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Clough-Ballacolla 3-16 Rathdowney-Errill 2-19
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1
What a start to the championship!
Clough-Ballacolla and Rathdowney-Errill have played out some great battles over the years and they were involved in another...
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Two of the most important competitions in Laois club hurling get underway tonight as Rathdowney-Errill take on last year's finalists Clough-Ballacolla in O'Moore Park and Rosenallis face a recently...
What is The Folly?
It is a music and comedy weekend taking place in Cullahill, Co. Laois supported by Electric PIcnic ! What's extra SPECIAL about The Folly is that it is gender balanced.
This means there are equal female to male...
A massive car crash has occured on the New Road from Portlaoise to Timahoe.
The crash happened at the T-junction on the busy road out of the town.
An onlooker has confirmed that there are three ambulances, one Garda car and...
Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has said “There isn't a family in the State that has not been affected by the current crisis of hospital waiting lists.
"As of May 2018 the waiting lists for medical procedures stood at an...
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The sun shone brightly on Stradbally GAA as the budding young stars of the future sharpened their footballing skills under the guidance of inter-county football stars.
From the basics of defending,...
The second most important competition in club hurling in Laois gets underway tonight as the Senior A hurling championship begins.
There are four games to look forward to this weekend – with one on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
This competition...
An Garda Síochána has appealed to young men to "Use Your Brain Not Your Fists” and think of the consequences for themselves and others of being involved in assaults.
They hope to reduce this risk through targeted action, following the...
Laois's very own 5-star hotel has expanded it's luxury accommodation options to include a beautiful old cottage, priced at a tremendous €2,000 a night.
The Ballyfin hotel currently boasts twenty rooms across 614 acres.
Located adjacent to the main house, the...
For the second successive weekend, the lovely people at Met Eireann are predicting another scorcher.
Our weather this week could be described as 'grand'.
There has been little or no rain again, a side from the odd shower, but we haven't...
Castletown Slieve-Bloom 2-16 Borris-Kilcotton 2-6
Under-17 Hurling League Division 2
On Saturday 14 July Castletown-Slieve Bloom walked out of Errill GAA Grounds as U-17 Division 2 hurling winners
The amalgamated side enjoyed a 10 point victory over Borris-Kilcotton.
A very competitive first-half saw...
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It’s another busy weekend right across Laois. Festivals and events are in full swing and the good weather is promised to return. The Folly Festival kicks off in Cullahill on Friday, The...
Cullahill natives, Joe and Diane Deegan managed to scoop the ‘Centra Store of the Year’ award for 2018.
Deegan's Centra, which is located just across the border in Urlingford, received the accolade at the Centra National Conference, which took place at...
It's no secret we have a huge tradition of athletics here in Laois, and like any sport, it can result in performance debilitating injuries.
Dr Peter Francis from the School of Rehabilitation and Health Science is holding a one day...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Frances CARROLL (née Kearney)
St Brigids Place, Portlaoise, Laois
Carroll (nee Kearney) St Brigid's Place, Portlaoise, July 17th 2018. Peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, in the tender care...
The Laois Athletics Downeys Nissan Summer Athletics league concluded on Monday evening last.
There was a very enjoyable programme of events in Vicarstown.
Competition was held in Long Jump, High Jump, Javelin, Hurdles and Sprints.
The new Long Jump and High Jump...
People in the Abbeyleix area have been asked to check their Lotto tickets after a shop sold a winning ticket tonight.
Supervalu in Abbeyleix sold a ticket with six matching numbers and the bonus in tonight's draw.
This is the Lotto Plus...
A very busy Wednesday evening of GAA has come to an end.
We had championship action in juvenile hurling and football plus some adult games.
In the camogie, O'Moore's got their campaign back on track with a hard fought win over...
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Slieve Bloom 1-18 Clonad 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre IHC Round 1
Brothers Ben, Gavin and Ciaran Conroy were the difference as Slieve Bloom came from seven points down to defeat Clonad by three in a...
The Arts Office Laois County Council organized the 'Go Fly your Kite' Art Camp which took place in the Heritage House Abbeyleix recently.
The workshops were organised by the Arts Office Laois County Council as part of their Summer Arts...
Coolrain Concrete delivers concrete products and ready mix all over the country and further afield.
Based in Windsor, Coolrain, in Laois it is a small family run business with trusted customers and is expanding all the time.
The team in Coolrain...
We could a have future Pulitzer Prize winner hailing from county Laois.
Portlaoise woman Namra Amir is the only Irish person to make a shortlist from 800 applicants down to 40 for an editorial scheme at the renowned Penguin Random House...
Spink Comhaltas walked away with an incredible 90 medals at this year's Leinster Fleadh Cheoil in Bagenalstown, Carlow between 13-15 July.
Spink's phenomenal medal count comes after a number of years of planning and hard work.
Spink had members competiting in singing,...
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Young rugby fans got the chance to meet their idols to meet their idols at the Leinster Rugby camp in Portlaoise today.
Loosehead prop Peter Dooley and hooker Bryan Byrne...
The most important competition in club hurling in Laois gets underway this weekend as the Senior hurling championship begins.
There are four games to look forward to this weekend – with one on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Camross are reigning...
Due to growth and expansion we are seeking a new Facility Manager for our Waste Processing & Treatment facility in Enva in Clonminam Industrial Estate, Portlaoise.
This role will encompass all aspects of operations management to ensure the efficient and...
Former GAA president and Laois man Liam O’Neill says that he has major considersations to think of before officially announcing his intentions in relation to this year's Presidential election and whether he'll challenge Michael D Higgins.
O'Neill has become the...
It has been announced that a sum from a pot of €40 million will be made available for supporting disadvantaged people and communities here in Laois.
Laois/Offaly TD and Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, made the announcement of the...
There was strongly voiced discontent towards the lack of progressive movement on the National Broadband Plan from a South Kildare TD.
Fianna Fáil TD for South Kildare, Fiona O'Loughlin, has called on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment...
Irish Water is looking for new sources of drinking water in Laois.
This comes as an Environmental Protection Agency report on supplies across the country finds that 56 percent are approaching record low levels.
The Irish Independent have reported warnings that unless...
