Gardaí launch investigation after election candidate reports stolen election posters
A candidate for a seat on Laois County Council has claimed that his election posters have been stolen, and that he has reported the...
Election Diary: Autism services, Emo Court plans and road safety in Mountmellick
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Candidate hits out at delays on approval of Autism services
Independent local election candidate Brian Furlong...
1999 Election Memories: The count that ended up in court as Fianna Fáil glory...
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If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...
Election Diary: Dangers of kids being online, Raheen Cemetery in need of repairs and...
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Dangers of children going unsupervised online
Aisling Moran, Local Council Election Candidate for Graiguecullen/Portarlington, tells us...
Two new candidates enter Local Election race in Portlaoise as deadline closes
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Two brand new candidates have declared to run in the Portlaoise electoral area ahead of...
Sinn Féin aiming to take four seats on Laois County Council in party first
Sinn Féin are aiming to double their representation on Laois County Council by putting forward four candidates for a seat in the local electionson...
Portlaoise Hospital is “being undermined by Government inaction”
A Laois TD has called on the Government to, 'reject the plan on the Minister’s desk,' which proposes the closure of the maternity unit...
Election Diary: Housing crisis in Laois, benefit scheme for the self-employed and train station...
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More people looking for houses in Laois than there are living in Mountrath
That's according to...
The man behind the mask gives his reason behind ditching posters for his inventive...
No your eyes are not deceiving you. There are indeed 24 councillor Noel Tuohys standing in the photo above.
The Portlaoise municipal district councillor, who...
Election Diary: All the President’s men, road repairs in Rosenallis and Mountmellick litter bins
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Road repairs in Rosenallis
Cllr David Goodwin has asked the Council to carry out road repairs...
2014 Election Memories: Carnage even before the off, FF and FG power sharing, a...
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In the biggest blow to local government in forty years and the greatest damage inflicted...
Election Diary: Moving the Court House from main street, taking to the streets and...
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Take the Court House off Main Street - Dunne
Portlaoise municipal district election candidate Dominic Dunne...
Election Diary: Digital hub in Rathdowney, unusual political meeting, Main Street Portlaoise and 120...
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Plans to launch Erkina digital hub in Rathdowney
A Laois councillor is working on launching a...
Department has no idea how many children in Portlaoise are being taught in prefabs
'Shocking' is the word Laois TD and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Seán Fleming used as he states that the Minister for Education does...
Portlaoise Hospital Action group unveils election campaign
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The committee of the group which have been set up to save Portlaoise Hospital from...
Election Diary: Council-run bin collection, posters and flood relief works
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Re-establishing council-run bin collections
Independent local election candidate Brian Furlong has called for the re-establishment of...
1985 Election Memories: A Fianna Fáil landslide, first woman elected, some big casualties, and...
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The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...
Large Portlaoise estate, ‘forgotten and neglected’
One Portlaoise councillor has said that an estate in the town has been 'neglected' and 'like a town the world forgot about'.
These remarks came...
Election Diary: Fraud squads, fair deal schemes and Portlaoise hospital
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Time to bring back the old fraud squad - Dunne
RENUA Ireland has called for a...
Election Diary: Wheelchairs users have their say, facilities for young people and pay for...
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Irish Wheelchair Association users lay down their concerns
Service users and staff from the Irish Wheelchair...
Election Diary: Kilminchy bigger than most towns, road safety at Crookedy, and issues at...
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Kilminchy bigger than most towns
With more than 700 houses there, many with young families, the...
Call for applications for 2019 Town and Village Renewal Scheme
Funding of up to €200,000 is available for rural towns and villages across Laois through the 2019 .
This is according to Laois/Offaly TD and...
Election Diary: Mountmellick seeks poster ban, Spink bridge repairs, Rock school safety
Mountmellick seeks poster ban
Mountmellick is the latest town in the county to seek a ban on election posters within the town’s precincts.
The Mountmellick Tidy...
Well-known community activist declares to run in Local Elections
Another candidate has declared his intention to contest the May 24 local election the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
Long time community, environmental and political activist Brian...
2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough and a split...
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While the country was still basking in the warm afterglow of Bertie Ahern’s second term...
Election memories on the way as LaoisToday set to take trip down a political...
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This time six weeks we'll be in the thick of it. The canvassing will be...
Laois Minister and Senator in ‘nutjob’ row in the Seanad
Well-known senator David Norris labeled any one opposing an amendment put forward in the Seanad last Wednesday a 'nutjob', including Minister for Justice and...
Election Diary: A ‘time for change’, road accidents at Garryhinch Cross and 1916 commemorations
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Safety measures at Garryhinch Cross Portarlington
Offaly Fianna Fáil councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick from Cloneygowan says he is...
Three new Autism classes for Laois – Fleming
Today a Laois TD confirmed that the Department of Education & Skills have approved new Special Autism (ASD) Primary classes/units within the county.
These new...
Election Diary: Fianna Fáil urged to pull the plug, video stars and hospital concerns
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Full house in Rathdowney as Fianna Fáil urged to 'pull the plug'
Brendan Phelan - an independent...
