Our photographic look back this week focuses on the launch of the Laois Howya Festival and the inaugural Scarecrow Festival and perhaps as an indication of its potential success, some RTÉ stars were on hand for the event.
And as...
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Any day a Laois team win a Leinster title is a good day and so it was this afternoon in Dr Cullen Park in Carlow as the Laois ladies footballers...
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The Laois Ladies have been crowned Intermediate Leinster champions this afternoon following a hard-fought victory over Wicklow in Netwatch Cullen Park this afternoon.
Kevin Doogue's side are looking to claim their...
The grounds of Stradbally Hall provide a stunning setting in the best of times but add in this glorious weather and the old estate rarely looks better.
It was a hive of activity this afternoon for an occasion that incorporated the...
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Laois 2-13 Wicklow 0-13
TG4 Leinster IFC Final
The Laois ladies have won the intermediate Leinster championship.
Laois couldn't have started the match better - with Emma Lawlor capitalising on Erone Fitzpatrick's pass...
The Feile adventure for Laois teams has come to an end this afternoon.
After The Heath, Portlaoise and St Conleth's were all eliminated yesterday, it was down to the lads from Graiguecullen to fly the flag for Laois in the...
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King crowned as Cathaoirleach
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Old Fort Festival
Check out all the photos as the Old Fort festival is deemed a "100 percent success"
New gym for Laois
REVEALED: Ben Dunne Gyms announce opening...
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The big day has arrived for Kevin Doogue and his troops.
The Laois Ladies will look to make an immediate return to the Leinster championship senior ranks when they face Wicklow...
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An ideal family home, located off the block road just a short distance to schools, hospital and the town centre. This beautiful three storey house is full of style, space and...
House prices in Laois are on the rise again.
In the first six months of 2018, they were 5% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 12% seen a year ago.
The average house price is now €172,000,...
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Laois Ladies are taking on Wicklow in the Leinster intermediate final in Netwatch Cullen Park this Sunday, July 1.
Kevin Doogue's side are hoping to build on their wins over Offaly...
From welders to legal secretaries, fitness instructors to nursing home staff, there's a variety of job vacancies being advertised in Laois at the moment.
LSM Engineering - MIG Welder
LSM Engineering, a leading engineering company in the Laois area, is currently...
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The Laois senior footballers lost the Leinster final against Dublin seven days ago.
The O'Moore men earned a lot of praise for how they approached the game and they really put...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Catherine Kearney (née Dowling)
Mountmellick, Laois / Portlaoise, Laois
Catherine Kearney (nee Dowling), Mountmellick and Portlaoise died 29th of June 2018. Suddenly, after a short illness. Sadly missed by...
Today was not one of the busier Saturday's on the GAA front, but it was one where every result had significance.
On the inter-county stage, Laois claimed the Celtic Challenge Corn Jerome O'Leary cup with a five point win over...
Laois 4-12 Antrim 3-10
Celtic Challenge Corn Jerome O’Leary (Division 4) Final
Laois have been crowned Celtic Challenge Jerome O'Leary Cup champions this evening as Clough-Ballacolla's Kevin Mulhall fired them to glory.
The forward scored 4-2 of Laois's total as they edged out...
Our latest New to the Area segment is with Spanish woman and Portlaoise restaurant owner Itxi Saila Ferrer.
Itxi, who is from the Basque Country, visited Ireland in 2013 and a chance encounter at the Electric Picnic with footballer turned...
Four Laois football and ladies football teams headed North on Friday for the All-Ireland football Feile finals.
And as we head for the semi finals and finals tomorrow, just one of them are still standing.
Graiguecullen progressed to the last four...
We're back again this week with our selection of funniest, and also most poignant, Tweets from the men and women of Laois.
Sit back and enjoy.
Wonder does Barry Cassidy’s wife know he’s riding Laois....
— Billy O'Loughlin (@billyoloughlin) June 24, 2018
One of...
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...
We are famous for a lot of things here in Laois - and now we have another thing to be proud of.
A Laois butchers has won Butchery International’s best barbecue steak burger in Ireland.
Williams' Butchers in Abbeyleix is giving...
The Heath 5-5 Portarlington 2-6
2000 Laois U-12 Division 2 Football League Final
This week's remember the game has a whiff of nostalgia off it, as The Heath managed to secure their first underage title in more than six years by...
Gardai have launched an investigation following an assault in a Laois town.
Midlands 103 report that a man has been hospitalised following the incident.
Gardai are investigating after an assault in Mountmellick.
The victim in his 30s sustained injuries is said to...
A GoFundMe page set up by the victims of an alleged 'homophobic attack' to cover the costs of medical expenses related to the injuries sustained has far outstripped its goal.
Collie Aquino Teixeira McQuillan and Gui A McQuillan suffered facial...
Scorching temperatures greeted the first day of Feile Peil ne nOg in the various venues in Meath, Down and Louth - with all of the Laois clubs performing well in their opening two games.
Portlaoise are in Division 2 of...
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There are people who have achieved a lot in their sporting careers - and then there are the McEvoy sisters.
Emma, Jenny and Alison McEvoy have won a staggering 17 football...
Pope Francis recently remarked that “The Internet is a gift of God, but it is also a great responsibility.” Francis says that ”Communication technology, its places, its instruments have brought with it a lengthening of horizons, a widening, for...
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Laois Ladies are taking on Wicklow in the Leinster intermediate final in Netwatch Cullen Park this Sunday, July 1.
Kevin Doogue's side are hoping to build on their wins over Offaly...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Carmel Dunne (née Walsh) ...
The big game down for decision on Friday night was the relegation game in Division 1 of the Laois hurling league but there was also a number of other games in the mix around the county.
As well as that...
