Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County, Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly) was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in Dáil Éireann...
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the Offaly constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of four electoral divisions in County Offaly to...
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Offaly is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three...
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Carol Nolan (category Members of Offaly County Council)
Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2016 to 2020 for the Offaly constituency. Nolan was born...
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Brian Stanley (politician) (category Members of Laois County Council)
the Laois–Offaly constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He was...
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is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies...
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and largest town in Offaly and is the 30th largest in Ireland. Offaly borders seven counties: Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Laois, Westmeath, Kildare...
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Barry Cowen (category Members of Offaly County Council)
Midlands–North-West constituency since July 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) representing Laois–Offaly from 2011 to 2016, Offaly from 2016 to...
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Olwyn Enright (category Members of Offaly County Council)
becoming the first female TD to represent the Laois–Offaly constituency. Within her first few weeks in the Dáil she was appointed Fine Gael Spokesperson for...
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Oliver J. Flanagan (category Members of Laois County Council)
served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois-Offaly constituency from 1943 to 1987. He was elected to the Dáil fourteen times between 1943 and 1982, topping...
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There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas...
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Patrick Lalor (category Members of Laois County Council)
for Laois. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Laois–Offaly between 1961 and 1981, and a government minister on two separate occasions during the 19th Dáil. He...
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Ireland were abolished in 2014. Most of County Laois is part of the Dáil constituency of Laois–Offaly (5 seats), with the electoral divisions of Ballybrittas...
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Charles Flanagan (category Members of Laois County Council)
for the Laois–Offaly constituency since 2020, and previously from 1987 to 2002, 2007 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He was...
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Dáil constituencies and European Parliament constituencies. The revised Dáil constituencies will come into effect on the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil...
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Bernard Cowen (category Members of Offaly County Council)
until his death. Cowen was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for Laois–Offaly constituency at the 1969 general election. Fianna Fáil returned...
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Seán Fleming (category Members of Laois County Council)
Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since 2020, and previously from 1997 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He previously...
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Tom Parlon (category Politicians from County Offaly)
Roscrea CBS, and Gurteen College. He was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Laois–Offaly constituency at the 2002 general election as a Progressive Democrats...
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29 October 1947. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June...
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Moneygall (category Towns and villages in County Offaly)
the Dáil constituency of Offaly. It was previously in the constituency of Laois-Offaly and was one term in the Tipperary North Dáil constituency. Moneygall...
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Tom Enright (category Members of Offaly County Council)
member of Offaly County Council for the Birr local electoral area. Enright was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Laois–Offaly constituency...
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is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies...
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election to elect the 34th Dáil is due to be held on Friday, 29 November 2024, following the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil on 8 November by President Michael...
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Candidates in the 2024 Irish general election (category Candidates in Dáil elections)
Dáil seat for Labour in Longford / Westmeath constituency". Longford Leader. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024. "Quartet enter Offaly Dáil race"...
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Thomas Tynan (category Politicians from County Laois)
Jamestown, Ballybrittas, County Laois, son of Thomas Tynan, a farmer, and Mary Tynan (née Connell). He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta...
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Ger Connolly (category Members of Offaly County Council)
auctioneer, Connolly was first elected to the 19th Dáil as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency on his first attempt at the 1969 general election...
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but unwilling to vote for Sinn Féin. Collins is the leader of the party in Dáil Éireann, while O'Donoghue serves as general secretary. O'Donoghue told the...
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Nicholas Egan (category Members of the 15th Dáil)
politician. He contested the Laois–Offaly constituency at the 1951 general election but was not elected. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta...
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Jack Finlay (category Laois inter-county hurlers)
athlete who played hurling for Laois in the 1910s and in later life was a politician. Finlay was born in Ballycuddy, County Laois in 1889. He had a love of...
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Thomas F. O'Higgins (category Medical doctors from County Laois)
switched constituencies and this time stood for Leix–Offaly, he was elected again. This was the beginning of a sixteen-year stint as a TD for Laois–Offaly. The...
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