Mystical dragon ‘Gringer the Whinger’ returned to Laois today and made a massive impression on the children in Portlaoise library.
Gringer the Winger is a naughty and irritating dragon who visits a family when things are becoming tense or disagreeable....
The football championship kicked into gear in Laois last night.
The Junior 'C' championship, which is the lowest ranked competition in the county, began with three games down for decision.
Last year's defeated finalists Rathdowney are out after they were beaten...
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Sean Fleming has commented on the housing targets in the Second Progress Report into NAMA published by the Comptroller and Auditor General yesterday.
The Laois TD said, “This is a useful report as NAMA...
There are caravans being used in the Portlaoise area for anti-social behavior, it has been claimed.
They are not being lived in, but being used as discotheques.
Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley raised the issue at last week's Joint Policing Committee in...
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The senior county champions welcomed over a hundred young hurling and camogie players to their GAA for the Camross Cúl Camps this week.
Enthusiasic young hurlers and camogs
The stalwart coaches...
The battle for the Jack Delaney Cup begins this week with some enticing clashes down for decision.
The Laois senior football championship begins with eight Round 1 games taking place between Wednesday and Sunday.
And ahead of the competition we have...
Laois has one certain contender for an All-Ireland place this year as the U16 Laois Ladies lock horns against Mayo in the All-Ireland 'B' football final in Duggan Park, Ballinasloe.
It's Laois's second time to appear in an All-ireland U16...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
William (Willie) Claxton ...
There could be an All-Ireland title on its way back to Laois tomorrow evening.
The Laois Ladies U-16 footballers are in an All-Ireland B football final against Mayo.
The side, managed by Clonaslee's Paul Mulhall, have gone on a remarkable run...
Details have been announced for Laois Vintage Limited's Sponsored Road Run in aid of the Laois Hospice Foundation.
They launched the 23rd Annual Vintage Run in the Gandon Inn Hotel, Emo, on July 20.
The run takes place on Saturday August...
The Government is now taking action to prevent a fodder shortage this winter, according to Laois/Offaly TD and Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan.
“I have been in constant communication with my colleague, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, raising...
Emo Rath athlete Eoin Keenan brought the curtain down on his juvenile athletics career with another gold medal winning performance, this time in the boys under nineteen triple jump.
He was competing in the Juvenile Track and Field finals in...
The second most important competition in club football in Laois gets underway this week as the intermediate championship begins.
There are four games to look forward to this week – two on Saturday and another two on Sunday.
Mountmellick Gaels are...
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board invites applications for the following posts:
Special Needs Assistants
Bus Escort Panel
Substitute Teacher Panel
Further Education Tutors in the following areas:
Hospitality
Healthcare
Applications are invited for the above posts. Further details are...
Bircrest Limited have applied for permission for huge housing development at Aghnaharna, Portlaoise in Laois.
The site measures at c.3.24 Ha and a total of 79 houses are planned.
The site is bounded to the north by Aghnaharna Drive housing estate,...
The funeral of a Portlaoise teenager who tragically drowned following an accident in Spain has taken place.
19-year-old Joshua Osahon Okonkwo, from Lake Way, Kilminchy, disappeared on Saturday July 14 during a visit to the Las Lagunas de Ruidera Natural Park...
Former GAA president Liam O’Neill has ruled out challenging Michael D Higgins and entering the presidential race which will be decided by an election later this year.
Mr O’Neill, who served as GAA President from 2012 to 2015 and held...
SVT Activity & Wellness Hub and the Community of Killeshin greeted the judges in the IPB All Island Pride of Place Competition on July 19.
There was no hiding the pride of the local people. They displayed for the judges...
The battle for a spot in the 2019 Laois intermediate football championship begins this week with some enticing clashes down for decision.
The Laois junior football cahampionship begins with eight Round 1 games taking place between Thursday and next Monday.
And...
Laois ladies produced convincing win over Longford in their first All-Ireland test to land them a place in the quarter-finals with a game to spare on Sunday.
What adds to their impressive victory was that younger, less experienced players got...
After a sluggish start to 2018, the property sales scene in Laois sparked into life in June with 86 properties sold, one of which changed hands for just under €600,000.
The property in Pilgrimhill, Castletown, sold for €590,000, by far...
Laois GAA should do away with their traditional practice of saying a prayer at the end of their monthly meetings in memory of recently deceased members, as “we are now living in a multicultural society” and “saying prayers is...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
William (Willie) Claxton ...
Another hectic Monday evening of GAA has come to an end.
The big winners on the night were The Harps who claimed the Division 1 minor hurling league title by seeing off Ballinakill Gaels.
Meanwhile, Kyle have qualified for the semi...
Kyle 2-15 Rathdowney-Errill 1-5
Laois Shopping Centre JHC 'B' Round 2
The hurlers of Kyle have a championship semi-final to look forward thanks to a big win over Rathdowney-Errill in Round 2 of the Laois JHC 'B' this evening.
Kyle recovered from...
A local boxing club have paid tribute to one of their brightest young talents, who has lost his battle for life following a motorbike accident last week.
Ryan Hall (21) died in a Dublin hospital earlier today having been hospitalised...
The Ossory Show in Rathdowney was one of the main local events on last weekend and was a busy day from start to finish.
It’s one of the longest-running agricultural shows in the country, going as it has been since...
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The championship has resumed and you know what that means - it is our first installment of the Team of The Week for 2018.
We had action in all grades...
Scouts from 11 different countries will join with scouts from every corner of Ireland at this summer’s JamobRí in Stradbally, Co. Laois.
The 4,000 scouts and venture scouts aged between 11 and 18 will have 8 days of planned programme...
A Lotto Plus 2 winning ticket worth €250,000 that was sold in Laois has been claimed.
A Lotto spokesperson made the announcement this morning following the win last week.
Supervalu in Abbeyleix sold a ticket with six matching numbers and the...
