Geelong Cats fans are praising the luck of the Irish after Portlaoise man Zach Tuohy kicked the match winner today.
The siren to signal the end of the game had just gone when Tuohy landed the winner to defeat Melbourne...
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...
O'Dempsey's 1-8 Colt 2-4
Laois GAA JFC 'B' Final Replay
It is rare that you find two teams that are so evenly matched but the 2009 Junior 'B' football final managed to provide us with that rarity. O'Dempsey's and Colt, one...
The Portlaoise Garda Station has been long-awaiting refurbishment, and looks like it may be waiting longer.
Laois TD and Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan announced the project last year, a "a significant upgrade and refurbishment" of the Garda Station.
One year...
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It's been an eventful start to the Laois hurling championship season with Clough-Ballacolla and Rathdowney-Errill playing out a thrilling draw on Thursday night and Castletown Gaels shocking champions Camross...
There is something very fulfilling eating fresh vegetables that you have nurtured and cultivated with your own hands.
As we celebrate the beginning of harvest time, once again we are reminded of God’s bounty, when it comes the harvest. In...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Heather COWAN
27a Spindlewood, Graiguecullen, Carlow
Heather Cowan of 27A Spindlewood, Graiguecullen, Carlow, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin on...
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Borris-Kilcotton Mountmellick
Laois Shopping Centre JHC Round 1
Mountmellick 0-17 Borris-Kilcotton 0-15
Laois Shopping Centre JHC 'A' Round 1
Michael Bermingham hit 12 points in total as Mountmellick recovered from a poor first-half showing to record...
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The Harps 2-19 Shanahoe Gaels 0-15
Laois Shopping Centre SHC 'A' Round 1
The Harps got their SHC 'A' campaign off to a winning start this evening in Rathdowney when they had too...
It was a busy evening of Laois GAA action around the county again with the big game seeing Castletown Gaels cause somewhat of a shock by beating in the opening round of the Laois SHC in O'Moore Park.
There was...
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Castletown Gaels 1-18 Camross 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1
Castletown Gaels caused the first shock of the Laois SHC as they got the better of old rivals Camross in...
Three young basketballers from the Portlaoise Panthers Club have been selected on the Ireland U-16 squad for European Championships, which take place in Montenegro from from August 16th to 25th, 2018.
Portlaoise Panthers can proudly say that the have the largest...
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The Laois senior hurling championship got underway last night with neighbours Rathdowney-Errill and Clough-Ballacolla playing out a thrilling draw in O'Moore Park.
The Senior 'A' championship also began with Rosenallis...
Fianna Fail have selected Pauline Madigan to fill the vacant Laois County Council seat left vacant following the death of the long-serving Jerry Lodge earlier this year.
Ms Madigan, a Limerick native but Portlaoise resident is a lecturer in Media...
The Ossory Show is one of the most prestigious and long-running agircultural shows in the country and it takes place again this weekend in Rathdowney.
The event attracts competitors all over the country across a variety of categories and always...
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Sean Fleming, has received information from the HSE regarding Abbeyleix Hospital.
The Laois TD said he raised the issue of future services at Abbeyleix at a recent meeting between the HSE and the PAC...
Cullahill is playing host to the first ever annual Irish Porridge Making championships this weekend.
The competition will consist of two heats and two categories: traditional and speciality.
The judges include renowned TV Chef Rachel Allen, PaddyO's Cereals founder, Paddy O'Connell...
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Now in its third year, The Hazel Wood has firmly established itself as the festival’s go-to spot for an eclectic mix of performance arts including theatre, dance, storytelling, spoken word and music.
Set...
Work will begin next week in Portlaoise on the new link road that will connect the Timahoe Road to the Abbeyleix Road after a contract was signed this morning between Laois County Council and Total Highway Maintenance Ltd, the...
The hurling championship in Laois is in full swing now and next week it will be the turn of the footballers.
Portlaoise will start the year as defending champions and they will once again take some stopping.
This is our second...
Tributes have been paid to young Graiguecullen girl Heather Cowan who tragically lost her battle with cancer this week.
Heather was in sixth class in St Fiacc's national school in Graiguecullen and the Cowan family are an integral part of...
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We visited two hurling strongholds in Laois this week as Ballinakill and The Harps held their annual Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps.
Here young avid hurling fans plyed their trade and...
It's back with a bang - our pick of Laois's Top 25 Instagrammers is here.
Our list has been updated from last year's selection, and after many hours of deliberating, cursing, and standing up for the Instagrams we believe in...
The Laois Walks Festival is into its third week and already hundreds of you have taken to routes all over the county.
Durrow, Gattabawn, Fisherstown, Errill and Timahoe were just some of the locations that the Festival visited last week.
And we...
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Our final coverage of Kellogg's Cúl Camps ended in Borris-Kilcotton and St Manman's Clonaslee, where staggering numbers turned out to learn both football and hurling skills.
Back in action
Borris-Kilcotton focused...
A primary school in Mountmellick has applied for planning permission to expand.
The Board of Management of The Rock National School, Mountmellick, intend to apply for planning permission to construct a single story extension to the South/Rear of the existing...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Darren John GORDON ...
Portlaoise under 13 boys’ rounders team and The Heath under 13 girls’ team travelled to Ashbourne on Saturday in search of the Leinster glory.
Portlaoise boys team were looking to retain their Leinster crown after winning it last year and...
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Rosenallis 2-16 Portlaoise 1-14
Laois Shopping Centre SHC 'A' Round 1
With down-to-wire matches for both Clough-Ballacolla versus Rathdowney-Errill and late turnaround in Rosenallis versus Portlaoise, this hurling championship is already setting out...
It was a busy night of Laois GAA action and we have all of the results listed below.
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Group B Round 1
Clough-Ballacolla 2-19 Rathdowney Errill 3-16 - See report here
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Group B Round...
