16 year old Alice Carew stunned fellow students, teachers and VIP guests with her project LULLS at the Student Enterprise National Finals held at Croke Park.
LULLS is a device to lessen the negative impact of sound sensitivity for people with...
Organisers of this year's National Junior Baking Competition are looking for young baking stars from Laois to enter the highly prestigious competition.
This year's competition theme is 'Lemon Drizzle Cake'.
The winner of the national competition will win a €1,000 bursary...
Heavy rainfall earlier today has already begun to cause the cancellation of local sports fixtures.
Due to the bad weather, the Downey’s Nissan Laois Athletics Track and Field Championships are cancelled tonight.
Alternative arrangements will be announced shortly.
Many had hoped that...
Yes, you read that correctly. There has been 76 tonnes of rubbish dumped in Laois since January of this year.
€47,700 has been spent by the Department of the Environment to clean up the astronomical mess in Laois.
Erwin Cobbe, who...
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For the second year in a row, Stephen Attride will skipper the Laois senior footballers in the Leinster championship.
The Killeshin man has been named to start at wing back and he...
Here is this weekend's sports fixtures:
FRIDAY, MAY 11
GAA
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1 Round 5
Portlaoise V Abbeyleix St Lazarians 7.30pm
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1A Round 5
Rathdowney Errill V Ballyfin 7.30pm
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 4 Round 3
Rosenallis V...
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The Laois minor hurlers begin their Leinster championship campaign on Saturday.
Enda Lyons' men will face Wexford in Innovate Wexford Park at 4.30pm and LaoisToday will be there to bring you all...
A meeting with landowners is needed to determine what is causing mass flooding on the road at Killroy, Stradbally.
These were the sentiments echoed at the recent Graiguecullen-Portarlington municipal district meeting.
Councillor Tom Mulhall said, "I don't believe and they ...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Julia Bergin (née Fizpatrick)
Fearagh, Ballacolla, Laois
Bergin (nee Fitzpatrick) Fearagh, Ballacolla, Co. Laois May 10th 2018 Peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Julia, beloved wife of the late...
We had a full round of fixtures in the ACFL Division 1B this evening.
The two teams who started the evening in the relegation places, Rosenallis and Crettyard, went head to head where the former collected their first win of...
O'Dempsey's 1-3 St Joseph's 2-17
ACFL Division 1A
In a repeat of last year's Division 1A final, it was St Joseph's who powered from start to finish to end with a 17 point victory of a disappointing O'Dempsey's side.
Michael Keogh was...
Portlaoise 0-10 Graiguecullen 2-9
ACFL Division 1A
Graiguecullen lifted themselves out of the relegation zone as they picked up a second successive win this evening.
Padraig Clancy's men travelled to Rathleague this evening and inflicted just a second defeat upon Malachy McNulty's...
We had a number of games down for decision in the top two Divisions of the football league.
Three games in Division 1A and four in Division 1B.
With most of the county players unavailable to their respective clubs ahead of...
Ballylinan 1-6 Stradbally 1-12
ACFL Division 1A
Stradbally recovered from their ten goal humiliation against Portlaoise last time by defeating Ballylinan this season.
Barney Maher's charges were in control of this one from around the tenth minute with veteran forward Colm Kelly...
Members of Midland Utd Powerchair football team held an open training session in Camross Community Centre recently.
Camross native Seán Cuddy is part of the team and he was there to demonstrate the skills on the game.
In this form of...
Twenty-five years ago today, one of Portlaoise GAA much loved members sadly passed away.
Bill Phelan, who was aged just 50 when he died, was one of the club's most popular members.
Portlaoise's club grounds off the Abbeyleix Road in the town,...
The Heath men’s rounders team started their quest for four in a row All Ireland titles with an impressive victory over newcomers Sean Connolly’s last Saturday morning in Longford.
After a nervy started from both teams the game was level...
This is a remarkably selfless act.
Dennis Tynan has been writing a poem a day since May 12 2017 to raise awareness and funds for Mental Health Ireland.
The Portlaoise man has raised €3,845 so far and hopes to reach his...
Last month, our columnist Fr Paddy Byrne used his column to urge people to vote No it the upcoming Referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
In a response to that we publish the below from Laois women Gearóidín McEvoy who is...
Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has hit out at Minister for Health Simon Harris over his handling of Portlaoise Hospital.
Martin is on a tour of Laois today and met with members of the media in the Midlands Park Hotel...
On Saturday, John O'Loughlin will begin his eleventh consecutive championship campaign with Laois.
The St Brigid's GAA club man began playing for Laois in 2008 when he made his championship debut in a win against Wicklow.
Laois lost the semi final...
It's another hectic weekend in Laois for sports lovers, drama fantics, diesle train enthusiasts and Birdwatch Ireland fans.
Here's our guide to what's happening around the county for Friday May 11 to Sunday May 13.
FRIDAY MAY 11
'Annie Jr' at the Dunamaise
The...
Laois County Council took in a total of €2,254,773.53 in development contributions in the 2017, it has been revealed.
Details were outlined to the monthly meeting of Laois County Council today by CEO John Mulholland.
Out of this,€867,482.49 was spent on...
Residents in a Graiguecullen estate have been tormented by senseless vandals committing anti-social behaviour.
Local councillor Ben Brennan has called for a high boundary wall to be erected at the Vale estate to protect private houses at the latest meeting...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Charles (Charlie) Doherty
Levalley, Galmoy, Kilkenny / Rathdowney, Laois
Doherty, (Levalley, Galmoy), May 8th 2018. Unexpectedly at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Charles (Charlie), predeceased by his brother Joe...
There were a number of games down for decision tonight.
The Laois Ladies U-14s were the big winners on the night as they defeated Kilkenny to win the Leinster 'C' football championship final.
Here are all the results we have so...
Laois senior football manager John Sugrue has named his team to play Wexford.
And there are a number of changes. Robbie Pigott has been replaced by Ruaidhri C-Fennell who goes in at corner back for his championship debut with Stephen...
Classic cars and vintage tractors converged upon the Rock Inn over the weekend for the 17th Rock Inn Vintage Run and Rally.
The two day event began on Saturday with the eagerly anticipated Vintage Tractor and Car Run.
Around 30 tractors...
The man responsible for bringing the All-Ireland Porridge Championships is hoping it will bring an economic boost to the village and beyond.
Paddy O’Connell of Paddy O’s fame is the man behind the venture. Having represented Ireland in the World...
Portlaoise RFC U-17s won the Leinster Premier League in Naas on Monday.
The result was a draw at full time but because both teams had two tries scored the first try rule came into play.
That accolade fell to Portlaoise who...
