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Offaly 1-21 Laois 1-16
Allianz National Hurling League Division 1B
Laois suffered defeat at the hands of Offaly in Tullamore this afternoon and are now facing a real battle to keep their Division 1B status.
Eamonn...
Due to the phenomenal reaction that has been received of the Debs photos from Our Moment in Time feature.
This week we decided to give you another little throwback to eight years ago to the St Fergal's debs in Rathdowney...
There was plenty of trade stirring at Hennessy's monthly machinery auction last Saturday in Portlaoise mart. The auction had over 650 lots of farm machinery and equipment, tractors, plant machinery and tools.
A 83% clearance was recorded with buyers and...
It is a very busy day on the GAA front and we will be around the country in force to bring you all the action as it happens.
We will have reporters in O'Connor Park Tullamore, Aughrim in Wicklow and...
One of the vintage looks that we love time and time again is the pencil skirt.
The first pencil skirt was first created by Christian Dior in the 1940s just after the Great Depression. As you can imagine women of...
The outdoor recreational potential of the Slieve Bloom mountains along with other land and water based assets in Laois should be harnessed as key tourism attractors for tourists, according to the Laois Tourism Strategic Plan 2018 - 2023.
The goal...
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Laois travel to Aughrim this weekend knowing that another win will make them another step closer to securing a spot in the Division 4 decider. Having beaten Limerick, Leitrim and Waterford...
It was a very busy Saturday night in the National Boxing Stadium as there was 16 National Elite title fights up for grabs, two of which involved Portlaoise Boxing Club.
Portlaoise man Michael Nevin was fighting in the 75kg Middleweight...
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Last weekend's win over Antrim has put the Laois hurlers in a good position coming into the final two rounds of the Division 1B. They are now level on points with Offaly...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Callan (née Nolan)
Monasterevin, Kildare / Portarlington, Laois
Late of Monasterevin, Co. Kildare & Sycamores, Portarlington, Co. Laois. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. Predeceased by...
There was cause for celebration for two Laois hurlers today as the third level colleges competition came to a close in Mallow.
Rosenallis's John Lennon was a sub on the star-studded UL team that beat DCU in the Fitzgibbon Cup...
It may have been the 12th year running, but the style was as glamourous as ever at Friday night's Charity Gala Ball which took place in the Heritage Hotel in Killenard.
The Portarlington and Killenard annual Gala Ball was another...
There were wins for Courtwood and O'Dempsey's in today's Kelly Cup action meaning the semi-final lineup is now known.
Stradbally, who got the better of Clonaslee Gaels, last night will play Courtwood, who got the better of neighbours Emo today,...
Palmer Cup Second Rd
Abbeyleix 1-17 Castletown Gaels 2-14
The second round of the Palmer Cup got underway this afternoon when Castletown Gaels took on Abbeyleix.
Abbeyleix narrowly defeated Borris-Kilcotton last weekend, while Castletown Gaels were on the losing side against Shanahoe...
The woman killed in a two-car collision on the N80 road in Ballickmoyler on Friday night has been named as Joanna Doyle, a 48-year-old mother of four, from the nearby townsland of Cloneybacon.
"An absolutely terribly tragedy, she was a...
On this week's My Farming Life, we chat with Bobby Miller who is a tillage farmer based just outside Stradbally. Bobby took over the farm from a young age and farms along with his father, Robert, on what is...
Our Top Tweets and Facebook comments are wide in range this week - with topics like tictacs, models, Brexit and locals getting famous on TV being discussed over the Twittersphere.
If you know a good Tweet you think could make...
After a week of of to-ing and fro-ing, announcements and meetings, the Portlaoise St Patrick's Day parade will go ahead after all.
The organizing committee announced on Wednesday that the parade wouldn't be going ahead after weeks of intense efforts...
Julian Nagi is a 20 year old Portlaoise man, originally from Poland.
He is involved heavily in the political scene in Laois as the current chairperson of Laois Young Fine Gael and was previously representative to the national executive of...
A person has been killed following a car crash near Ballickmoyler - on the N80 road between Stradbally and Carlow - late last night.
The two-car collision happened at about 10pm and Gardai and ambulance services attended the scene.
A 48-year-old...
We can choose our friends but not our family. Truth is most families can be akin to the "Simpsons rather than the Waltons". Family is a sacred place where hopefully we experience the bonds of affection, conversation and friendship.
We also...
Mountmellick Drama Festival is back for its 28th season and promises to thrill and excite again this year from Friday March 9 to Friday March 16.
Eight of Ireland's finest amateur drama groups will compete for points to qualify for...
Crettyard GAA have turned to former player Peter Brennan as their new manager for 2018.
Brennan, who has played all through the grades with the club and only retired a couple of years ago, was part of the Crettyard team...
With National Engineers Week now in full swing up until March 2, more than 5,000 children from across Leinster, including Laois, will participate in Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO primary school workshops.
Teaching children the principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary T O’Toole (née Dunne)
Santry, Dublin / Stradbally, Laois
O’Toole Mary T (née Dunne) (Santry, Dublin 9, late of Ballinteskin, Stradbally, Co. Laois and former nurse in St....
Stradbally 1-8 Clonaslee-St Manman's Gaels 1-5
Kelly Cup Group A Round 3
Stradbally are into the semi finals of the Kelly Cup after defeating Clonaslee-St Manman's in Bill Delaney Park this evening.
Barney Maher's men finished the game with 13 players after...
Portlaoise AFC 5 Sacred Heart Killinarden 1
Leinster Senior League Division 1A
Portlaoise AFC picked up their second win in six days following an impressive 5-1 win over Dublin side Killinarden in Rossleighan Park this evening.
Having advanced in the Lummey O'Reilly...
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Laois manager Eamonn Kelly has kept faith with the same starting 15 that beat Antrim last weekend for Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1B game away to Offaly.
Laois got their first win...
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The Laois team to take on Wicklow in Division 4 of the Allianz Football League has been named.
It shows just one change from the side that beat Waterford two weeks ago...
Parts of Laois could be hit with heavy snowfall of between 20 and 30 centimetres of snow next week, according a local meteorologist.
Cathal Nolan of Midland Weather Channel urged people to be prepared for severe weather as winds from...
