For many in Laois, this is the biggest day of the sporting year.
The stage is set in O'Moore Park for a feast of hurling with two excellent games ahead of us.
Up first, at 2pm, the Laois MHC final is...
There was wild scenes of celebration in O'Moore Park last night as Borris-Kilcotton claimed championship glory.
They took Dick Palmer Cup after a nail biting three point victory over Ballinakill.
They will now go on to represent Laois in the Leinster...
For the first time in 12 years Clough-Ballacolla and Rathdowney-Errill will go head to head in the Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling Championship decider today in O'Moore Park at 4pm.
Despite being two of the perennial favourites for the competition...
Borris-Kilcotton and Ballinakill went head to head in the Premier IHC final in O'Moore Park on Saturday evening and served up a hugely entertaining contest.
It hadn't been the most enthralling of championships to this stage but these two made...
Throughout this month of October, the universal Synod of the church continues in Rome.
This is a wonderful process, where discernment , reflection and pragmatic evaluations have taken place, regarding how best the Church, can embrace the Gospel message in...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John Doheny
Portlaoise Road, Mountrath, Laois
John passed away peacefully on the 5th October 2024, surrounded by his loving family, and in the care of staff at Tallaght Hospital Dublin.
Beloved husband of...
Borris-Kilcotton 2-16 Ballinakill 0-19
Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Final
Borris-Kilcotton have claimed the Dick Palmer Cup after a nail biting three point victory over Ballinakill in O'Moore Park this evening.
They will now go on to represent Laois in the Leinster...
Rosenallis-Clonaslee-St Manman's 4-4 Graiguecullen 2-7
Laois U-15 'B' Football Championship Final
Rosenallis-Clonaslee St Manman’s survived a late Graiguecullen rally to win the U-15 ‘B’ Football Championship Final.
After trailing for large parts of the game two quickfire goals left Graiguecullen only a...
Abbeyleix 0-12 Mountmellick 1-9
Laois IHC Final
The 2024 Laois Shopping Centre IHC Final will go to a replay after Abbeyleix and Mountmellick finished all square after 60 minutes in a blustery O'Moore Park this evening.
Abbeyelix led by five points at...
It is a huge weekend of hurling action and there are two county finals down for decision.
O'Moore Park is the venue as the Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC and IHC finals are down for decision.
The action begins at 5pm...
St Paul's 7-17 Portarlington 3-15
Laois U-15 'C' Hurling Championship Final
A first half barrage from St Paul's was enough to negate a late rally from Portarlington as the former claimed glory in the U-15 ‘C’ Hurling Championship Final.
Six goals between...
Camross 0-22 Ballinakill-Ballypickas 1-10
Laois U-15 'A' Hurling Championship Final
Camross pulled away in the final 10 minutes of this game to add some gloss to the scoreline but it was the first half performances from LJ Cuddy and Luke Hynes...
Rathdowney-Errill 0-17 Clough-Ballacolla 0-14
2012 Laois SHC Final
There was a time when these clubs rarely entered the conversation for Laois hurling honours.
From 1976 to 1991, only two clubs won the senior championship: Camross and Portlaoise. Clonaslee had their finest day...
The "scandalous" lack of a Domestic Violence Refuge for Laois has been described as "a potentially deadly situation" this week.
That is the view of Fianna Fáil Councillor Catherine Fitzgerald, who told Laois County Council that "the women of Laois...
We are 24 hours away from the 2024 Laois Shopping Centre Senior hurling championship final and excitement is building.
We took a trip to Clough and Ballacolla yesterday where the younger members of both areas were decked out in the...
Tonight's main event in O'Moore Park sees Borris-Kilcotton take on Ballinakill in the Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Final.
Ballinakill had the honour of raising the Dick Palmer Cup in November of 2021 when they defeated Clonaslee St Manman's by a...
The most unpredictable and exciting competition in Laois hurling this year comes to a close this evening as Mountmellick and Abbeyleix will go to battle for the Hetherington Cup.
It's been a wild ride in this year's Intermediate Hurling Championship...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Elizabeth Hallinan (née Johnson)
17 Dunamasc, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Laois
Pre deceased by her husband Patrick. Much loved mother of Mark, Paraic, Séamus and Richard.
Deeply regretted by her loving family, daughters in...
Strabally 1-8 Rosenallis 1-5
Laois JFC 'B' Final
A good year for the Stradbally Junior 'B' footballers came to the perfect conclusion in the LOETB Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise this evening as they held off the spirited challenge of Rosenallis...
Park-Ratheniska 1-8 Heath-Colt-Shanahoe 0-7
Laois MFC 'B' Final
A sensation second half from Park-Ratheniska has seen them come from behind to win the Midlands Park Hotel Laois MFC 'B' Final.
It was all going right for Heath-Colt-Shanahoe, who led by four points...
It may be county final weekend in hurling - but there's a rogue football fixture taking place this Friday evening.
Having waited nine weeks and seven weeks respectively between their final group game and semi-final, Rosenallis and Stradbally are back...
Of all the great moments that come from a team winning a county final, arguably one of the best is bringing the trophy to the local primary school.
And for the Crettyard footballers - who are on Cloud 9 all...
The Laois County Council monthly meeting returned this week and with it came another episode of screaming, shouting, finger-pointing and name-calling.
A lot of it was concerned with the proposed streaming of these actual meetings.
Mark Comerford was reporting on the...
The unthinkable happened to Borris-Kilcotton last year when they were relegated from the Laois Shopping Centre SHC.
After contesting finals in 2020 and 2021, losing both to Clough-Ballacolla, being relegated two years later was something that nobody saw coming.
But speaking...
Sunday will be a special day for everyone in Rathdowney and Errill as they will go for their seventh county title since their amalgamation in 2005.
While hundreds of players have represented the club over the last 19 years, only...
There were chaotic scenes in Laois County Council this week as Government parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were accused of 'not wanting transparency'.
The accusation came from Independent Councillor Aisling Moran who, not for the first time, was trying...
For the fourth time in five years, everyone in Clough and Ballacolla is getting ready for a county final.
After success in 2020, 2021 and 2022 - Clough-Ballacolla were defeated in the semi final by Camross last year.
However, they avenged...
Ballinakill and Borris-Kilcotton will contest the Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC final on Saturday evening in O'Moore Park.
For the last couple of games, Cha Dwyer has been named to start on the Ballinakill team but hasn't featured.
And speaking on...
Laois JFC 'B' Final - Rosenallis v Stradbally
In the Centre of Excellence at 7.15pm
The Laois Shopping Centre JFC 'B' final will be decided in the Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise this evening when the second-string teams of Rosenallis and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sean Corboy
Caher, Coolrain, Laois/Terryglass, Tipperary
Sean Corboy, Caher, Coolrain, Portlaoise, Co. Laois and formerly of Terryglass, Co. Tipperary. October 2nd. 2024 (peacefully) at his home.Predeceased by his sisters Bridget, Maureen and...
