The sixth staging of the Deadman's Dash was another success.
135 participants took to the 5km course.
The Deadman’s Dash 5k will took place on Sunday with prizes for the first five senior men and women as well as the much...
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We're live from St Conleth's Park in Newbridge as the Laois U-20 footballers begin their Leinster campaign against Kildare.
Billy O'Loughlin's men face a stiff task against a team which are highly fancied to...
The death has taken place of Molly McMahon, who was well-known in the Portarlington community and beyond.
She was a founding member of Portarlington Social Services/Meals on Wheels, a service which has served the elderly people of the town so...
Back when John Sugrue was named Laois senior football boss at the end of 2017, the prospect of Laois reaching a Leinster final was extremely remote.
He inherited a team who had just been relegated to Division 4 of the...
Planned works at a roundabout in Portlaoise has been held up due to safety concerns in connection to it.
The roundabout at Rockview on the Mountrath Road in Portlaoise is due to be upgraded, in a project for which funding...
Two men, who brandished baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire, caused a serious disturbance last night in Portlaoise which left residence fearing for their safety.
The incident took place late yesterday evening, at approximately 10pm, where the two men hopped...
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After recent successes of the Laois minor and senior footballers, tonight sees the U-20s go into battle for the first time.
Billy O'Loughlin's men are in a difficult group - with Kildare, Wicklow and...
Portlaoise priest Fr Paddy Byrne has called on the Catholic Church in Ireland not to 'bury its head in the sand' following the decision to repeal the Eight Amendment.
The church came out against the Referendum and advocated a No...
Parts of Laois will experience temperatures higher than those in one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world.
The mercury is predicted to reach 26 degrees in parts over the next few days which is higher than Lanzarote.
Met...
A total of 40 residential properties exchanged hands in Laois in April - making it the quietest month of sales since January 2016.
The volume of sales represented a drop when compared with March, when 52 properties were sold.
A house...
It will be yet another busy week of GAA action ahead, especially with the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Check out all the games below:
Monday, May 28
Leinster U20 Football Championship Round 1
Laois v Kildare in Newbridge at 7pm
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL...
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Portlaoise's Kieran Lillis was Laois minor captain in 2009 and since he broke into the senior team, he has played in a number of different positions.
Lillis has popped up at...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joseph (Joe) Morrin
Aughafan, Castletown, Laois
Joseph (Joe) Morrin, Aughafan, Castletown, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. May 26, 2018, at University Hospital Cork. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Kitty, son...
Money is available for planned works to improve the appearance and security of the Borris-in-Ossory Courthouse.
This statement came after cllr Brendan Phelan asked for the Council to give an update on preservation works at the Courthouse.
"For years, Borris-in-Ossory was...
Banríon Gaels (BRG) gave an excellent display of camogie at the Camán to Leinster blitz in the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown last Saturday May 19.
The 23 players won two and drew one match from the three games played. They...
Clough-Ballacolla 0-16 The Harps 1-12
Clough-Ballacolla took a big step towards reaching the knockout stages of ACHL Division 1 thanks to a narrow win over neighbours The Harps in Ballacolla this evening.
In a hard-hitting game, that saw numerous flare-ups including...
NEWS
Laois votes Yes
The people of Laois overwhelmingly voted Yes to Repeal of the Eight Amendment on Saturday
Road crashes in Laois
The M7 in Laois was closed for hours following a crash in The Heath on Thursday while there was also...
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Laois will play Carlow in this year's Leinster SFC semi-final after they shocked Kildare in Bord na Mona O'Connor Park this afternoon.
Turlough O'Brien's men - who were promoted from Division...
Our Moment in Time looks back at a special occasion when Rathdowney Mothers' Union celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Photographer Alf Harvey was on hand to capture the moment in May, 2000.
The 50th anniversary of the branch founding was celebrated in...
Hundreds of homes throughout Laois have been left without electricity after last night’s thunder and lightning.
Homes in Ratheniska, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Rosenallis, Ballyfin, Mountmellick and Clonaslee are all without electricity this morning.
Back at 8.30pm tonight
While electricity has been restored to...
A sun holiday is great, if you into that sort of thing, but if you can't take the heat and are a sucker the majestic views and scenery, then a holiday in Ireland is perfect for you. Or perhaps...
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For the first time in nine years, Laois have reached the last four of the Leinster senior football championship.
It is an incredible statistic and you have to go back to 2007...
Chris Uys has been involved in community life in Abbeyleix since he moved to Laois 20 years ago.
Since then, he has married with his partner Marie, raised two children, Seán (17) and Sinead (13) and is heavily involved in...
For the third year in a row, the Dublin footballers will make a rare trip out of the city for a championship match.
They did it two years ago when they played Laois in Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park. Then last year,...
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Laois lined out as selected for the Leinster quarter final against Westmeath yesterday evening.
So too did their opponents and that meant that Emo's Finbarr Crowley, making his championship starting debut,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Br. Philbert (Patrick) Egan
De La Salle Brothers, Miguel House, Castletown, Laois / Clonaslee, Laois
Br. Philbert (Patrick) Egan, De La Salle Brothers, Miguel House, Castletown, Portlaoise and late...
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Bord na Mona O'Connor Park in Tullamore hasn't been the happiest of hunting grounds for the Laois footballers in recent years.
But the county's football supporters enjoyed a good win there...
Rosenallis 1 Birr Town 1 (Pens: Birr Town 4 Rosenallis 1)
Combined Counties Cup Final
Rosenallis lost out cruelly on penalties to high-flying Birr Town in the CCFL Counties Cup final in Leah Victoria on Saturday evening.
The sides were level after...
Laois 4-13 Westmeath 1-12
Leinster SFC Quarter-final
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The Laois senior footballers have a Leinster semi-final in Croke Park to look forward to for the first time since 2008 as they got the...
Works on Trumera Cross and Canon Delaney Bridge, Rushin Road, Mountrath, should be completed as part of the 2018 works programme.
Senior engineer Paul McLoughlin said that preparatory works have begun on both of the schemes, "with a view to...
