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2024 Local Elections: How Portlaoise was decided after a marathon battle...

In the LaoisToday Live Blog of the 2019 Local Elections, our resident political analyst at the time John Whelan coined two phrases that aptly...

2024 Local Elections: Count by count – How Graiguecullen-Portarlington was decided...

The Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District had the smallest field five years ago - with just nine candidates contesting for the six seats. Fine Gael's John Moran,...

2024 Local Elections: Count by count – How Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick was decided...

To look at how a vote might go in this year's Local Elections, one of the best starting points is the last election. And the...

‘I thought I could do something for Laois … it didn’t...

The euphoria of being successful in an election provides the triumphant snapshots - but for losing candidates, it's harder to think of a tougher...

In Pictures: Looking back at the some of the great images...

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...

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...

1991 Election Memories: Liam Hyland champion of rural Ireland; Cathy Honan’s...

This piece by John Whelan originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of last year's Local Elections ‘Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose’, the more...

My Life in Politics: Aidan Mullins on early influences, a slow...

My Life in Politics is a new weekly series on LaoisToday where we will chat with various local politicians - both past and present. First...

John Whelan: Local elections 2019 an interesting appetiser for general election...

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...

Green Party go into election mode as Pippa Hackett launches campaign

It has been some couple of months for the Hackett family from Geashill. Last May, Pippa Hackett was elected as county councillor in Offaly for...

LISTEN: Talking Politics podcast with Laois’s youngest councillor Conor Bergin

Brought to you in association with the Midlands Park Hotel Laois's youngest county councillor Conor Bergin is the first guest on the new LaoisToday Talking...

LaoisToday Local Election coverage honoured at NUI Maynooth

It may seem like a lifetime ago now - but the Local Elections still cast a long shadow and the LaoisToday coverage has been...

Laois Councillor hits out at ‘long delay’ in delivering Local Election...

A Laois County Councillor has hit out at the slow pace of counting in the Local Elections in the county at the end of...

Laois’s longest serving politician elected new Cathaoirleach of County Council

Fine Gael's Willie Aird has been elected as Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council at the AGM this afternoon. The Portlaoise native, who has spent 40...

Mary Sweeney reflects on 20 years as a Councillor following fifth...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union For the fifth successive term, Ballyroan native Mary Sweeney will take her seat in the...

Independent Councillor Brennan commends family effort following third successive election

Since Ben Brennan dislodged sitting Fianna Fail Councillor Dick Miller in 2009, he has successfully defended his seat twice. The Crettyard Independent polled 586 first...

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail set to strike deal to continue...

The confidence and supply arrangement between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael at national level is set to be replicated at local level once again...

Box by box – how your area voted in the 2019...

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...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union 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...

Brought to you in association with People First Union 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...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union On close examination of the tallies for the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District, there's one set of...

End of an era as Goodwin goes down fighting

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union The Local Elections always bring about a certain number of casualties - and on this...

Long-serving McDonald delighted to be back again as Bracken increases his...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union Seamus McDonald is Fianna Fáil's longest-serving county councillor in Laois, the Rosenallis man first having...

Fianna Fáil stalwart Fitzgerald looking forward to getting back to work...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union A feature of this year's Local Elections in Laois was that while Fianna Fáil lost...

Dom proud as he goes the distance in battle for council...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union After the 14th count in the Portlaoise Municipal District came to a conclusion, duly electing...

A Thank You message from Cllr Tom Mulhall following this year’s...

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...

Brendan Phelan out for the count and fairly sore with Fianna...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union Brendan Phelan from Rathdowney will long remember the 10th count in the Borris-in-Ossory electoral area...

In Pictures: The curtain comes down on the 2019 Local Elections

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union After a marathon three days, the counting at the 2019 Local Elections in Laois has...

Elections 2019: Your full list of the 19 Laois County Councillors...

After three days of incredible drama, the 19 Laois County Councillors for the next five years are now known. The marathon count came to a...

ELECTED: Conor Bergin, John King and Ollie Clooney all fill Borris-Mountmellick...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union John King, Conor Bergin and Ollie Clooney have all been elected to Borris-Mountmellick this evening...