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Sinn Féin announce Maria McCormack as Seanad election candidate
Maria McCormack, the Sinn Féin candidate in the recent General Election in the Laois constituency, is to run for the Seanad as one of...
2024 Remembered: Ollie Clooney: ‘When I saw the Durrow boxes, tears came out my...
His massive vote-getting power in his native Durrow meant the world to Ollie Clooney in this year's Local Election.
Independent Councillor Ollie Clooney was re-elected...
2024 Remembered: From Cullahill to Kentucky – The Laois man who is thriving in...
“Farming is pretty much the same everywhere you go" - Brian Caldbeck, a Laois man working in Kentucky’s agricultural industry, running a business called...
‘Humbled’ and ‘honoured’ Stanley hits out at ‘dirty campaign’, reaffirms priorities and talks government
Brian Stanley was re-elected to the Dail after Count 8 in the Laois Constituency at the General Election yesterday.
The former Sinn Fein man, now...
LoveLaois Podcast: Week 3 of the General Election with the finish line now in...
General Elections are marathons not sprints - but we are in the sprinting phase of things now.
Four days away from polling, Alan Hartnett and...
On the Canvass: Storm Bert no match for Willie as team Aird descend upon...
Storm Bert brought devastation to the western half of the country on Saturday and dumped a load of rain on us in Laois.
But with...
Adrian Kavanagh: Looking at how Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil tallied across...
As an electoral geographer who is interested in the minutiae of geographical variations in support patterns for political parties and candidates, there is nothing...
General Election: Record number of female candidates in Laois as they seek historic breakthrough
Shortly after nominations closed for General Election candidates last Saturday, an email dropped into the inboxes of news outlets across the country.
“Women for Election...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Sean Fleming is now the longest-standing politician on the ballot paper. First elected in 1997, he has held his seat in each of the...
General Election: Once deemed utterly predictable, the Laois constituency is boring no more
At last, the General Election campaign is officially underway.
The question that was preoccupying politicos for months has been straight-forward enough: November or February.
In recent...
Sinn Féin will contest General Election in Laois, says Mary Lou McDonald who hits...
Sinn Féin will have a candidate in the General Election in Laois, according to Mary Lou McDonald, who was speaking in the wake of...
From Cullahill to Kentucky – Meet the Laois man who is thriving in the...
“Farming is pretty much the same everywhere you go" - Brian Caldbeck, a Laois man working in Kentucky’s agricultural industry, running a business called...
Down Memory Lane Podcast: Champions League drama, Ian Robertson and the end of the...
1999 was another eventful year both locally, nationally and internationally.
Who’ll ever forget Manchester Utd’s treble winning season and in particular their incredibly dramatic Champions...
Fianna Fail select Sean Fleming to contest seventh General Election in Laois
Local Fianna Fáil TD, Seán Fleming, has been selected as the party’s candidate in Laois for the next General Election.
Deputy Fleming was unanimously selected...
ACHL Division 4: Four-goal Clonad see off Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe to clinch final place
Clonad 4-13 Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe 0-11
ACHL Division 4 Semi Final
Clonad recovered from a slow start against Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe to win comfortably at home and take their place...
ACHL Division 1: Semi final pairings confirmed after victories for Borris-Kilcotton and Rathdowney-Errill
Abbeyleix 1-14 Borris-Kilcotton 0-24
ACHL Division 1 Round 7
PJ Scully stole the show as Borris-Kilcotton overcame Abbeyleix to guarantee their spot in the Division 1...
In the company of Chiral: Meet the Laois punk, metal, rock and dance band...
Laois-based punk, metal, rock and dance band, Chiral, is just back from a flying German tour, supporting ska band The Legendary Hackers.
Chiral officially launched...
Caroline Dwane Stanley says Sinn Féin ‘has to go back to basics and get...
It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council.
They...
Seamus McDonald: ‘I get great help from my family and I get great support...
Fianna Fáil's Seamus McDonald will soon begin his fifth decade in local politics, having first been elected in 1985.
Cllr McDonald was successfully re-elected in...
Tailteann Cup: 19 years of hurt ended as brilliant Laois defeat Kildare to reach...
Laois 2-11 Kildare 0-12
Tailteann Cup Quarter Final
The Laois senior footballers are heading back to Croke Park after they defeated Kildare in Tullamore this afternoon.
Against...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois face Kildare in Tailteann Cup quarter...
Our Live Blog is here as Laois face Kildare in the Tailteann Cup quarter final in Tullamore with throw in at 1.15pm.
Laois manager Justin...
Your guide to the game as Laois footballers continue Tailteann Cup against Kildare
Tailteann Cup Quarter Final – Laois v Kildare
In O’Connor Park at 1.15pm
Team news?
Laois manager Justin McNulty has named the same 15 that started against...
ACFL Division 5: Stradbally see off Spink while late goals get The Heath past...
Stradbally 1-17 Spink 1-11
ACFL Division 5 Semi Final
A strong second half performance saw Stradbally get the better of Spink in Bill Delaney Park this...
ACFL Division 1 and 3: Courtwood see off Ballyroan-Abbey while Lawlor goal crucial for...
Courtwood 1-10 Ballyroan-Abbey 1-6
ACFL Division 1 Winner's Group Round 1
Courtwood's outstanding start to the season continues with an opening-round win away to Ballyroan-Abbey in the...
All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter Final: Year ends as Wexford prove too strong for Laois
Laois 0-20 Wexford 0-32
All-Ireland SHC Preliminary Quarter Final
Laois's year has come to an end after falling to a strong Wexford side in an O'Moore...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois face Wexford in All-Ireland preliminary quarter...
A week after Joe McDonagh Cup heartbreak, the Laois senior hurlers return to action against Wexford today.
Laois senior hurling manager Willie Maher has made...
All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship: Laois too strong for Limerick to contain winning ways
Laois 2-16 Limerick 2-7
All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship Round 3
Laois continued their winning ways in the All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie championship as they defeated...
James Kelly: ‘I’m buzzing but exhausted, if that makes sense. I have been working...
Independent Cllr James Kelly was comfortably re-elected to Laois County Council earlier this week, returning to the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District on the 7th count.
The...
Your guide to the game as Laois take on Wexford in All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter...
All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter Final – Laois v Wexford
In O’Moore Park at 5pm
Team News
Laois senior hurling manager Willie Maher has made three changes to his...
Conor Bergin: ‘People vote over the entire five years. They don’t just vote on...
Fine Gael’s Conor Bergin is one of six sitting Councillors who were all re-elected to Laois County Council in the Borris in Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal...
