Acclaimed Mountmellick woodturner Alan Meredith has been awarded a €10,000 bursary for winning this year's Design and Craft council of Ireland's Future Maker of the Year Award.
Meredith was awarded the RDS Craft Awards bursary for his woodturning business, where he...
Funding for Child and Adult Mental Health Services in Laois and Offaly has increased by over €1.2 million due to a major increase in demand for services in the area.
Jim Daly TD, Minister for Mental Health, held a special...
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We're on to week two of the Cul Camps and they seem to be getting bigger all the time.
This week we took a trip to two GAA clubs -...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Eileen (Irene) Flood (née Sheehy)
20 Silverbrook, Mountmellick, Laois / Tallaght, Dublin
Eileen (Irene) Flood (nee Sheehy), 20 Silverbrook, Mountmellick, Co. Laois (formerly of Kilnamanagh, Tallaght). Died 10th July...
It was a very busy Tuesday night with a number of games down for decision.
The first adult championship also got underway as the Junior 'B' football began.
The stand-out result there saw the Junior C champions from last year, Castletown,...
Courtwood 4-14 St Joseph's 1-8
ACFL Division 2 Final
Courtwood are moving like a team who will have an impact on the intermediate championship later this year - and they scored a big victory over St Joseph's to claim the Division...
Gardai have charged one man in connection with an assault in Portlaoise last month.
Collie Aquino Teixeira McQuillan and his husband Gui A McQuillan suffered facial injuries after they were set upon in the early hours of Sunday morning June...
EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum based at CHQ in Dublin’s Docklands, hosted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as part of their official visit to Dublin this afternoon - and a young Laois girl played a key role in...
The team in Laois Shopping Centre are always keen to try out different things - and today, some of the world's rarest and most unusual animals will be on display.
The National Reptile Zoo will be in the Laois Shopping...
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As Stradbally and the county prepare for the 15th year of the renowned music festival Electric Picnic, the organisers of the festival have recently given back to Laois.
The Electric Picnic organisers have...
Camross CCE Branch held a fundraising concert for the Cuisle Centre to help with their costs of providing cancer services for patients in Laois recently in Ballyfin Community Centre.
The hall committee generously provided the premises for free on the...
Portlaoise native Helen Cullen launched her debut novel 'The Lost Letter's of William Woolf' recently.
Helen received a six-figure two book deal from publisher Micheal Joseph, who is a part of the Penguin Random House group of companies.
The launch took...
It's all steam ahead again for this year's National Steam Rally and preparations for the annual event are well under way ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend in Stradbally Hall.
The August Bank Holiday Weekend sees over 20,000 people...
There are real fears for a variety of animals who live in the Slieve Bloom Mountains following the devastating fire which has raged there.
Deer, hens, frogs and lizards are among those most at risk according to the Slieve Bloom...
Tributes have been paid following an emotional send off for Michael Dowling who retired after 43 years of teaching, 37 of which was happily spent at the Heath NS recently.
A native of Mountmellick, Mr Dowling was the deputy principal...
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Over 100 kids took to Ballyfin this week for their first ever cul camp.
The dual club are holding their camp for both hurling and football in their first year.
Under the guidance...
The new Urban Regeneration plan is set to bring a number of benefits to Portlaoise - according to the chairperson of the Portlaoise Municipal District.
Fianna Fail's Catherine Fitzgerald says she is confident that Portlaoise will be successful in its...
While the men's club championship isn't starting for another couple of weeks, the ladies game in Laois is well underway.
A number of rounds have been played in the senior, intermediate and junior championships already.
So here, we will take a...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Liam White ...
Here are all the latest golf results from around the clubs.
RATHDOWNEY GOLF CLUB
Men’s Seniors singles
1st Jim Russell (21 - Templemore) 37pts
2nd Liam Kenny(15)
Gross: Birdie Ryan (4- Thurles)
3rd Marty Fitzpatrick (17)
Men’s Open Singles
1st Peter Gray Jnr. (8) 39pts
2nd Oisin O’Brien...
The fine weather created the perfect back drop to the first debs of the summer.
And the young men and women of St Fergal's College in Rathdowney set the tone for a summer of style.
The graduates of St Fergal's followed...
Over €10 million is to be spent on the provision 47 houses on a disused site in Portlaoise, it has been confirmed.
Minister for Justice & Equality Charlie Flanagan has announced that in excess of €10 million is being allocated...
The Laois camogie management team has resigned from their posts, it has been announced.
Laois Camogie have confirmed to LaoisToday that manager David Dunning, assistant David Hughes, Fiachra Foran was a selector and Eanna O’Neill who was the strength and...
The heatwave currently taking over Ireland is said to be costing the average dairy farmer between €250 a day and €1,750 a week.
The startling figures come from accountancy and financial advisory farm IFAC.
It is both extra costs for feed...
Sarsfields 0-14 Portlaoise 1-5
Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship Round 2
Sarsfields edged passed Portlaoise in their first championship meeting since last years county final where Sarsfields took home the silverware.
It was the sides’ second meeting of this year with Portlaoise...
A huge housing development is planned for one of Laois's biggest towns.
Kingscroft Developments intends to apply for a residential development comprising of 62 houses.
They are each two or three storey in nature and are planned for the townland of...
Enva in Portlaoise have a 1 year fixed-term contract available for the following vacancy:
Accounts Technician
We have an Accounts Technician vacancy at our Portlaoise office for a candidate who is seeking a role in accounts preparation in a dynamic industrial environment....
Plans to build a new motorway service station in Portlaoise have suffered a number of set backs and have been put on hold.
Laois County Council have looked for additional information on the development before reaching a decision.
And there are...
The 87-year-old father of two who died tragically on his farm in Clonaslee at the weekend has been named.
Jim McCann of Clonabeg, Clonaslee, died on July 7 following an accident at his residence.
It’s understood he had suffered serious head...
A leading US-based cyber security business, founded by Laois man Aidan Kehoe, is to open its Irish headquarters in Portlaoise with the creation of 30 “high value” jobs.
“SkOUT Secure Intelligence, a leading provider of cyber-security technology and solutions to...
