Tag: Fine Gael
2022 Remembered: Flanagan intends to contest next General Election, though uncertainty...
In April, experienced Laois TD, Charlie Flanagan announced his intentions to contest the next general election and extend his more than three decades as...
Laois Cathaoirleach is the first councillor in Ireland to benefit from...
Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Thomasina Connell will be the first Councillor in Ireland to benefit from the new measures set out in the...
Thomasina Connell: ‘We’re due to have a General Election in 2025...
Thomasina Connell, the current Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, says she would "relish" the opportunity to be a candidate for Fine Gael at the...
Sadness at death of Loretta Moran, well-known in political and business...
The death has occurred of Loretta Moran, from Ballinagar, Ballylinan, wife of former long-serving Laois Fine Gael county councillor John Moran and mother of...
Laois County Council elect new chairperson as Thomasina Connell takes over...
Laois County Council has elected a new chairperson to lead the council for the next 12 months.
At today’s AGM, Fine Gael’s Thomasina Connell took...
Flanagan intends to contest next General Election, though uncertainty abounds over...
Long-serving Laois Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he intends to contest the next General Election, whenever that may be.
Deputy Flanagan, who celebrated his...
Laois’s newest County Councillor sets out hopes for the future as...
Laois's newest County Council was officially co-opted into into his seat following a meeting this morning.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh will feel the seat left...
New Laois County Councillor appointed following selection at online convention
Laois County Council are set to have their newest member after he was officially selected to fill a vacant seat.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh will...
Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant...
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh looks set to be co-opted to the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of long-serving councillor Mary...
Fine Gael lay out the process for filling council seat left...
Fine Gael members in the Portlaoise Municipal District will decide at an online convention early next month who will fill the Laois County Council...
Laois TD hits out at Green Party following MEP’s ‘request to...
A Laois TD has called on the Green Party to answer questions regarding its views on agricultural investment in light of MEP Ciarán Cuffe’s...
Long-serving Laois county councillor announces retirement after 22-year local political career
Long-serving Laois County Councillor Mary Sweeney has announced her retirement from politics.
Her decision to call time brings to an end a distinguished local political...
Laois residents invited to submit their ideas on how to make...
Residents across the Laois are being offered the chance to have their voice heard and contribute to national policymaking.
This is being offered, according to...
Conor Bergin excited for Cathaoirleach role – but General Election ambitions...
Last week Conor Bergin, the Fine Gael councillor from Borris-in-Ossory, became the youngest Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council.
At 27, he is one of the...
Laois County Council elects youngest ever chair as Conor Bergin takes...
Laois County Council has elected its youngest ever chairperson as Conor Bergin took the role this afternoon.
The 27-year-old Borris-In-Ossory native becomes the youngest since...
Changing of the guard in Laois-Offaly Fine Gael as new constituency...
It is a case of a real changing of the guard in Laois-Offaly Fine Gael as the group elected a new constituency executive recently.
Long...
New Laois county councillor confirmed as Fine Gael fill vacancy
A new councillor will be officially co-opted to Laois County Council later this month after Fine Gael today completed the process of electing a...
New scheme aimed at increasing outdoor dining capacity in Laois launched
A new scheme aimed at boosting the hospitality sector across Laois by developing and increasing their outdoor seating capacity has been launched.
So says Fine...
A political convention like no other as Fine Gael candidates make...
In normal times the Fine Gael delegates from around the county would have gathered in a hotel function room or a community hall.
There would...
Fine Gael members to have their say as two names confirmed...
Fine Gael members in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District will convene on Monday evening for a virtual convention to hear from the candidates in the...
Contest for Fine Gael seat down to two candidates as former...
The internal battle in Fine Gael for the Laois County Council seat vacated by Tom Mulhall has been reduced to two candidates following the...
Three names in the hat as contest expected for vacant Fine...
Three names have emerged as candidates to fill the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of Fine Gael's Emo-based councillor Tom...
Death occurs of former Monasterevan councillor and Kildare County Council chairman
The death has occurred of Pat Hyland, a former long-serving Fine Gael councillor in Monasterevan and chairman of Kildare County Council.
Mr Hyland of Oghill...
Tanaiste Varadkar and Laois County Councillors pay tribute to Tom Mulhall...
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and a host of Laois County Councillors have paid tribute to Tom Mulhall as his resignation was officially tendered at this...
Warm tributes as Tom Mulhall calls time on political career
There have been warm tributes paid to retiring Fine Gael councillor Tom Mulhall, who announced his decision on Friday to step down from political...
Laois County Councillor resigns his seat citing health reasons
Laois County Councillor Tom Mulhall has tendered his resignation for health reasons.
The Fine Gael politician, who comes from Emo, has stepped down from the...
Martin Heydon on dealing with social media attention and the importance...
They say a politician is rarely off duty and the explosion in social media use over the past ten years has made that even...
Uber in Laois? Proposal to establish ‘lift-sharing’ service receives support
Anyone who has travelled to Europe or further afield is likely to have used an Uber to get from one destination to another.
Essentially, Uber...
Weekend Read: How a freak sports injury sent Martin Heydon off...
Shortly before Martin Heydon did his Leaving Cert in the Cross and Passion school in Kilcullen, he got injured playing football in school.
The rib...
Talking Politics Politics: Martin Heydon on his Laois links, introduction to...
Martin Heydon, a Kildare South Fine Gael TD and Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture, is our latest guest on the LaoisToday...