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Almost all 19 of the current Laois County Councillors set to run again in...
Almost all of the current Councillors who are elected to Laois County Council intend to run for election again next year.
LaoisToday contact all 19...
Fianna Fáil candidates line up as nominations close ahead of 2024 Local Elections
This time next year, we will be in the throes of election fever as the people of Laois will be getting ready to select...
Sinn Fein select second candidate to contest Local Elections in Portlaoise area
Sinn Fein have selected a second candidate to run for them in the Local Election which will take place in May 2024.
Maria McCormack, of...
Meet the ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ adopted Laois woman who hopes to run in...
A woman living in Killenard who describes herself as ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ and who is a member of the Laois Volunteer Support Team,...
Well-known Timahoe man enters the race to contest 2024 Local Elections as Fianna Fáil...
Well-known Timahoe man Willie Ramsbottom is to seek the Fianna Fáil nomination to contest the 2024 Local Elections for Laois County Council.
Ramsbottom declared his...
Slowly and surely the 2024 Local Elections are coming into focus
Is it too soon? Too early to be looking ahead to the 2024 Local Elections?
Last week when it was confirmed that Marie Tuohy is...
In Pictures: Looking back at the some of the great images from last year’s...
This time last year, we were all in the throes of the 2019 Local Elections.
In all it took a marathon three days of counting...
New faces, departures and a crazy count – reflections on the 2019 Local Elections
A year on, we look back at the drama of last year's Local Elections in Laois. This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday on the...
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...
Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019 Local Elections in...
There were 31 boxes in the Portlaoise Municipal District - with 22 of them in Portlaoise and the remaining nine spread across a wide...
Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019 Local Elections in...
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Being strong on your home patch was very much apparent in Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, where...
Weekend Read: New faces, departures and a crazy count – reflections on this year’s...
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At 10.30pm on Monday evening last in a warehouse in Kea Lew Business Park in Portlaoise...
Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019 Local Elections in...
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On close examination of the tallies for the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District, there's one set of...
A Thank You message from Cllr Tom Mulhall following this year’s Local Elections
Cllr Tom Mulhall would like to thank all those who canvassed and campaigned with him during his successful 2019 Local Elections campaign.
The Emo man...
In Pictures: The curtain comes down on the 2019 Local Elections
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After a marathon three days, the counting at the 2019 Local Elections in Laois has...
Laois is the last county in Ireland awaiting a first count in local elections
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It's official. Laois is the last county in Ireland to be waiting for first count...
LISTEN: LaoisToday political podcast looks ahead to this week’s Local Elections
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Nearly there now. After weeks of canvassing and years of planning in some cases, the...
Big changes across the border in this year’s Kildare Local Elections
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In the final week of the Local Elections campaign, we’re keeping an eye on what’s...
Living with a county councillor – we speak to three families involved in this...
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As part of our coverage coming up to the Local Elections on Friday May 24,...
Changes on the way in Offaly Local Elections – as women seek to make...
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The political interests in Laois and Offaly have almost forever been intertwined, the two counties...
How to vote in the 2019 Local Elections …
Mary Sweeney, Ballyroan native and Fine Gael candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District, has put together a very helpful guide ahead of the 2019...
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...
Laois woman set to run in Local Elections for new political party Aontú
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Laois woman Sinéad Moore is to run for Peader Tobín’s new party, Aontú, in the upcoming...
Spending budgets for upcoming local elections have been announced
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An order setting the spending period that will apply to all candidates standing in the...
New candidate in the mix in Portlaoise ahead of Local Elections
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Well-known local homelessness activist Tom Duffy has become the latest candidate to throw his hat...
Portlaoise has fourth highest national rate of women contesting in 2019 local elections
As it stands, Portlaoise has one of the highest rates of declared female candidates of any local election area in the country.
According to research...
The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this year.
There’s just over three months to go to...
Pakistani native and community volunteer set to run in Local Elections in Portlaoise
A new name has emerged as a candidate in the Portlaoise District for the Local Elections which takeplace in May.
Naeem Iqbal was born and...
Camross native to run as Independent in Local Elections
Another independent candidate has declared to run in the local elections in May.
From Camross, Ger Hogan will be a first time candidate contesting the...
