John Leahy
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Watchdog ‘concerned’ at Renua failure to account for State cash
- Irish News
- December 3, 2020, 03:00
Renua failed to submit returns to the Standards in Public Office (Sipo) commission detailing how it spent public funding last year, in breach of statu(...)

Gardaí must be 'more assertive' at large funerals – Traveller advocate
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2020, 01:00
Gardaí must be “more assertive at dispersing people” when large numbers of mourners attend funerals, a leading Traveller advocate has warned. Martin (...)

Department denies asylum seekers leapfrogging social housing lists
- Social Affairs
- February 19, 2020, 19:54
The Department of Justice has denied an Offaly councillor’s claims that asylum seekers are “leapfrogging” other people on social housing lists or that(...)

Laois-Offaly results: SF’s Brian Stanley elected on first count
- Politics
- February 9, 2020, 14:55
Sinn Féin’s vote surge continued in the Laois-Offaly constituency when its candidate Brian Stanley was elected on the first count with a surplus of 5,(...)

Election 2020: Laois-Offaly constituency profile
- Politics
- January 21, 2020, 11:29
Laois-Offaly (five seats) In 2016, candidates were elected for the two separate constituencies of Laois and Offaly, each with three seats. It has now(...)

John Leahy: ‘I never felt as free in life as I did on a hurling field’
- Hurling
- August 17, 2019, 07:00
‘I hurled to get away from life, I think,” John Leahy says of days that were wilder in every sense. On a low-slung afternoon in Kilkenny city, few wou(...)

Kathy Sheridan: Peter Casey’s flaws of ignorance
- Opinion
- October 31, 2018
This much is agreed. In a housing crisis, the matter of the rejected council houses in Tipperary is infuriating. In fact, such rejections are infuriat(...)

Peter Casey must get elected if he wants Renua leadership
- Politics
- October 30, 2018, 08:58
Peter Casey must first become an elected public representative if he wishes to seek the leadership of Renua, the party has said in answer to reports t(...)

‘No votes’ in trying to help Travellers, says Renua’s John Leahy
- Social Affairs
- October 28, 2018, 17:00
John Leahy, leader of the Renua party and a member of Offaly County Council, believes he lost 300 votes in his home-town of Kilcormac when he was wron(...)

Miriam Lord: Ó Broin’s PR tricks to highlight flaw in Murphy’s Law
- Politics
- June 15, 2018, 21:13
While Sinn Féin may be dithering over whether or not to move a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Housing, the selfie-loving minister has no (...)