Tag: 2024 Local Elections

The diverse nature of the Portlaoise Municipal District - as well as 20 candidates competing for the seven seats on this occasion - means...

One of the golden rules to getting elected to your Local County Council is dominating your local area. And the six candidates chosen in the...

There's no place like home - and a strong performance in your home area was once again key to sending successful candidates to Laois...

The Local Elections are behind us now and this final Podcast on the subject wraps it all up. Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett...

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...

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...

Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, winning six out of 19 Council seats at last week's Local Elections. Among those elected...

With the latest Local Elections now behind us, the General Election is the next item on the agenda. Here we look at the state of...

It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council. However,...

Now that it's all over, we look back on this year's Local Elections - and give out some very unofficial awards as well as...

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...

With the 2024 Local Elections now in the rear-view mirror, the 19 successful candidates will be making all the headlines. But a special space must...

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...

Independent Councillor Ollie Clooney was re-elected to Laois County Council on Monday after polling extremely well in Durrow. There will be many familiar faces in...

Close but not just close enough. Fianna Fáil's Naeem Iqbal got 624 first preference votes in this year's Local Elections in the Portlaoise Municipal District,...

Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, having won six of the 19 County Council seats on offer in last week's...

After the first count in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, outgoing councillor PJ Kelly seemed to be in a good position. The Fine Gael man from...

Having to wait around through the various counts before being elected was a new experience for Fianna Fáil's man in Abbeyleix, John Joe Fennelly. First...

Independent Aisling Moran was comfortably re-elected in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District in the Local Elections. This was Moran's second election to contest but her first...

For the third election in a row the Labour party have won a seat in Portlaoise in the Local Elections. It was a different name...

Barry Walsh may have been an outgoing councillor - but he hadn't been elected in his own right before. The Ballyroan man was co-opted to...

The big breakthrough success story of this year's Local Elections in Laois was Independent candidate Tommy Mulligan, who won a seat in the Portlaoise...

The story of the 2024 Local Elections in Laois was undoubtedly the remarkable comeback of Fine Gael's Vivienne Phelan. The Stradbally woman was as much...

The results are in and the the Laois County Councillors to serve from 2024 to 2029 have been elected. Day 3 of the count on...

The most impressive breakthrough performance in this Local Election campaign in Laois was that of Independent candidate Tommy Mulligan. He took the third seat in...

There's always one area that throws up an election thriller. And this year it was in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District where Fine Gael candidates PJ...

Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick have returned the same six candidates to Laois County Council in this year's Local Elections. But there is still a lot to talk about....

The 2024 Local Elections for Laois have finally concluded after three mammoth days of counting, checking and sorting. It was a day filled with drama...

After three long days in the count centre, the Local Elections for 2024 have come to an end in Laois. It was a day filled...

There is a gripping battle in store in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District for the final seat between Fine Gael running mates PJ Kelly and...