Gardai have launched an appeal to find a missing Carlow teenager.
17-year-old Natasha McNeill was last seen in Carlow on March 22 2018 at 4.30pm.
Natasha is described as being 160cm, (5'2''), tall and a slim build.
She has tattoos on her...
The referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will take place on Friday, May 25.
Legislation allowing for the vote has passed through the Seanad yesterday evening by a majority of 40 to 10.
The vote officially kicks off an eight week campaign...
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Laois are set to take on Carlow this weekend in the Division 4 football final in Croke Park.
Most readers will know plenty about Laois's players so we have decided to put...
It's setting up to be an egg-cellent weekend for the Easter Bank Holiday with plenty of family fun days out, Easter Egg hunts and musical sessions to fill the four days.
FRIDAY MARCH 30
O'Moores table quiz
O'Moores Camogie Club are holding...
The Sacred Heart Messenger is one of Ireland’s oldest religious magazines and still one of the biggest selling monthlies.
And this year will see them celebrate 130 years of continuous publication.
This special anniversary illustrates the cherished relationship the magazine has...
Abbeyleix hospital will continue as a community hospital, it was confirmed this week.
The news was relayed at the monthly meeting of Laois County Council.
A letter from health minister Simon Harris’s office in reply to a request from councillors about...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Nancy Nicholls (née Dunne)
St Michael's Park, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully surrounded by her loving family at the Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Loving wife of the late Johnny and dear mother...
Here's all the latest results from the golf clubs around the county.
Abbeyleix Golf Club
Play and Dine Competition
24th/25th March 2018
1st - Frank Brennan 42 pts
2nd - Seamus Kavanagh 41 pts
Gross: Richard Maher 30 pts
4th - Mark Ring 31 pts
Rathdowney Golf...
A Laois family were among the winners at the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice Oscars ceremony in Dublin.
Portlaoise native Liam Ryan, 9, and his family starred in 'Honey I Shrunk Darth Vader'.
The film is about when ET arrived in Laois and there...
Music Generation Laois will host a very special event in the magnificent surrounds of the restored Malt House in Stradbally.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural concert, ‘Music at the Malt House’ 2018 will expand to include three days...
Laois GAA have released a statement after star forward Gary Walsh caused a storm on Twitter this afternoon.
Following the acquittal four men in the Belfast rape trial, the Ballylinan man took to Twitter and said the following:
"Where’s your ones name...
Davy Fitzgerald spoke about the potential of Laois hurling before his event, "An Evening with Davy Fitz" at the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise, on Monday March 26.
The Wexford manager and outspoken critic said, "I think Laois has potential and...
The son of a murdered Portlaoise Prison Officer has said that his family have been caused further pain by Máire Devine’s apology.
Speaking in the Seanad last night, Senator Devine said she was sorry for retweeting controversial comments about the Portlaoise...
Laois senior football manager John Sugrue has revealed that he may be without two key members of his team for Saturday afternoon's Division 4 final against Carlow.
The O'Moore County will travel to Croke Park for the 3pm throw-in and...
Do you think you have what it takes to run the fast-paced Streets of Kilkenny road run this Thursday, March 29 at 7pm?
Over 450 have already registered for event taking in the streets, bridges and walkways surrounding Kilkenny city centre.
Back to...
The Department of Education has shown “ingratitude” towards the parish in Portlaoise by not demolishing the old St Paul’s School on the Borris Road to pave the way for the new St Francis School.
At the recent meeting of the...
Portlaoise RFC 19 Gorey 10
Portlaoise U-17s secured their place in the final of the Leinster Premier League after they defeated a highly fancied Gorey team at home, in Togher at the weekend.
Gorey started the stronger and they hit the...
The tie worn by cathaoirleach Cllr Padraig Fleming recently was so impressive that he was asked if it was given to him by President Donald Trump during his recent visit to New York for St Patrick’s Day.
Cllr Fleming outlined...
Sherry FitzGerald Hyland Keating are not selling sand to the Arabs, but they are selling houses to people in the United Arab Emirates.
On April 19, they will be displaying properties at the Middle East GAA Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Neala Keating,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Edwards (née Keane)
Castlefleming, Errill, Laois
Mary Edwards (née Keane), Homefield Park, Sutton, Surrey, England and formerly Castlefleming, Errill, Co. Laois. November 13th 2017. Peacefully following a brief...
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The specific LES MILLS GRIT™ brand is now available at Zest Leisure Club in...
Following on from the success of last month's disco, Portlaoise Rugby Club are hosting another one to raise funds.
The second Ruck Ball will take place in Togher on Friday March 30 where a DJ will perform a full set.
This is...
Two 16 year olds from Laois are planning to do a massive skydive to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland on Saturday April 14.
Cian Bourke from Rathdowney and Adam Lambkin from Portarlington need to collect €1,000 to do the...
St Abban’s ladies team received their well-deserved civic reception in Laois County Council on Thursday March 22.
They won their National Premier Division title on a wet day in Tullamore last August – an absolutely massive achievement from the Laois club...
Yesterday we learned that planning permission had been lodged by Supermacs owner Pat McDonagh for the construction of a new service station - and now the owner expects 200 jobs to be created if the project is approved.
Speaking on...
The funeral details for Portarlington teenager Rachel Flanagan have been confirmed.
She will be laid to rest this Wednesday, March 28 in St Michael’s Church in Portarlington at 12pm.
The 19-year-old, a recipient of a double lung transplant in 2016, lost her...
New Ambassador of Lithuania in Ireland, Egidijus Meilūnas, will visit Portlaoise on Wednesday March 28.
The visit was originally planned for earlier on in the month but had to be rescheduled after Storm Emma.
Planned visits
Mr Meilūnas will now call into Portlaoise...
Laois Ladies manager Kevin Doogue is pleased with the progress his side are making, and says that everything comes down to getting things right for the all-important championship in June.
Laois lost to Armagh by six points on Sunday, but...
A man is understood to have undergone surgery for facial injuries in St James's Hospital this morning following a serious assault on Saturday in Portlaoise.
The assault happened at 15.10 on Saturday afternoon close to Laois County Council offices.
The injured...
This year the law was changed to allow alcohol sales on Good Friday, but this Laois pub is sticking to tradition and keeping closed on Friday March 30.
Moloney's Gaelic Bar on Patrick Street, Mountmellick, will not be opening this...
