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2022 Remembered: Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant by...
2022 began with Fine Gael's Barry Walsh emerging as the de facto replacement candidate for Mary Sweeney’s Laois County Council seat.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh...
Laois Cathaoirleach is the first councillor in Ireland to benefit from maternity leave for...
Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Thomasina Connell will be the first Councillor in Ireland to benefit from the new measures set out in the...
The week that was: Our most viewed stories of the past seven days
1 - Deep sadness in Laois town as teenager passes away following brave cancer battle
There is deep sadness in Mountmellick this week following the...
Labour Party to begin process of selecting replacement as the hugely popular Noel Tuohy...
The Labour Party are hoping to have a replacement for Portlaoise councillor Noel Tuohy in situ for the February meeting of Laois County Council.
Cllr...
End of an era as popular Laois County Councillor announces decision to retire
Portlaoise-based Laois County Councillor Noel Tuohy has announced that he stepping down from his position due to medical reasons.
Cllr Tuohy, who was elected to...
Laois Hurling Memory: Magnificent win over Wexford in 1985 remains a cherished moment
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in May 2021.
Laois 1-18 Wexford 2-13
1985 Leinster SHC Semi-final
In living memory the Laois hurlers have often put...
Laois Cathaoirleach announces pregnancy as she makes political history in the county
Laois County Council Cathaoirleach Thomasina Connell has announced that she is expecting a baby - making her the first sitting councillor to give birth...
Sadness at death of Loretta Moran, well-known in political and business circles
The death has occurred of Loretta Moran, from Ballinagar, Ballylinan, wife of former long-serving Laois Fine Gael county councillor John Moran and mother of...
From the Archives: 11 Talking Points from the 2020 General Election in Laois-Offaly
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday after Day 1 of the 2020 General Election count in Laois-Offaly.
Every so often an election throws up...
New Laois County Councillor appointed following selection at online convention
Laois County Council are set to have their newest member after he was officially selected to fill a vacant seat.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh will...
Date set for upcoming Seanad by-election with Laois man among the candidates
A date has been set for the upcoming Trinity College Seanad by-election where a Laois man is in the running for the seat.
Back in...
Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant by Mary Sweeney’s...
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh looks set to be co-opted to the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of long-serving councillor Mary...
Fine Gael lay out the process for filling council seat left vacant by Mary...
Fine Gael members in the Portlaoise Municipal District will decide at an online convention early next month who will fill the Laois County Council...
2021 Remembered – Laois Hurling Memory: Magnificent win over Wexford in 1985 remains a...
Back in June we revisited one of the Laois hurler's finest victories which took place in Croke Park over Clare in 1985.
Laois 1-18 Wexford...
Conor Bergin excited for Cathaoirleach role – but General Election ambitions can’t be denied
Last week Conor Bergin, the Fine Gael councillor from Borris-in-Ossory, became the youngest Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council.
At 27, he is one of the...
Moment in Time: Larry Kavanagh elected Mayor of Laois County Council in 2005
The position of the head of Laois County Council has had different names over the years - mayor, cathaoirleach, chairman.
In Laois it has been...
Laois County Council elects youngest ever chair as Conor Bergin takes over for the...
Laois County Council has elected its youngest ever chairperson as Conor Bergin took the role this afternoon.
The 27-year-old Borris-In-Ossory native becomes the youngest since...
Laois Hurling Memory: Magnificent win over Wexford in 1985 remains a cherished moment
Laois 1-18 Wexford 2-13
1985 Leinster SHC Semi-final
In living memory the Laois hurlers have often put up very competitive showings against some of the top...
Traffic calming measures planned for Borris-In-Ossory estate but issues over damaged fence remain
Traffic calming measures will be undertaken to make a housing estate in Borris-In-Ossory safer for all residents.
The news comes following a motion by Cllr...
New Laois county councillor confirmed as Fine Gael fill vacancy
A new councillor will be officially co-opted to Laois County Council later this month after Fine Gael today completed the process of electing a...
€223k for ‘badly needed’ resurfacing works on two rural Laois roads
€223,800 for 'badly needed' road resurfacing works in the Killasmeestia area around Borris-In-Ossory will be carried out in the next few weeks
According to local...
Fine Gael members to have their say as two names confirmed for convention battle
Fine Gael members in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District will convene on Monday evening for a virtual convention to hear from the candidates in the...
Contest for Fine Gael seat down to two candidates as former councillor James Daly...
The internal battle in Fine Gael for the Laois County Council seat vacated by Tom Mulhall has been reduced to two candidates following the...
€500,000 road investment on the way for Laois villages in 2021
A section of the R434 between Clough and Ballacolla will receive €500,000 for major road resurfacing works this year.
So says Cllr Conor Bergin as...
Election Memories: FF leave seat behind them as Sinn Féin make a gain in...
This piece by John Whelan originally appeared on LaoisToday on January 19, 2020, ahead of last year's General Election.
Although joined at the hip since...
Election Memories: FF meltdown makes way for Stanley in Laois-Offaly in 2011
This piece by John Whelan was originally published on LaoisToday on January 26, 2020, in the run up to last year's General Election.
Have you...
Laois councillors laying down the law ahead of proposed meeting with Carlow colleagues
There has never been any love lost between Laois and Carlow when they meet on the playing pitches - and it seems the same...
‘I’m a normal working person … while politics is my passion, my family will...
In every General Election there are countless stories from the hundreds of candidates all over the country.
One that really caught the attention in the...
Three names in the hat as contest expected for vacant Fine Gael council seat
Three names have emerged as candidates to fill the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of Fine Gael's Emo-based councillor Tom...
Warm tributes as Tom Mulhall calls time on political career
There have been warm tributes paid to retiring Fine Gael councillor Tom Mulhall, who announced his decision on Friday to step down from political...
