The Harps 1-21 Colt Gaels 0-14
Laois Shopping Centre SHC ‘A’ Group A Round 3
An 11 point lead in the first-half was enough to tie The Harps over and complete three wins from three to guarantee them a semi-final spot...
Another busy night with five games in the senior and senior ‘A’ hurling championship, a quarter-final in the JFC and an U-13 ‘A’ round 2 match.
Rathdowney-Errill will now play Abbeyleix in the quarter-final with Ballinakill awaiting the winners in the...
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Clonaslee 2-14 Rosenallis 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC ‘A’ Group B Round 3
Clonaslee St Manmans and Rosenallis battled it out in Round 3 of the Laois Shopping Centre SHC 'A' this evening in...
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Rathdowney-Errill 4-26 Castletown Gaels 0-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Group B Round 3
After a slow start to their championship campaign and just one draw to show for their efforts after two games, Rathdowney-Errill came to...
Who doesn't love a Tractor Run?
The people of Camross were out in force last weekend for their annual Tractor Run.
A post on the GAA page said: "We would like to thank everybody that took part, that drove tractors, that...
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Camross 3-18 Clough Ballacolla 1-13
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Group B Round 3
After a disappointing start to the championship, last year's champions Camross are through to the knockout stages following a win over Clough-Ballacolla this...
There are five top quality hurling games taking place this evening, with plenty at stake in each game.
Some of the losers face the prospect of relegation, while victors can secure semi-final berths and plan ahead for the business end...
It was a whirlwind week in Laois, as tweeters took off to the debs and received their leaving cert results, and watched Portlaoise boxer TJ Dempsey win a world title.
Alongside the big events, we had the usual quips and...
Two men were arrested at the scene of a cocaine seizure in Laois have been charged.
Gardai recovered a quantity of cocaine believed to be worth in the region of €50,000 near Abbeyleix on Thursday, August 16.
The two men, aged...
As part of a running series, we bring you this week’s ‘Good Week/Bad Week’.
To see who has had a good or bad week, we look at different news stories happening in Laois and involving Laois people. Most importantly, it’s...
Killinure native Grainne Hogan has reached the televised stages of the Rose of Tralee.
Grainne will be the first Laois Rose to grace the Dome Stage since Barrowhouse's Teresa Maria Brennan walked the hollowed ground in 2014.
All of Grainne's fans...
Killeshin 1-4 The Heath 0-5
2008 Laois JFC 'A' Final
Killeshin entered O'Moore Park ten years ago in search of a first title in 15 years, and as they entered the final fifteen minutes of this dogged encounter, things were not...
This is an historic week here in Ireland as we welcome Pope Francis. His visit is an important one. The papal mass on the Phoenix Park will be the the largest gathering of people in Europe this year.
Personally I...
There are five top quality hurling games taking place this evening, with plenty at stake in each game.
Some of the losers face the prospect of relegation, while victors can secure semi-final berths and plan ahead for the business end...
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The Cul Camps season is ticking towards its conclusion but there are still a couple to go.
This week we took a trip to Timahoe where the stars of the...
We're all guilty of doing it.
Mobile phones have become an extension of most of our hands and rather than talk to people, we often bury our heads into our screens.
But now this Laois pub has come up with a...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Samuel (Sam) Clarke
Formerly St. John’s Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin / Portarlington, Laois
Samuel (Sam) Clarke, Portarlington and formerly St. John’s Drive, Clondalkin. August 17th 2018 (peacefully) in Our Lady’s...
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois Sean Fleming has accused the Government of not treating the housing crisis with the seriousness it deserves.
Deputy Fleming made the comments after obtaining new information which he says shows the Minister for Housing does...
Remember all the dry weather and hosepipe bans and drought warnings?
Well, the rain is well and truly back now and things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Tonight, a tropical weather event known as Storm Ernesto is set...
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Rathdowney-Errill 2-16 Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe 2-13
Laois Shopping Centre IHC Relegation Final
Despite a committed performance from this Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe side, Rathdowney-Errill’s first-half lead and experience got the better of the newly-formed team in this relegation final...
Just the 15 games down for decision tonight as the championship continues to hot up.
We saw the end of the road for two teams tonight as Ballyfin Gaels and Trumera headed for relegation finals in senior and senior A.
While...
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Portlaoise 2-20 Trumera 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC ‘A’ Group B Round 3
Portlaoise gained their first championship win of the season and qualified for the Senior A quarter finals in the process thanks...
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Abbeyleix 2-15 Ballyfin Gaels 1-16
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Group A Round 3
Abbeyleix are through to the quarter-finals of the Laois SHC thanks to a hard-earned two-point win over Ballyfin Gaels this evening in O'Moore...
Laois senior football captain Stephen Attride's first Summer Camp has come to an end and it was huge success.
SA Summer Camp was a multi-activity summer camp that was held in Killeshin.
The camp ran each day from 10am – 2.30pm...
This week Portlaoise AFC held their hugely popular FAI Summer Camps in Rossleighan Park.
This is Portlaoise AFC's 15th year to run the camps, and this year Rossleighan opened its gates to 129 young budding soccer stars.
All ages from u6 way...
It is a season defining night for six clubs involved in the hurling championships.
Across three venues around the county, the fates of these teams hangs in the balance.
The first of the games throws in at 7.15pm in Colt and...
Gardaí in Kildare are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the old N7 R445 outside Monasterevin on the Portlaoise side.
At approximately 2.30pm Gardaí were called to the scene of a collision on the R445 near Monasterevin.
A man...
The Old N7 (R445) road is closed until further notice both ways outside Monasterevin on the Portlaoise side, as emergency services attend to a crash.
Gardai were directing traffic on Friday afternoon just after 4.15pm.
This has added to delays leaving...
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On this week’s UnLaoised Podcast, Brian Moss is joined by the ‘tweeting priest’ Fr Paddy Byrne, Laois footballing legend and secondary school teacher Chris Conway, LaoisToday reporter Siun Lennon and Stradbally-based primary...
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann is a traditional music event that brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to the host towns - and now a bid is being prepared to bring the hugely popular annual event to Laois.
This year's Fleadh...
