With the weather picking up nicely now, the timing couldn't be any better for the first Golf Club Open week of the year in Laois - which gets underway in Portlaoise this week.
Six days of Open Golf will take...
Remember the rain from yesterday? Well it is gone now and things are really set to hot up.
After a cool night, forecasters are predicting a major upswing in our weather over the next seven days.
Indeed, it is predicted that...
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Laois senior football boss John Sugrue has been handed an injury boost ahead of Saturday's Leinster senior football quarter final tie against Westmeath.
Forward Evan O'Carroll, who missed the league final win...
It is hopted that the Mountmellick Family Resource Centre will be open as soon as funding is allocated, €160,000 of which is due to be available in early summer.
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan is keen to see the project...
Below are the recent golf results from a number of the local clubs.
If you would like to see results from your club featured here then email info@laoistoday.ie.
ABBEYLEIX GOLF CLUB
NCBRI Ladies & Men Singles
Thursday, May 17
1st - Joseph Anderson (16)...
Laois County Council is in negotiation with the State solicitor’s office over the ownership of a housing estate in Portlaoise, it has emerged.
The Portlaoise Municipal District Meeting heard this week that negotiations are ongoing in relation to Woodgrove Lawns...
Funding has been secured for the building of an additional carpark this year at Glenbarrow, Rosenallis.
The funding was announced at the latest Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal district meeting.
Senior engineer Paul McLoughlin said, "Consultation with Coillte is ongoing with a view to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen Walsh (née Ryan)
Church View, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois
Kathleen Walsh (nee Ryan), Church View, Borris in Ossory, Co. Laois. May 20th 2018, peacefully in the loving care of the...
Having reached the Laois SFC final last year for the first time in 30 years, the Ballylinan footballers have endured a much tougher start to the 2018 season - as they fell to a sixth Division 1 league defeat...
The Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise held an extremely successful Wedding Fair at the weekend.
Punters got a first hand chance to see the fully refurbished hotel; this includes the Cedar Bar and Restaurant, Lobby and new Kafe, Ballroom and drinks...
The Laois minor footballers will be hoping to maintain their 100 per cent start to the Leinster championship when they face Wexford on Wednesday evening.
Donncha Phelan's side travel to Innovate Wexford Park for a 7pm throw in.
And they have...
If you are a young adult in Laois still living at home with your parents, then the producers of RTE's This Crowded House want to hear from you.
TV production company, Indiepics is particularly keen to talk to people from...
Emo Celtic 5 Portlaoise B 0
CCFL U-19s Cup Final
Emo Celtic U-19s completed a remarkable season as the captured the CCFL Cup on Saturday in Abbeyleix.
This game pitted together two Laois teams who operated in separate divisions in the league.
Portlaoise...
Customers do be literally queuing outside the doors to get in early to snap up some of the great deals available in Telfords annual four-day sale in Portlaoise and Mountrath, which begins this Thursday, May 24, and continues until...
Gardai were called to O'Moore Park to remove an anti-abortion banner during the Cumann na mBunscol finals last week.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon during the final day of the three day bonanza of hurling and camogie action for...
We are in for a very busy week of GAA action.
No fewer than five of our county teams will be involved in championship matches over the next seven days.
Check out all the games below:
MONDAY MAY 21
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL...
MW Hire are holding a massive Open Day at their depot in Wexford this Friday, May 25, when they'll be unveiling their new pink digger, a venture that sees the well-known company give a portion of the proceeds to...
Laois County Council has repossessed 43 houses as a result of mortgage arrears between 2010 and September 2017.
16 of these repossessions were forced on foot of a Court order and the other 27 repossessions were by voluntarily surrender or...
A public meeting on mental health will be held in Portarlington at the end of the month, with renowned singer Senator Frances Black confirmed as the keynote speaker.
Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South and member of the Oireachtas committee...
With the Referendum on the 8th Amendment just a matter of days away, we look at the how the constituency and country voted on the three constitutional amendments on the Right to Life in 1992.
The Twelfth Amendment proposed that...
Courses in Beauty, Business, Digital Media, Social Care and Security are just some of what is available in the 3rd Level options in Portlaoise Institute.
Offering almost 20 courses in total and catering for around 350 students, Portlaoise Institute is a...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary (Mollie) McMahon (née Whyte)
St Michael's Park, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully in the loving care of the nurses and staff of Oakdale Nursing Home, Portarlington. Loving wife of the...
At this month's Laois County Executive IFA meeting, members of the Clare IFA attended the meeting to say thanks for the help Laois farmers gave during the fodder crisis.
Clare IFA Chairman Willie Hanrahan gave an address to the members...
National President of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA) Ann Martyn is encouraging others to attend the CSNA National Conference in the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in Killiney, on May 31 2018.
The CSNA are hosting the event in celebration of...
An extremely difficult few weeks for the Laois senior hurlers finally abated as they defeated Antrim on Saturday.
It was Eamonn Kelly's first win in the Joe McDonagh Cup as the manager after defeats to Westmeath and Kerry in the...
Laois 3-12 Meath 4-2
Leinster U-16 'B' Ladies Football Final
The good season for Laois ladies football underage teams continued in Ballymore-Eustace in Kildare today as the U-16 side got the better of Meath with an impressive display to claim the...
The local soccer seasons are beginning to wind down - with leagues being decided and various cup competitions coming to a close.
In Cup final action, there was disappointment for Portlaoise AFC in the final of the Leinster Senior League...
In May 2003 Ballyroan Foroige hosted its first ever fun day.
Photographer Alf Harvey was on hand to capture the momentous event.
Local councillor Mary Sweeney was on hand to praise the members and the leaders on their work throughout the...
NEWS
Lucky Laois winner lands €50k in Prize Bonds draw
One lucky winner from Laois has scooped €50,000 this week
Not for the faint-hearted
This well-known Laois man completed a gruelling Double Ironman challenge last weekend
Laois man set to attend the Royal Wedding
This...
Portlaoise AFC 1 Edenderry Town 2
Leinster Senior League Lummy O'Reilly Cup final
There was disappointment for Portlaoise AFC this morning in the Leinster Senior League Lummy O'Reilly Cup final as they went down to league champions Edenderry Town in St...
