A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Laois–Offaly in Ireland on Thursday, 14 June 1984, to fill a vacancy in the 24th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Bernard Cowen died on 24 January 1984.
A Fianna Fáil motion to move the writ on 29 February 1984 was defeated by the Fine Gael–Labour government. A second motion to move the writ on 17 May 1984 was unopposed. The by-election was held on 14 June 1984, the same day as the European Parliament elections.
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Cowen, son of the deceased TD, Bernard Cowen.
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