Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John O'Shea
Swan Road, Durrow, Laois / Annascaul, Kerry
John retired An Garda Siochana, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. He will be sadly missed by...
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Laois hurling fans would have gone to O'Moore Park last weekend expecting to see a Laois side keep their Joe McDonagh Cup hopes alive, but instead they came away feeling low,...
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Ahead of Sunday’s Leinster SFC semi-final between Laois and Carlow we’re bringing you all the news in the buildup to the big game in Croke Park.
99-year-old superfan Jack drops by on Laois...
Tax relief on trade union subscriptions should be re-introduced, the monthly meeting of Laois County Council heard.
Cllr Noel Tuohy had a motion before the meeting calling for the reintroduction of the tax relief.
“There is a very long and proud...
You don’t just wake up one morning, light streaming in from the window, birds fluttering about, and jump from your bed with exuberance declaring “I have a faith!”
No, it’s more like a slow crawl from your bed as you...
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For the third time this year, the senior footballers from Laois and Carlow will go head to head.
Meetings between the neighbours have increased in recent years but this is undoubtedly the biggest...
Hundreds of people turned out on this scorching hot day for the official opening of Holy Family NS at the Aughnaharna campus today.
Holy Family NS was opened by the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Most Reverend Denis Nulty. He...
The battle within Fianna Fail to take the Laois County Council seat left vacant since the sad passing of Jerry Lodge is to be decided by party headquarters.
With eight candidates now in the mix, the decision was taken at...
Parents and local well-wishers alike called out to Arles NS as they celebrated their Open Day on Tuesday, May 29.
The five-teacher school was originally built in 1961. Due to increasingly numbers of people moving to the area, the school previously...
It's been so sunny for so long now that when it inevitably goes back to normal, I'm not sure how we will cope!
But for around the last two weeks, everyday has been filled with glorious sunshine and scorching temperatures.
And...
The sun was splitting the rocks as Portlaoise’s largest primary school campus was officially opened today.
Holy Family NS was opened by the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Most Reverend Denis Nulty. He was joined by Minister of Justice Charlie...
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For the third time this year, the senior footballers from Laois and Carlow will go head to head.
Meetings between the neighbours have increased in recent years but this is undoubtedly the biggest...
Four people arrested by Gardaí investigating the armed robbery of a filling station at Tinryland, Co. Carlow in the early hours of Wednesday morning of this week are due to appear before a sitting of Carlow District Court today charged...
Abbeyleix man Reg White is opening a new pizzeria, 'Pi Pizza', on George's Street, Dublin, this Monday June 18.
Owning his own business has always been a huge aspiration of Reg's, even as a child.
"I guess I always wanted to be...
FRIDAY JUNE 8
Barrowhouse V Park Ratheniska in Barrowhouse at 7.30pm
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 2 Round 9
The ACFL Division 2 is wide open with three or four teams pushing for promotion. Two of those are Barrowhouse and Park Ratheniska....
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Ahead of Sunday’s Leinster SFC semi-final between Laois and Carlow we’re bringing you all the news in the buildup to the big game in Croke Park.
10 Laois lads selected for half time...
A request has been sent to the Department of Justice to pay for CCTV cameras to monitor 'boy racers' destroying roundabouts near Emo.
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) turned down the request to erect cameras on roundabouts along the Emo exit...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paul O'CONNELL
Lucan, Dublin / Mountmellick, Laois
Paul (Lucan, Co. Dublin and formerly of Mountmellick, Co. Laois) June 6th, 2018 (peacefully) at his home. Beloved husband of the late...
It was an extremely busy night of GAA action in Laois.
We had action in the ACFL Division 1A and 1B plus some juvenile games.
Check out all the results below:
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 4 Round 6
Clough-Ballacolla 0-7 Camross 3-21
Laois...
Neighbours and rivals clashed in tonight's ACFL Division 1A games.
With just a couple of games to go in the league, things at the top and the bottom are getting very tight.
Graiguecullen and Stradbally went head to head in Fr...
ACFL Division 1B held some surprising results tonight as Rosenallis overcame favourites Emo and Mountmellick's attacking display saw them defeat Arles-Killeen by a staggering 15 points.
Rosenallis 3-6 Emo 1-10
First-half goals did the job for Rosenallis as they defeated third...
Laois senior hurling manager Eamonn Kelly has named his starting team ahead of Saturday's final round of the Joe McDonagh Cup.
It is a game Laois simply cannot lose as defeat will see them relegated to the Christy Ring Cup...
T&S United soccer club held their annual awards night recently.
The club, which was formed 11 years ago, enjoyed a very successful 2017/2018 season.
With over 150 members, the club fielded teams from U-9 to U-13 this year.
It also had an...
Graiguecullen's Conor Ryan has gone viral for all the right reasons after his version of Raglan road has amassed thousands of likes and shares on Facebook.
Conor's singing and guitar skills at Brennan's pub in Graiguecullen was picked up from...
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We're less than four days away from the Leinster semi final and excitement is building.
Laois are back in the last four of the competition for the first time since 2009 and this...
This year five Laois teams - three in hurling and two in camogie - will be heading to Connacht for this year's Feile na nGael.
Castletown-Slieve Bloom, Ballinakill and Na Fianna hurlers, The Harps camogie and O'Moores camogie are all...
Family Carers Ireland has launched its 'Shine a Light' campaign ahead of the first ever National Awareness Day for Family Carers.
Laois has 3,581 Family Carers and their The National Awareness Day will take place on the longest day of the...
Anyone travelling around Portlaoise and the surrounding areas this weekend will face a number of road closures as the Laois Heartlands Rally takes place on Sunday, June 10.
Roads will be temporarily closed around Raheen and Deerpark on Sunday between 9am...
It is believed extra funding will be provided for the new library in Portlaoise, the monthly meeting of Laois County Council heard.
Cllr Willie Aird had a motion before the meeting seeking information on the constructions cost of the building.
Director...
The 28th annual Laois Hospice Sunflower Day takes place this weekend on Friday, June 8.
Laois Hospice Foundation are looking for people with an hour to spare on the day.
Volunteers would be collecting at various locations around Portlaoise.
All money raised...
