Pauline Flanagan is running in this election as an independent candidate.
The growing population of Laois needs more funding for more facilities, according to a general election candidate.
Pauline Flanagan is a former member of Fianna Fáil who is running for a Dáil seat as an Independent.
She wants to see an indoor sports complex developed in the county, as well as third level education facilities and services for the youth.
Ms Flanagan says no one would fight as hard for these things in Laois as her: