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Portlaoise and St Joseph's rounded off their Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1 campaigns with wins over Emo and Graiguecullen this evening.
There was nothing at stake this evening with all four teams involved already assured of their places.
But wins...
Laois 0-18 Tipperary 3-32
All-Ireland SHC Preliminary Quarter-Final
The Laois hurlers season has come to and end after losing out to Tipperary by 23 points in front of a bumper crowd in Laois Hire O'Moore Park this afternoon.
There were few spare...
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The Laois senior hurlers are back in action this afternoon as they face Tipperary in O'Moore Park.
Six days after they...
A Laois County Councillor has made the case for the county to have its own museum.
Independent Councillor James Kelly brought forward a motion on the issue at a recent meeting of Laois County Council.
The Mountrath based Councillor called on...
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All-Ireland SHC Preliminary Quarter-Final – Laois v Tipperary
In O'Moore Park at 1.45pm
The Laois senior hurlers have a daunting task ahead...
This year, Portlaoise College took part in a successful Erasmus+ Programme which has proved to be a massive success.
The Laois secondary school partnered with three schools across Europe: Colegio Santa Gema Galgani in Madrid, OSZ Schlanders in South Tyrol,...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Marie Cowley (née Swayne)
Rivermead, St. Margaret's, Dublin/Stradbally, Laois
Marie, (formerly of Stradbally, Co. Laois) peacefully at Newpark Care Centre, The Ward, Co. Dublin. Predeceased by her husband Matt and her parents...
It has been confirmed that the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance has been opened for the upcoming school year.
The scheme provides a once-off payment to aid with covering costs of school clothing and footwear for parents of school children.
This...
Portlaoise 6-9 Na Fianna Og 3-10
U-13 Football Division 1 Final
What an absolute belter of a game.
The young footballers of Portlaoise and Na Fianna Og played out a thrilling U-13 Division 1 football league final this evening in the Centre...
Stradbally 0-14 The Heath 0-12
ACFL Division 1 Round 7
Stradbally have a Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1 semi-final to look forward to for the first time in more than a decade as they did enough to see off The...
The annual Cruinniú na Óg took place at locations across Laois last week.
Hosted on Saturday June 7, we bring you pictures from events in Portlaoise, Mountrath, Castletown and Rathdowney.
There were great celebrations in Abbeyleix too as they commemorate 250...
132 groups all across County Laois, each wide-ranging and rooted in their communities, have this week received a boost in funding support.
The investment, made under the Local Enhancement Programme, is designed to empower local groups to continue their invaluable...
The Stradbally Community Choir are all set for their latest performance which is in aid of Kolbe Special School.
Kavanagh's in Portlaoise is the venue for the performance and tickets are free.
There will be a donation box on the door...
Laois Abroad is brought to you in association with Abbeyleix Chauffeur Services
The always popular Laois Abroad series returns for the third time in 2025.
Up next is a Rosenallis woman who has made Austria her home.
After living away from home since...
Aoife Fitzpatrick is a Leaving Cert student in Scoil Chríost Rí in Portlaoise. From Cullenagh, near Ballyroan, she is hoping to study Global Media in the University of Galway. Her Leaving Cert subjects are English, Irish, Maths, Biology, History,...
After a crazily busy weekend last week, this one is ever so slightly less so.
For a start, just one Laois team will be in action as the hurlers face Tipperary in an All-Ireland preliminary quarter final.
The Laois camogie team...
Abbeyleix is gearing up to represent Ireland on the international stage in the prestigious Communities in Bloom International Challenge 2025.
Communities in Bloom was established in Canada with the guidance of Britain in Bloom, Ireland’s Tidy Towns and Villes et...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Marie Cowley (née Swayne)
Rivermead, St. Margaret's, Dublin/Stradbally, Laois
Marie, (formerly of Stradbally, Co. Laois) peacefully at Newpark Care Centre, The Ward, Co. Dublin. Predeceased by her husband Matt and her parents...
The stage is officially set for the Division 2 semi-finals after tonight's action and there was also a big change at the bottom.
Clough-Ballacolla conceded their fixture against Rosenallis, meaning that first and second place was already decided before the...
O'Dempsey's 2-11 Portarlington 2-9
ACFL Division 2 Round 7
O'Dempsey's entertained local rivals Portarlington this evening in what was a must-win game for the hosts in their hopes of making the semi-finals.
Portarlington, conversely, came into the game in first place and...
The annual Cruinniú na Óg took place at locations across Laois last week.
Hosted on Saturday June 7, we bring you pictures from events in Portarlington, Mountmellick and Stradbally.
Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have...
€592,189 has been allocated for funding for home improvements for older people and people with disabilities in Laois.
So says Laois TD Sean Fleming who welcomed the news and explained how the funding will be broken down.
He said: "90% of...
Honorary life membership of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) was recently bestowed upon well-known Laois farmer and cattle dealer Tommy Wilson.
From Coolroe, near Courtwood, and a long-time member of the Vicarstown branch of IFA, Tommy is known far and...
There were 71 new cars sold in Laois during May, up a remarkable 69% from the 42 sold in the same month of 2024 according to figures released by the Society for the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
Those 71 cars,...
The responsibility of providing toilets at a playground falls on the local community - and not on Laois County Council.
That was the response given at a meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Municipal District in Laois County Council this week following a...
The draw for the Laois Ladies Senior, Intermediate and Junior club football championships have been made.
Two of the three competitions involve a group stage while one is based off a round robin.
In the SFC, reigning champions St Conleth's are...
A Laois farmer has been elected as one of the new vice-chairs of the Copa Cogeca working party on beef.
Declan Hanrahan, a beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, is currently the chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Livestock Committee.
He previously...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Myroslav Motylivskyi
Portlaoise, Laois
Myroslav Motylivskyi Dublin rd. Portlaoise And formerly Ukraine. 9th June 2025 Peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family Beloved husband of Maria , and dearly loved father...
Launch of Mountmellick Draft Town Centre First Plan; Community Information Evening – You’re Invited!
Laois County Council, in partnership with the Mountmellick Town Team and SLR Consulting, invites all residents, businesses, and community members to a Public Information Evening on the Draft Town...
The four ACHL Division 1 semi-finalists were confirmed before a ball was pucked this evening as the news filtered through that Clough-Ballacolla conceded their game on Friday evening with Borris-Kilcotton.
Rathdowney-Errill, Camross, Abbeyleix and Borris-Kilcotton are the four that will...
