Home We Are Laois Here’s our choice for the Top Stories of the Week

Here’s our choice for the Top Stories of the Week

There was plenty happening in news, sports and events all around Laois this week.

NEWS

Portlaoise Hospital

Huge crowds attended the public meeting to save Portlaoise hospital 

Crime

A Mountrath bookies was broken into and horse rugs were stolen from Portlaoise

Cash was taken and a shop member pushed in Rathdowney shop robbery 

Air Crash 

There was a Hospital vigil for Portlaoise men injured in an air crash in the Czech Republic 

Miraculous marathon runner

One Portlaoise man’s journey from spinal injury to marathons

Aengus Burke in action

Local Link 

A local link bus service celebrated reaching 50,000 passengers in 2017 

SPORT 

We announced our overall Teams of the Year:

Senior ‘A’ Hurling Team of the Year

Intermediate Hurling Team of the Year

Junior Football Team of the Year

Noel Garvan and Tom Kelly with the Laois JFC trophy on Saturday evening
Noel Garvan and Tom Kelly with the Laois JFC trophy on Saturday evening

Cumann na mBunscol 

All the results from Day 1 and Day 2 of the Cumann na mBunscol finals

 

Basketball

Portlaoise Panthers marched on in the National Cup as they saw off Sligo visitors

Laois GAA Award Winners

You can find out who the Laois GAA award winners were here.

WE ARE LAOIS

Great Laois Quiz

We tested the brains of PJ Kavanagh and Mark Doheny in LaoisToday’s Great Laois Quiz

Remember the Game

This week we Remembered the 2003 Junior Hurling final between Ballypickas and Camross

COLUMNISTS

Portlaoise hospital 

Wired with Whelan says there is No Hollywood Ending in Sight for Portlaoise Hospital 

Father Paddy 

Father Paddy spoke about November 2017 being a Time to Remember

SEE ALSO – Moment in Time: Looking back at the Cumann na mBunscol photos from 2001