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Our pick of the Top Stories of the Week

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NEWS

Portlaoise estate set on fire

Families had to be evacuated after a house in a Portlaoise estate was set on fire

Not enough home help 

Almost 200 elderly people were left without home help in Laois in 2017

Caught out in the cold

Snow footprints foiled one killer’s attempted escape from Portlaoise prison

Laois house prices continue to soar

The average cost of a house went up by 12.7 percent last year

A ‘tax on the sick’

The figures reveal that Midlands Hospital car parks generate over €1 million

No new petrol station in Portlaoise?

An appeal has been lodged against having a new petrol station in Portlaoise

SPORT

Cheltenham 

There was double disappointment for Laois horses in Cheltenham Gold Cup

All-Ireland basketball champions

There was more All-Ireland basketball success for this Portlaoise school

The Scoil Chriost Ri team that won the All Ireland schools U-16 basketball final today in Tallaght

Laois hurlers 

There are two changes for the Laois hurlers ahead of their relegation clash with Antrim

The Laois man will a Connacht rugby contract

Eoghan Masterson has been rewarded with new Connacht rugby contract

WE ARE LAOIS

Moment in Time

This week’s Moment in Time celebrated the great style at the 2012 Scoil Chriost Ri Debs 

Moment in Time Special – St Patrick’s Day parades

Have a look back at some St Patrick’s Day parades in Rosenallis, Mountrath and Timahoe in 2004, and Portlaoise and Abbeyleix in 2008

Eamon, John and Liam Oxley at the Portlaoise St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Picture: Alf Harvey.

Talking Dance

We took a break from the Talking Music to talk dance with this young Portlaoise woman who is performing on a national stage

Laois in London

You can check out great photos from a memorable weekend in London here

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