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Independent Offaly councillor rules out standing in next General Election

Independent councillor John Leahy has ruled out contesting the next General Election in the new Offaly three-seater constituency.. Cllr Leahy said he "doesn't have a good chance of getting elected" and revealed he was approached by a number of ...

19 Aug 2024 at 18:33

Local Elections

LATEST: FG's Neil Feighery elected on first count in the Tullamore area

The Killoughey man comfortably exceeded the quota of 1459 when returning officer, Monica Cleary made the announcement at 2.10am. He was raised aloft by family and supporters at an almost deserted count centre in Mucklagh. Fianna Fail's Cllr ...

09 Jun 2024 at 03:33

General Election

Awarding of €256,000 funding to community centres in Offaly welcomed

COMMUNITY centres in Offaly have been awarded in excess of €256,000 in funding to support upgrade and refurbishment works, a Fine Gael Councillor and General Election Candidate has said. Cllr John Clendennen said: “This is a really welcome ...

04 Nov 2024 at 12:33

General Election

Kilkenny General Election candidate ‘resolutely opposed’ to introduction of euthanasia

Independent General Election candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny Tom Healy has described euthanasia as an election issue after the recent vote in the Dáil to note the ‘Final Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying’. “Euthanasia – or ...

24 Oct 2024 at 15:33

Tullamore Tribune

Offaly poll topper to seek Fine Gael General Election nomination

Fine Gael’s, Councillor Neil Feighery, who recently topped the poll in the Tullamore District Municipal District with 1,962 votes, has announced his candidacy for the party's nomination to run for Dail Eireann in the upcoming general ...

08 Jul 2024 at 17:33

General Election

Call for major Offaly road to be reclassified as a national route

FIANNA FAIL General Election candidate for Offaly, Cllr Claire Murray, has called for the R402 to be made a national route in a bid to improve road safety. Cllr Murray said the regional route, running between Enfield and Tullamore, ...

08 Nov 2024 at 11:33

General Election

BREAKING: Second TD elected in Carlow-Kilkenny

Carlow-based Fine Gael candidate Catherine Callaghan has taken the second seat in Carlow-Kilkenny, reaching the 11,627 quota after the fourteenth count. She benefitted greatly from the distributed votes of her recently eliminated ...

02 Dec 2024 at 02:33

World

New Zealand’s final election count means incoming premier needs broader support

A final vote count on Friday following a general election in New Zealand three weeks ago has changed the political equation for winner Christopher Luxon, whose conservative National Party will now need broader support to govern. ...

03 Nov 2023 at 09:22

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On your bike! Offaly local elections candidate canvasses Oliver J Flanagan style

They may not share a similar political ideology but an independent councillor in Offaly has been inspired by a political giant from the past in the run up to this June's local elections. Tullamore's Cllr Sean O'Brien has ...

25 Apr 2024 at 10:33

General Election

First TD to be elected in 2024 General Election has Offaly connections

THE first TD to be returned to Dail Eireann in the 2024 General Election – Jennifer Carroll MacNeill – has close family connections to Offaly. The Fine Gael TD has served as Minister of State for European Affairs since ...

30 Nov 2024 at 19:33

Ireland

Irish unity is best way of getting back into European Union – Eastwood

Irish unity is the best way of restoring Northern Ireland’s position within the European Union, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said. Mr Eastwood said that while he did not consider the unity debate to be an election ...

07 Jun 2024 at 15:08

Local News

Offaly county town needs a new industrial park says councillor and local elections candidate

Said Independent councillor, Sean O' Brien: "Our industrial park in Sragh is now almost full and we urgently need to plan to develop a new one. We need to attract foreign direct investment and in order to do so we ...

14 May 2024 at 09:33

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