About Me

Born and bred in Laois, daughter of John and Loretta Moran, both passed away in 2022 and 2023.

The eldest of 5 children. Married to Fiona and have three children, Charlie (23) Alex (21) Millie (17). A businesswoman and County Councillor. I have spent most my adult life self-employed and currently Fiona and I own a Travel Agency, Polari Travel in Athy which is managed by our daughter Alex. We specialise in group tours and bespoke travel itineraries.

I have been involved in politics from a very young age. My Dad, John Moran, was a Fine Gael Councillor in Laois for 28 years and I suppose my love of politics came from him, equally my love of travel. He retired in May 2019 and then I had the opportunity to fulfil my love of helping people and asking the questions I felt needed asking and decided to run in the Local Elections for the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District as a Fine Gael candidate.

My reason for running for election was my desire to help people that were not being heard. People that maybe didn’t have the confidence to speak up for themselves and for those that were speaking up, but just were not listened to. I have a voice and I was going to use it.

In 2019 as a fine Gael candidate, I got elected on the seventh count with 1398 votes. I remained in FG for the next four years, but felt I had to leave the party due to consistent lack of support from party colleagues when asking questions to the council about public spending and looking for costings of projects which involved the spending of taxpayers’ money. I left FG and became an independent councillor, where I felt I could continue the work I got elected to do. I got into politics to work for the public and not for a party or Laois County Council.

In the 2024 elections this summer, as an independent candidate, I increased my first preference vote by 247 votes and elected with 1633 votes. I now sit on the Technical Group in Laois County Council.

All media queries for Aisling’s election campaign can be directed to John Whelan,

0872509663 – jwhelan@communicateireland.ie

I would like to thank you all for your support over the last 5 years.  

I am asking you for your NUMBER 1 vote in the General Elections on Friday the 29th of November 2024. So that I can  be your local voice for Laois in Dáil Éireann.

Committee's & Boards 

These are the Committee's I have served on over the last 5 years since been elected to Laois County Council

1. Chair of the Municipal District 2020-2021
2. Eastern Midlands Regional Authority (EMRA) 2019 - Present
3. Association of Irish Local Government (AILG) 2019 - Present
4. AILG Audit Committee 2019 - 2022
5. Chair of Joint Policing Committee (JPC) 2021 - Present
6. Laois County Council Audit Committee 2019 - Present 
7. Place names Committee 2019 - 2022
8. EMRA EU Sub Committee 2019 - Present 
9. Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE) - Alternate Member 
10. Enterprise, Economic, Development  & Tourism Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) 2019 - Present 

Memberships

These are some of the groups in Laois I am a proud member of