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A ‘midlands lockdown’ could be on the cards following surge in cases in Laois,...
Public health officials have refused to rule out a "midlands lockdown" in a bid to contain the spread of Coronavrirus in Laois, Offaly and...
Coronavirus: No new deaths and 46 new cases as pubs to seek compensation if...
There have been a further 46 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Ireland - with nine more of them in Laois.
Today's nine new cases continues...
Profile: Steeped in Fianna Fáil, long-serving Laois TD appointed a Minister of State
Long-serving Laois Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming has been appointed a Minister for State at the Department of Finance.
Deputy Fleming’s elevation to the Junior...
Coronavirus: 32 further cases announced today – the highest figure in a month
There were no new deaths of people with Covid-19 and 32 new cases reported in the State by the National Public Health Emergency Team...
Businesses in Laois re-open as restrictions begin to ease
A number of businesses in Laois will re-open this morning after the second phase of easing Covid-19 lockdown measures come into play.
Many businesses, particularly...
100 years ago this weekend, Laois’s longest-serving TD Oliver J Flanagan was born
Elected for the first time at the age of 23, before going on to serve 44 years in the Dáil, this weekend marks the...
Down Memory Lane – 1999: Champions League drama, Ian Robertson and the end of...
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1999 was another eventful year both locally, nationally and internationally.
Who’ll ever forget Manchester Utd’s treble winning season...
Coronavirus Daily Noticeboard – Monday, April 20, 2020
77 more deaths; 401 new cases
687 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 77 from yesterday.
While there has been...
Pippa Hackett returns to the Seanad as voting concludes for the Agricultural panel
The Green Party's Pippa Hackett from Geashill has been elected to the Seanad, taking one of the 11 seats on the Agricultural vocational panel.
Pippa,...
Laois-Offaly General Election 2020 candidate in the hunt for Seanad seat after 15 counts
The Seanad elections are ongoing at the moment and the counts for the different electoral districts are underway.
A total of 43 senators will be...
Coronavirus Daily Noticeboard – Saturday, March 28, 2020
Due to the sheer volume of notices in relation to the Coronavirus, we can’t do an individual story on each one.
So we are compiling...
Coronavirus Daily Noticeboard – Tuesday, March 24
Due to the sheer volume of notices in relation to the Coronavirus, we can't do an individual story on each one.
So we are compiling...
LaoisToday columnist and journalist set to appear on popular RTE Radio 1 show
LaoisToday political columnist and journalist, John Whelan will appear on The Late Debate tonight, Wednesday, March 4.
The RTE Radio 1 flagship current affairs programme...
In Pictures: Laois Foróige Members attend annual conference
On Saturday February 8, Foróige Club members from Laois, Carlow and Kilkenny gathered at the Talbot Hotel, Carlow for a busy day of fun,...
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy on her time as a TD, a possible Senate campaign and the...
By the very nature of General Elections, there will be winners and losers.
The one that the public see is the candidates themselves. They put...
Best ever Green Party performance in Laois-Offaly but no seat for Hackett
Pippa Hackett recorded The Green Party's best ever vote in Laois-Offaly as first count results were published this evening - but it will not...
Election Memories 1973 & 1977: A Minister for Laois, Hall’s Pictorial Weekly and a...
The two General Elections of the 1970s were the first to be really contested in the full glare of the then relatively new-fangled gadget,...
LISTEN: LaoisToday Talking Politics Podcast profiles all 15 candidates in the Laois-Offaly General Election...
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With just a week to go to the 2020 General Election we return with our latest...
On the Canvass: Cold night but warm reception as Brian Stanley hits the doorsteps...
It's a bitterly cold Tuesday evening in Portlaoise but the reception on the doorsteps for Sinn Féin General Election candidate Brian Stanley is overwhelmingly...
Laois-Offaly General Election count confirmed for Portlaoise
The counting of votes for the Laois-Offaly Constituency in General Election 2020 will take place in Portlaoise.
The premises being used for the count is...
Brian Cowen’s influence still strong as Fianna Fáil launch Laois-Offaly campaign with big push...
It may be 13 years since Brian Cowen last fought a General Election but the former Taoiseach's standing among the Fianna Fáil ranks in...
People Before Profit enter the fray in Laois-Offaly with well known community activist
People Before Profit have entered the political fray in Laois-Offaly.
The Party will field a candidate in a general election in this constituency for the...
2019 Remembered: Happy Days as Sweet Bakery opens for business in Portlaoise
The Sweet Bakery opened its doors in February.
Who doesn’t like a cream bun or an eclair? Who isn’t fond of freshly baked bread? Who...
No posters, no thanks, we’ll pass here in Laois
Yet another attempt to have election posters prohibited in Laois has gone down in flames.
Cllr Noel Tuohy is the poster boy for the ‘No...
Panda pledges zero waste to landfill from Electric Picnic 2019
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Panda has pledged that this year’s Electric Picnic will see zero waste going to landfill and 100%...
Fr Paddy hits out at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar following Dail comments on ‘sinning priests’
At a recent exchange about funding for a by-pass in Cork, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, compared the leader of the opposition to ‘one of...
Selector Fitzgerald delighted to balance busy family life with hurling as big day approaches
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Tommy Fitzgerald was delighted when he got the call from manager Eddie Brennan at the start...
Appeal for municipal chair to be offered around, best wishes to departing councillor and...
The Portlaoise Municipal District AGM took place in Laois County Council on Monday morning and while there was a general feel-good atmosphere as the...
Rathdowney ‘asylum seekers’ not sure how long they will remain in Laois
A group of asylum seekers who are currently staying in Rathdowney do not know for how long they will be staying in Laois.
According to...
REVEALED: 82 positions filled on bodies by Laois County Councillors
Aside from the business of electing Willie Aird as chairman and John Joe Fennelly as vice-chair, Laois County Councillors also had to appoint members...
