Arles-Kilcruise 3-10 Emo 1-4
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1B
Arles-Kilcruise have gone top of Division 1B following a hard-fought win at home over fellow contenders Emo this evening.
Two second-half goals were the crucial scores as Arles-Kilcruise held off a good...
The local community raised an amazing €2,855 in just one night for the Portlaoise Educate Together NS (PETNS) fundraiser last Saturday May 26.
PETNS held the annual fundraiser in the Office Bar & Venue, with music from Transmitter on the...
Eight kickboxers from Laois Martial Arts took part in the All-Ireland kickboxing championships on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April.
All winning competitors automatically secure a place on the Irish team and the chance to compete in the WAKO World...
Four Laois students have won top awards in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
This was the 64th year of the prestigious competition.
Three year old Rían Dooley, a pupil at Íosa Linn Pre-school, Ballybrittas, who won a Special Merit Award...
LaoisToday.ie understands that Laois players have had expenses from last year withheld and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) outlined their reason why the grants have not been paid last night.
The GPA have not signed up to the Sport Ireland’s new...
The Heath rounders teams welcomed Erne Eagles from Cavan and Greenhills to The Heath for a quadruple header on Sunday afternoon.
The game of the day was undoubtedly the third game which saw The Heath men take on Erne Eagles.
From...
Local man Richie Westman is opening a new pub, Chamber Lane, on O'Connell Square Mountmellick.
Chamber Lane is operating out of where Butch's Bar was located, and Richie is looking forward to bring his vision of the, "newest, traditional-feeling bar"...
Dust off the legwarmers, perm the hair and get the shell suits out - the 80s are returning to Grellan Delaney's, Portlaoise, this Saturday night.
The Heath Ladies GAA are hosting their 80s night fundraiser with Cecil Carter blaring out...
The people of Barrowhouse and Killeen will certainly be hoping for the warm weather to stay as their sixth annual Tractor Run gets underway on Sunday June 3.
This year’s chosen charity is the Irish Heart Foundation and there are...
Clough-Ballacolla's annual Golf Classic is back this weekend on Sunday June 3 and Monday June 4.
Mountrath Golf Club are hosting the two-day event on Sunday from 3.30pm to 6pm and Monday from 9am to 1pm.
Teams of four are €100...
Three men are in the running to take the County Council seat of the late Portlaoise Cllr Jerry Lodge, LaoisToday can reveal.
There was widespread shock and sadness at the start of April when the popular Fianna Fail politician passed...
The Clough-Ballacolla hurlers have been dealt a serious injury blow as Tom Delaney suffered a broken ankle during their ACHL Division 1 game against the Harps on Sunday night last.
The injury is likely to rule Delaney out for the...
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The Laois ladies football team begin life at the intermediate grade this Sunday when they take on Offaly in the opening round of the Leinster championship.
Laois were relegated from senior last...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Anne Austin (née Corcoran)
Hillview Drive, Portlaoise, Laois
Austin (nee Corcoran) Hillview Drive, Portlaoise and late of Ballyroan. Anne, predeceased by her husband Tom and son Stuart. Deeply regretted...
This Bank Holiday weekend looks set to become one of the biggest weekends of the year so far, and with weather like this, Laois people are making the most of getting out and about for the four days.
There are...
A relatively quiet Wednesday evening on the GAA front.
We had one big Leinster minor championship match and then a handful of games from the lower Divisions on the ACHL.
See all the results we have to hand below:
Leinster Minor Football...
Gardaí in Portlaoise are appealing to the public for assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old.
Ronan Quinn has been reported missing from Portarlington in Laois.
Ronan was reported missing to Gardaí on Monday the May 28.
He was last seen at approximately...
Laois 0-10 Carlow 0-10
Leinster Minor Football Championship Round 3
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Seán Michael Corcoran was Laois's saviour as his two late frees snatched a draw for the Laois minors in O'Moore Park tonight.
Donncha Phelan's men looked...
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Donncha Phelan's Laois minor footballers are one win away from reaching the Leinster semi finals.
Wins over Longford and Wexford mean that another one here tonight will see them qualify from the group with...
Two groups of Laois dancers came away from the Aldi Community Games National Finals with medals, including one gold, at the University of Limerick campus.
The two groups were representing Stradbally Community Games and County Laois, and their dance school was...
Seventeen members of Ballyfin Vintage Club are travelling 196km over four days to raise funds for the Laois Hospice Foundation.
They will be leaving from Ballyfin to Innishshannon, Co. Cork this Thursday May 31 and finishing on Sunday June 3.
This a...
Laois can't seem to get enough of Ireland's leading entrepreneur, blogger and fashionista, Pippa O'Connor.
The Kildare businesswoman is bringing her Fashion Factory weekend back to Portlaoise for the second time this year.
In February, the Fashion Factory event attracted almost...
A good club man will never let you down.
No matter how short of players you are or if you're struggling to get a team, there's always a few reliables you can call on.
Denis Lalor from The Heath certainly falls...
Last week, prior to the referendum and its result, I spilled my thoughts into this piece and begged people to read, to listen, and to think. It’s since been revised to be a post-result piece, as opposed to a...
Laois TD and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Sean Fleming says the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten needs to abolishrules preventing RTÉ from providing key services to customers on platforms such as Sky and Virgin Media.
Deputy Fleming said...
Three years ago to the day, with walls wet from a fresh coat of paint, signage not quite finalised and a continuous onslaught of deliveries resulting in mountains of cardboard boxes towering high, Ladonna McCartan and Mark Healy were...
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The Laois minor footballers will be looking to build on their positive opening round performances against Longford and Wexford when they face Carlow this evening.
At 7pm today, they will go...
There were double celebrations in Rathdowney last week as they claimed glory in the Kilkenny Soccer League.
Clover United's first team won the league while their second team collected the cup.
Clover United A were engaged in a ferocious battle with...
Hurling reminiscent of years gone by will be revived in Borris-Kilcotton this weekend as their annual Road Hurling Tournament gets underway.
The event is the only tournament of its kind held in Laois and will get underway from Killasmeestia church at...
Due to expansion, Hughes Farming, a progressive farming company growing a range of root crops, salads, vegetables and cereals on an expanding 600 acres in Southeast Ireland is seeking to fill the following role:
Head Machine Operator
The role, which is...
