Tag: 2024 Local Elections
Box by box: How the Portlaoise Municipal District voted in this...
The diverse nature of the Portlaoise Municipal District - as well as 20 candidates competing for the seven seats on this occasion - means...
Box by box: How the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District voted in this...
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...
Box by box: How the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District voted in this...
There's no place like home - and a strong performance in your home area was once again key to sending successful candidates to Laois...
Local Election Podcast: Talking Points, Tommy Mulligan interview and LaoisToday Awards
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...
Caroline Dwane Stanley says Sinn Féin ‘has to go back to...
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...
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...
Catherine Fitzgerald: ‘It’s an honour to represent your local community’
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...
Looking at the state of play for each party and grouping...
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...
Aaron Kelly: ‘I’m happy with how I did. As a first-time...
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,...
LaoisToday Election Awards: Spoil sports, unquotable quotes, best dressed and our...
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...
James Kelly: ‘I’m buzzing but exhausted, if that makes sense. I...
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...
Fintan Cuddy: ‘You don’t lose your first election – you start...
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...
Conor Bergin: ‘People vote over the entire five years. They don’t...
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...
Ollie Clooney: ‘When I saw the Durrow boxes, tears came out...
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...
Naeem Iqbal: ‘I didn’t get enough of the transfers … but...
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,...
Joey Kennedy: ‘There’s no point sulking over it. Even though I...
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...
PJ Kelly: ‘I fought the good fight to the end …...
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...
John Joe Fennelly: ‘The biggest achievement in my lifetime was seeing...
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...
Aisling Moran: ‘I’m not afraid to say what needs to be...
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...
Marie Tuohy: ‘I’m really proud and I’m proud for Noel because...
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: ‘I don’t see it as a seat it for...
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...
Tommy Mulligan: Family ‘all thought I was crackers’ to be going...
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...
Vivienne Phelan: ‘What a weekend … I’d written myself off on...
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...
Fianna Fáil’s Bracken ‘grateful to the people of Mountmellick’ after securing...
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...
Local Election Podcast: Mulligan breaks through, Tuohy holds on, Connell loses...
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...
Local Election Podcast: Reflecting on the gripping contest in Graiguecullen-Portarlington
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...
Election Podcast: Looking back on the battle in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
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....
In Pictures: All the best images as Day 3 brings Laois...
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...
Laois County Council for 2024-2029 now confirmed as all seats filled
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...
Massive Fine Gael battle for final seat in Graiguecullen-Portarlington as Vivienne...
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...