Tag: Fianna Fail

Fianna Fáil never agreed to next week’s event to commemorate the RIC insists Laois-Offaly TD, Seán Fleming who says “Fine Gael have gone off...

A Laois man secured the nomination from his fellow members last week to contest the position of Uachtarán (President) of Ógra Fianna Fáil. Thomas Foy,...

Laois members of the Fianna Fail party have been asked to attend a special meeting this evening in O'Loughlin's Hotel to discuss the upcoming...

Fianna Fáil’s general election candidate has announced that her surname will change from Pauline Madigan to Pauline Flanagan with immediate effect. Madigan is Pauline’s maiden...

There’s not a sign of a poster, or the hint of a date, much less a vote cast, but the drama surrounding the build-up...

There was sadness in the Killenard and Portarlington areas this week following the sudden death of Mick Terrett. Mick worked in JJ Behan's, Bord na...

To paraphrase the famous quote, rumours of her political demise have been greatly exaggerated. Fianna Fáil general election candidate, Pauline Madigan, has defiantly confirmed her...

TD for Kildare South, Fiona O'Loughlin, has hit out at 'nasty' comments that surfaced online in the last 24 hours following the news that...

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...

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...

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...

Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union One of the puzzling anomalies of Laois-Offaly politics is how villages like Ballacolla and Bracknagh...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union The people of Laois and Ireland will be asked to vote in the Local Elections this Friday. There...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union As the country gets set to go to the polls this week in the European...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union In keeping with the lower number of candidates this year putting themselves forward for election,...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union There is more at stake in Friday’s local elections than the Council seats in Tipperary...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union In the final week of the Local Elections campaign, we’re keeping an eye on what’s...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union ‘Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose’, the more it changes, the more they...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union The political interests in Laois and Offaly have almost forever been intertwined, the two counties...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union When Bertie Ahern won his hat-trick of general elections and was installed for his third...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union In the biggest blow to local government in forty years and the greatest damage inflicted...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union The local elections of 1985 in Laois were the most significant and dramatic in more...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union While the country was still basking in the warm afterglow of Bertie Ahern’s second term...

Remember 7 Days? Ok, Today Tonight then? Today Tonight Election Specials with Basil Chubb, Brian Farrell and John Bowman. Now there’s an A-Team of number...

There was a bit of a shock at the Fianna Fáil European Election selection convention for the Ireland South constituency last week when Wexford...

Fianna Fail have chosen their candidate that will run in the Ireland South constituency, which now includes Laois, and it is something of a...

Local Fianna Fáil county councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick has withdrawn his name as a candidate to contest the party's selection convention for the European Elections...

Fianna Fáil will move this weekend to put in place its final selection of candidates for the forthcoming European Parliament elections. The Party is going...