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1979 Election Memories: The men in suits, the dealing in Donoghues, and Charlie McDonald...
Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...
High speed broadband is coming at last – and a Laois man will deliver...
Sure, there have been lots of promises and lots of delays when it comes to high-speed broadband. But a solution seems finally in sight.
The...
John Leahy on a mandate for change, his Renua years and a disappointing campaign
Defeated Laois-Offaly General Election candidate John Leahy has said that left-leaning parties have a mandate to form a Government and that their policies should...
John Whelan: Can the man they call AK47 be the one to save Labour
It is nothing if not ironic that the man that the Labour Party will most likely chose to save the day in the face...
How the power of prayer was the secret weapon to get Laois-Offaly TD back...
It might be pushing it a bit far to call it a miracle, but the re-election of one local TD last weekend was against...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Independent Kildare South candidate Fiona McLoughlin-Healy – a track record of putting constituents first
Fiona McLoughlin-Healy is an Independent Councillor with a proven track record in holding local government to account, a track record that attracted a historical...
Election Diary: Rural Ireland, Portlaoise Hospital and INTO forum
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulleting from the campaign trail – from...
John Leahy hoping to make it third time lucky in Laois-Offaly
Kilcormac based councillor, John Leahy is on the ballot for Laois-Offaly for the third time. He hopes he can make the breakthrough and get...
Election Memories: FF meltdown makes way for Stanley in Laois-Offaly in 2011
Have you seen the 1917 World War 1 movie?
Well the 2011 General Election was something similar … for Fianna Fáil. They got slaughtered.
The unprecedented...
Noel Tuohy – I’m running because I want to help improve people’s lives
Noel Tuohy first ran for Laois County Council back in 2014 he was elected and re-elected in 2019. Here he answers questions on his...
Pauline Flanagan seeking breakthrough success as she launches election campaign
Pauline Flanagan is seeking a number of firsts in the upcoming General Election - as she bids not only to be the first female...
The confirmed list of candidates in Laois-Offaly for General Election 2020
General Election 2020 in Laois-Offaly is a whole new ball game and like no general election ever held before in this constituency.
It is certainly...
The confirmed list of candidates in Kildare South for General Election 2020
With just over two weeks to go to the General Election, the candidates for the Kildare South district have been confirmed.
Kildare South is very...
Election Diary: Launches, pensions and a chance to meet the Kildare South candidates
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we'll be bringing you a daily bulleting from the campaign trail - from...
Fine Gael rally the troops and point to their record as they seek a...
The Fine Gael faithful from across the Laois-Offaly constituency turned out in large numbers in Mountmellick last night as the party launched their General...
Big battle in store in Kildare South as Laois and Offaly voters cross the...
This day three weeks we'll almost certainly be near the end of the General Election count - and from a Laois point of view...
Noel Tuohy steps into the election breach for Labour
In a dramatic late intervention the Labour Party will have a candidate running in Laois-Offaly after all.
Cllr Noel Tuohy has confirmed that he has...
Ireland’s newest political party selects school principal with Laois connections to run in Kildare...
The hotly contested South Kildare constituency is gearing up to be a fascinating battle with confirmation today that a school principal, Anita Mhic Gib,...
