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This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in March 2020. One of the most popular Laois songs is The Skies O'er Ballyroan.  Written nearly 150 years ago,...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on August 6, 2022.  A Portlaoise man has gone the distance to remember his beloved sister who died...

This was a mighty night in Coolrain in October 2022.  This was great craic in Coolrain over the October Bank Holiday weekend as a popular...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on November 12, 2022 A Laois man is playing a key role in the planning of the new...

Back in April, we met up with Liam Hyland to talk about his political career, life and everything in between. It’s a Friday afternoon in...

This story was published on LaoisToday in March 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the massive National Farmers Association protest.   The surviving Laois members...

This piece by Pat Critchley was originally published in his book Hungry Hill and later on LaoisToday in July 2017 The members of the Fire...

The 2003 Cumann na mBunscol football finals threw up its usual share of thrilling action and future stars. Killenard continued their proud record by beating...

This interview with Sean Fleming was originally published on LaoisToday in September 2020.  What's talked about at a family kitchen table can have such long-lasting,...

This interview with Abbeyleix native and former Laois hurler Eugene Fennelly, who recalled how he played a staggering 200 holes of golf in one...

This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in March 2018 and was written by Cllr Tom Mulhall, whose family home is beside the Montague Hotel A...

Siun Lennon wrote this piece on LaoisToday in January 2019. In October 2018, the news broke that a French-born Stradbally woman, Elizabeth O’Kelly, who passed...

This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday on December 14, the centenary of the historic 1918 election.  It was the final election to include the whole...

A selection of photos from the first Forest Fest, a new three-day music festival in Emo, in July 2022.  All weekend the small picturesque village...

This interview with Donie Brennan was initially published after Laois won the All Ireland intermediate ladies football final in Croke Park on July 31,...

After the Laois ladies football team won the All Ireland intermediate final in such thrilling circumstances last July, they were greeted to a hero’s...

When the sudden death of her father saw her drop her plans to work in New York to instead run the family business –...

In August of 2022, Caroline Allen interviewed Portlaoise man Kevin Kavanagh about his career and his very successful art gallery in London.  Commuting from Mountrath...

Ahead of a 25-year reunion of the All Ireland-winning Laois minor footballers in October, we looked back at their glorious 1997 success.  This evening in...

Ahead of the return of the Electric Picnic in September, we caught up with Thomas Cosby, owner of the venue, Stradbally Hall.  “I missed it...

1999 was another eventful year both locally, nationally and internationally. Who’ll ever forget Manchester Utd’s treble winning season and in particular their incredibly dramatic Champions...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in the lead up the referendum that year on the 8th Amendment.  In less than a month, the...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in August 2020 as part of National Heritage Week.  In September 2019, local media highlighted an online campaign...

This piece by John Whelan was originally published in August 2017 ahead of Jack L's appearance at Electric Picnic.  It's a timely article again, following...

The people of Timahoe heroically came to the rescue of three Electric Picnic goers in September 2018 after their campervan broke down in the...

This interview as orginally published on LaoisToday in March 2018.  The Electrix are an award-winning band with a wealth of experience within the Irish music...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in May 2020.  Brian O'Mahoney is a well-known local musician who has played in a number of bands,...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in 2018 following Larry O'Loughlin's retirement from Teagasc after a varied 40-year career. Things were very different when...

This is an extract from Growing Pains and Growing Up, John Whelan's book celebrating 40 years in Journalism, published in 2018. It is available...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in November 2020.  Aughrim. 1986. Laois v Wicklow. There are few days in Laois GAA history that stand out...