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Dublin 4-16 Laois 1-10
Leinster Under 21 Hurling Championship Round 1
Laois were knocked out of the opening round in the U-21 hurling championship today in O'Moore Park.
Dublin proved to be the...
The start of the summer season is now offically upon us as the temperatures break into the mid-20s.
Laois Twitter was full of summer reminscing, dreaded college exams and dealings with old teachers.
It's our Top Tweets of the Week.
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The people of Ireland and Laois have voted to Repeal the Eight Amendment.
The official result for Laois is now in and the people have voted Yes by 61.4% to 38.6%.
The turnout was 62% which is in line with the...
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Championship season. You can't beat it.
We're in the middile of the busiest month of inter-county GAA action and two Laois teams are taking to the field in big games today.
At...
The people of Laois have overwhelmingly voted Yes to Repeal of the Eight Amendment.
With all of the boxes open and all of the tallies now complete, it is now clear that Laois has voted Yes.
Labour's Eoin Barry has been...
National Slow Down Day was held over a 24 hour period between 7am on Friday and 7am Saturday - with three drivers in Laois caught over the limit.
In total, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked 132,188 vehicles, detecting 211...
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Laois football supporters have made the trip to Tullamore for big championship matches many times over the years.
It's a venue that holds mixed memories for generations of Laois people and...
Laois 1-12 Dublin 0-18
2008 Leinster U-21 Hurling Championship
The Laois U-21 hurlers headed into this game against a Dublin when hurling in the O'Moore county was on the floor, having taken a big beaten from Offaly the senior championship just...
The Most Rev. Michael Curry, born in Chicago, was selected by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, to present the sermon at their Saturday wedding at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Curry, the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal...
Repeal, Repeal, Repeal! Yes, Yes, Yes!
The country has spoken, loudly and clearly. And crucially the country has voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment.
After weeks of vigorous debate, some of it heated and often hostile, the result...
The inaugural Network Ireland Laois Business Woman of the Year Awards take place at a gala event in Durrow Castle on Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm.
The four finalists are; Heidi Higgins of Heidi Higgins Boutique, Thomasina Connell of Thomasina Connell &...
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Laois will head to O'Connor Park this evening in search of a place in the Leinster football semi-final, which would be the first time to do so since 2008, where...
The weather is to be superb this weekend, which means it will be a great time to get out and see as much sport as possible. There will be some exciting game to look forward to as there is...
A Laois market town is one of those featured in a new architectural project focusing on the problems and future prospects of Ireland’s rural market towns.
Mountmellick is one of ten Irish market towns to be studied for the project.
It...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Helen Ryan (née McGrath)
Clonin, Mountrath, Laois
Helen Ryan (neé McGrath), Clonin, Mountrath, Co. Laois, and late of Oxford, died 24th May 2018, after an illness bravely borne at...
Laois-based company - Cyc-Lok in Graiguecullen - has won the “Innovation Award” at the 2018 National Enterprise Awards in a competition organised by the Local Enterprise Offices at the Mansion House, Dublin this week.
Backed by Local Enterprise Office Laois,...
A very popular music group for babies, toddlers and parents called BabyJam begins in Portlaoise this week with mid-week classes.
Baby Jam is an early introduction to music for babies and Toddlers. It involves using music to kick-start learning such...
The people of Ireland have voted to repeal the Eight Amendment by a landslide majority, an exit poll has predicted.
According to an exit poll conducted for The Irish Times by Ipsos/MRBI, an overwhelming majority of people have voted Yes...
Two Laois county teams get their championships underway in the next few days and they have both named their starting teams tonight.
The first of them in action is the Laois U-21 hurlers who face Dublin in O'Moore Park on...
Kilkenny 1-26 Laois 1-12
Leinster MHC Round 3
The Laois minor hurlers went down to their third defeat of this year's Leinster MHC - but only after a brave effort against a fine Kilkenny side.
Laois had lost their two earlier group games...
After two earlier losses in the group stages of the Leinster championship, the Laois minor hurlers are up against Kilkenny this evening in Round 3.
As one of the teams in Tier 1 of the competition, Laois are assured of...
Two Laois men are among the massive band of travelling Liverpool supporters making their way to Ukraine for Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid.
Ballinakill men James 'Sal' Kelly and his brother Padraig, along with Carlow man Daniel Wall,...
It was an emotional day in Gaelsoil Phortlaoise recently when the retirement of Siobhán Uí Chuinn was marked, a much-loved member of staff since the school opened.
Ms Uí Chuinn worked in Gaelscoil Phortlaoise from its foundation in September 1998.
The...
Ah summer in America, something many of us can relate to. A summer never to forget, and many experiences we wish to forget. With the summer season approaching and many Laois students prepare to jet off across the broad...
It was all sun and fun at Majella's Montessori in Mountmellick as four local firemen called out to the children today Friday May 25.
Jason Maher, John Smith, Brian Comerford and Mick Bishop brought their fire truck and jeep out...
The early 2000s was a really exciting time to be a Laois fan - a time we all yearn for again.
Laois won the Leinster senior football championship in 2003 and were back in the final the following year where...
A road on the Laois/Kilkenny border has been closed this morning following a crash.
A crash happened between 10am and 11am on the M8 northbound between Junction 4 Urlingford and Junction 3 Rathdowney in the right lane.
The road has remained...
The curtain comes down on another season of junior football in the midlands on Saturday when the final of the blue ribbon event the Combined Counties Cup takes place in Leah Victoria Park Tullamore at 5pm.
This season’s final is...
While the sunny weather might tempt some people to speed up in a rush home this weekend but people are being warned to slow down by Gardaí for National Slow Day.
The Gardaí will be out in force from today...
The 'Progress for Pieta' initiative run by Junction 14 Mayfield, which worked with Transition Year students, has raised €8,898.56 for Pieta House.
Each of the participanting eight schools received €100 seed capital to use and ‘progress’ this initial investment through organised...
