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All our Laois GAA club championship coverage is brought to you in association with Mulhall’s SuperValu, Portlaoise
Castletown 1-13 Clough-Ballacolla 0-14
Laois U-20 'A' HC Semi-final
The...
All our Laois GAA club championship coverage is brought to you in association with Mulhall’s SuperValu, Portlaoise
Athy 0-19 Portarlington 0-11
Leinster Club SFC Semi-final
Portarlington's Leinster...
All our Laois GAA club championship coverage is brought to you in association with Mulhall’s SuperValu, Portlaoise
The latest stop on the Portarlington football journey...
Laois Irish folk singer, Emer Dunne, has returned home after completing her first US Tour across the East Coast of the United States.
This is...
Leinster Club SFC - Portarlington v Athy (Kildare)
In St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, at 2pm
A Leinster club final place - in Croke Park next Saturday...
The Park-Ratheniska GAA grounds have secured a glamour fixture early in the New Year with confirmation that Laois's O'Byrne Cup clash against Dublin is...
All our Laois GAA club championship coverage is brought to you in association with Mulhall’s SuperValu, Portlaoise
The Heath 4-19 Graiguecullen 3-15 (AET)
Laois U-20 'B'...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Nora Kelly (née Byrne)
Church Avenue, Stradbally, Laois
The death has occurred of Nora Kelly (née Byrne)...
In the latest LoveLaois Podcast, we chat about Steven's trip in the Laois Chamber dinner, enjoying Pat McDonagh's stories and why Alan was well...
Dr Michelle Byrne, the new president of Laois Chamber Alliance, says that the mission of the chamber is to build a stronger, more resilient,...
With the Central Applications Office (CAO) now open for applications, many students have begun the process of deciding what courses to include on their...
There is deep sadness in Laois this week following the passing of David Mulhare.
David, from Sheffield Cross in Portlaoise, passed away peacefully on Wednesday,...
St Joseph's have appointed Athy native Brian Cardiff as their new manager ahead of the 2026 season.
Cardiff's appointment was ratified at a club meeting...
The Laois Football/Hurling Podcast is brought to you in association with the LOETB
It is another massive weekend for Portarlington GAA club and we have...
Portlaoise CBS 2-13 Bunclody 0-8
South Leinster Colleges SFC 'B' Round 3
Portlaoise CBS made it three-from-three in their group as they defeated FCJ Bunclody to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mixsey O'Reilly
Ballypickas, Abbeyleix, Laois
Mixsey died at Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home Portlaois on Wednesday 26th November.
He...
The Laois senior footballers have been drawn to play Offaly in the opening round of the 2026 Leinster championship.
That game will likely be in...
Carlow College St Patrick’s saw 139 students graduate at its annual Conferring Ceremony, held on recently in Carlow Cathedral.
The event marked a proud moment...
The Laois Services to Elderly People (LSTEP) programme promotes independent living for older people in Laois, empowering them to enjoy the best quality of...
The situation surrounding special education spaces in Laois secondary schools has been laid bare at a meeting this week.
The issue was brought forward by...
Plans to build a state of the art facility that will benefit children in Laois have been lodged with Offaly County Council.
The Midlands League,...
A Laois TD has called for planning rules to be reformed to make it easier for farming families to build homes and lives on...
Laois County Council is to call on the Minister for Tourism to consider Abbeyleix as one of the host venues for Irish Famine Commemoration...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Elizabeth (Lily) Donovan (née O'Neill)
Clonard, Mountrath, Laois/Castletown, Laois/Tully, Kildare
Died November 25th 2025 in her 90th...
Local farmer and lifelong vintage enthusiast Charley O’Connor from Ballyroan, has completed the Malin to Mizen route in his vintage Mercedes MB tractor.
And he...
Trees growing so high that they obscure public lighting and the roots causing issues with nearby walls were two connected issues raised in Laois...
Laois County Council is to write to the Minister for Health after Ireland opted not to recognise 'long Covid' as an occupational illness.
The matter...
A young Laois boy is making serious waves in the world of badminton where he is representing Ireland.
12-year-old Daire O'Sullivan, who hails from Crettyard,...
Laois County Council has called on the Minister for Health to establish detoxification beds in Portlaoise Hospital.
This call comes following a motion that was...
Representatives from the Portlaoise Active Retirement Group visited South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow on Tuesday to attend a specially organised volunteer workshop.
The...
