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Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
What a mad story this was.
Did you know there was once...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
This was a big local story in 2025.
The sudden closure of...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
A week of snow in January of this year led to...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Clough-Ballacolla are Laois senior hurling champions once again after they defeated...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Laois men managing Laois senior county teams really is something of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sally Kennedy (née Hogan)
Rathdowney, Laois/Borrisokane, Tipperary
Sally Kennedy (née Hogan), Conoboro Rd. Rathdowney, Co. Laois and...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
The Portlaoise Musical Society pulled out all the stops once again...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Election to Seanad Eireann was a considerable success for Sinn Féin's...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
What a local business success story - this new Midlands Steel...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Another memorable day in New York for the Timahoe Male Choir...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
This issue came to the fore in Laois County Council in...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
The Knockbeg school community gathered in March to pay tribute to...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Portlaoise CBS student Joshua Corbett was among the winners at this...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
As part of our Laois Abroad interview series, we heard from...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Jamie Dowling did a brilliant interview with the always-impressive Aengus Burke...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
The Laois Shopping Centre Premier Intermediate hurling championship was decided in...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
What an iconic local band The Mere Mortals are
Laois band, The...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sean (John) Finan
Derrin, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois/Roscrea, Tipperary
Sean passed away peacefully in the care of the Villa...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
After guiding his side to another Laois SHC title in October,...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
The presidential election was arguably the national story of 2025 and...
This week I’m kicking off a new Q and A careers special with an in-depth interview with Laois football star Ross Munnelly, looking at...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Treacy's of The Heath is an absolute establishment in Laois but...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Way before any of the presidential madness, Laois TD Brian Stanley...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
This is going to be some facility - and an incredible...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
What an experience for this young Portlaoise woman.
The annual Cheltenham festival...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
In our Laois Abroad interview earlier this year we heard from Mountrath...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
A small Laois school community bid an emotional goodbye to a...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
There were scenes of wild celebration in O'Moore Park last night...
Our 2025 Remembered series is brought to you in association with Bloom HQ, Mountrath
Laois senior football captain Brian Byrne chatted to us during championship...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tommy Gorman
Rathmoyle, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully, at the Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Predeceased by his parents Bill and...
