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https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_27/pool-1732722937949.jpg--.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/upload/2024_11_27/37163976-copy_205087E2-233D-43DA-84E9-1D4AC079E2A1mp4.mp4https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_27/pool-1732722937949.jpg--.jpgRight on cue, Mary Lou: watch Sinn Féin leader play snooker in Portlaoise https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/video/pictures---videos/1666572/watch-laois-students-ask-mary-lou-mcdonald-the-tough-questions-ahead-of-general-election.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_27/462581117_1349423229373588_2457960553403042971_n-1732733004011.jpg--.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/upload/2024_11_27/155523507-copy_F815BC5C-E40D-427D-9438-5579C2BD7D7Amp4.mp4https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_27/462581117_1349423229373588_2457960553403042971_n-1732733004011.jpg--.jpgWatch: Laois students ask Mary Lou McDonald the tough questions ahead of General Election 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https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/general-election/1669209/independent-candidate-pauline-flanagan-eyes-the-longer-game.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_25/PAULINE_FLANAGAN-1731765892783.jpg---1732527789476.jpg--independent_candidate_pauline_flanagan_eyes_the__longer_game_.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/general-election/1669284/supporter-reaction-at-laois-general-election-count-centre.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_30/FotoJet_%2842%29-1732982827074.jpg--supporter_reaction_at_laois_general_election_count_centre.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/video/general-election/1669346/watch-portlaoise-s-willie-aird-says-history-is-being-made-in-laois-general-election.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_30/willie_5-1732988745408.jpg--.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/upload/2024_11_30/13700319-VID-20241130-WA0042mp4.mp4https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_11_30/willie_5-1732988745408.jpg--.jpgWATCH: Portlaoise's Willie Aird says history is being made in Laois General Election https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/crime---court/1666385/court-hears-children-would-have-been-disturbed-by-vomit-covered-man-in-laois.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/2024_06_21/ILEE_27_courthouse_congestion-1718988016665.jpg--court_hears_children_would_have_been__disturbed__by_vomit_covered_man_in_laois.jpg https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/video/general-election/1669427/watch-we-pulled-off-a-whopper-campaign-sinn-fein-laois-candidate-mary-mccormack.html https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/resizer/-1/-1/false/38c7e5f8a047f2f882be9da3c1024877.jpg--.jpg 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