizarre Laois-Offaly twist in RIC event saga as Taoiseach will not attend
Unless he can master the art of bi-location the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar himself will not be in attendance at the controversial centenary commemorations for...
Fianna Fáil never agreed to RIC event amid mounting tensions says Fleming
Fianna Fáil never agreed to next week’s event to commemorate the RIC insists Laois-Offaly TD, Seán Fleming who says “Fine Gael have gone off...
Justice Minister Flanagan says RIC and DMP commemoration is not a celebration of ‘Black...
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has released a detailed statement defending the decision to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police.
The statement...
Certainty on Portlaoise Hospital is ‘sugar-coated promises’ says Laois TD Stanley
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that claims that the future of services at Portlaoise Hospital are secure due to the Slaintecare...
Charlie Flanagan: From a Justice and Equality point of view, 2019 was really significant
From a Justice and Equality point of view, 2019 was really significant.
Even allowing for the obstructionist tactics of some who should have known better,...
John Whelan: Local elections 2019 an interesting appetiser for general election 2020 main course
In an age of political flux, 2020 as it approaches, is highly unusual with the degree of certainty it already offers.
The political demon that...
2019 Remembered: The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
We had great craic covering the Local Elections this year and this announcement of all the confirmed candidates kicked it all off.
The people of...
Positive vibes as Minister Flanagan meets Simon Harris in relation to Portlaoise Hospital
Minister Charlie Flanagan met with his colleague Minister for Health Simon Harris this week in relation to the future of Portlaoise Hospital and has...
Green Party go into election mode as Pippa Hackett launches campaign
It has been some couple of months for the Hackett family from Geashill.
Last May, Pippa Hackett was elected as county councillor in Offaly for...
LISTEN: LaoisToday Talking Politics Podcast with Minister Charlie Flanagan
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'May you live in interesting times,' is an old proverb that could be easily applied...
Laois-Offaly Green Party General Election candidate set to officially launch campaign
Green Party Senator Pippa Hackett will launch her General Election campaign for Laois-Offaly in the Tullamore Court Hotel this evening, Monday, December 16, from...
Concerns around delays in tree felling raised by local TD
Independent Laois-Offaly TD Carol Nolan has said that sawmills and farmers in Laois and Offaly have asked her to investigate why there is a...
John Whelan: Fine Gael now at the mercy of Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Add in to that mix Verona Murphy, Eoghan Murphy and Dara Murphy and...
Laois teenager highlights period poverty on World Children’s Day
Laois teenager Carly Fagan, 14, took to the stage at the Printworks, Dublin Castle on World Children’s Day recently to take part in Child...
How a Munster rugby legend influenced a young Laois politician
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It's one of the most famous tackles in the history of Irish rugby.
Mention the name...
LISTEN: Talking Politics podcast with Laois’s youngest councillor Conor Bergin
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Laois's youngest county councillor Conor Bergin is the first guest on the new LaoisToday Talking...
In Pictures: Big crowd at the launch of Laois Integration Strategy
The launch of the first Integration Strategy for County Laois took place in the Parish Centre, Portlaoise recently by Charlie Flanagan TD, Minister for...
Laois Fianna Fail to hold meeting tonight as speculation over General Election ticket continues
Laois members of the Fianna Fail party have been asked to attend a special meeting this evening in O'Loughlin's Hotel to discuss the upcoming...
Laois General Election candidate announces name change
Fianna Fáil’s general election candidate has announced that her surname will change from Pauline Madigan to Pauline Flanagan with immediate effect.
Madigan is Pauline’s maiden...
New Senator from Laois-Offaly takes up post today
Laois-Offaly has a new Senator.
Green Party councillor, Pippa Hackett from Geashill, was elected to the post unopposed on Friday last, November 1, which was...
John Whelan: Clendennen withdrawal marks another twist in Laois-Offaly general election saga
There’s not a sign of a poster, or the hint of a date, much less a vote cast, but the drama surrounding the build-up...
Laois TD Stanley introduces beef transparency bill in the Dail
Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley has introduced Sinn Féin’s Beef Price Transparency Bill into the Dáil.
As things stand meat processors do not have to share...
