Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Betty Deffew (née Dunne)
Emmet Tce, Mountmellick, Laois
Mountmellick and formerly Cushina Portarlington died Feb 9th peacefully. Deeply regretted by her husband Andy, daughter Edith, son Ken and grandson...
Portlaoise 9 Skerries 17
Leinster Towns Cup Second Round
Portlaoise's Towns Cup campaign came to an end today as they were on the wrong side of a 17-9 score line against last years finalists Skerries.
Despite dominating the Dublin side for much...
The local GAA pre-season officially got underway this weekend with a host of football matches taking place across the county.
Five were played in total in the Kelly Cup and they produced four winners and one draw.
Here, we will provide...
Sports journalist and Portlaoise man Brendan O'Brien has seen it all.
He's covered two Uefa European Championships, two Rugby World Cups, five Heineken Cup finals, a few dozen All-Ireland finals, eight Cheltenham Festivals and a priests’ football tournament to boot.
Brendan's father...
Laois 2-5 Waterford 4-10
Ladies National Football League Division 2 Round 3
The Laois Ladies difficult start to the 2018 season continued today as they went down at home to Waterford.
Kevin Doogue's side reached the semi final of this competition last...
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Housing
Over 400 names have dropped off the Laois County Council housing list
€3.1 million announced for Mountmellick
Funding of €3.1 million was announced for Mountmellick flood defences
Local millionaire
A Laois man has sold his cyber security firm to Miami Dolphins owner...
It rained, sleeted and snowed this weekend and that took its toll on the local soccer scene with a number of games cancelled.
10 CCFL games were due to feature Laois teams on Sunday but only one of these went...
There were distressing scenes in Donnybrook as Ireland rugby star Alison Miller was stretchered off after just a couple of minutes.
The Laois woman was lining out for her country in their Six Nations match against Italy.
Miller was playing her...
It was an exciting night for the people of Camross as they celebrated the extrodinary year 2017 brought them.
Camross GAA had a lot to celebrate as they held their Dinner Dance on Saturday night.
Close to 300 people gathered in...
O’Dempsey’s didn't have far to go tonight as they celebrated their Division 1 'A' success in The Heritage Killenard.
The style was second to none, with some of the men even being kitted out in blue and gold O'Dempsey's ties...
Both Laois sides are competing in the Towns Cup second round this weekend, and with Portlaoise struggling with relegation and Portarlington certain to go down then the cup could hold a chance for their season to be turned around.
Portlaoise...
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Rehab Enterprises, Ireland’s biggest employer of people with disabilities, have contracts with a range of businesses and have received wide praise for the quality of their work.
Rehab Enterprises in Portlaoise...
A young Portarlington dad has raised thousands of euro by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for cancer support.
Ciarán Kiely, 32 from Gracefield, had climbed “almost every mountain in Ireland” to train for his epic attempt at what is the highest freestanding...
Age Action and open eir are encouraging people across County Laois to enter the 2018 open eir Silver Surfer Awards.
Now in its ninth year, the awards recognise and reward the achievements of older people using technology and the Internet...
The Laois footballers continued their unbeaten run on Saturday night with a four-point win over Waterford.
As ever, there was plenty to talk about afterwards.
100 not out for O’Loughlin
Saturday’s game was a significant one for John O’Loughlin who made his...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Gary (Paddy) Keggan
Corbally, Rosenallis,Laois
Died suddenly but peacefully at The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaois. Beloved husband of Helena (née Carroll) and father of Gary, Andrew and Claire. Sadly...
Trumera celebrated winning the Intermediate hurling title for the second time in two year's with style at the Killeshin hotel tonight.
The red and white army managed to overcome Rathdowney-Errill in the final, battling back from being three points down...
Laois 0-18 Waterford 1-11
Allianz Football League Division 4
Brought to you in association with Joe Mallon Motors Portlaoise
It was their tightest match to date but the Laois senior footballers have recorded a third straight win in their Allianz Football League...
Brought to you in association with Joe Mallon Motors Portlaoise
It's Round 3 of the National Football League and Laois are looking to make it three wins in a row.
Tonight in O'Moore Park, they face Waterford who themselves are looking for...
Another snow and ice Status Yellow Weather Warning has been issued by Met Éireann for the whole of Ireland today.
The Status Yellow warning is in place for later tonight and on Sunday, wintry showers will give accumulations of up...
The Top Tweets and Facebook comments that caught our eye this week were about Laois people doing well, Nutella art and the Eighth Amendment.
If you think you have a possible contender for Tweet of the Week send it on...
Our Laois Abroad series has allowed us reach out to Laois people all over the world and this week we caught up with Dan Culleton, who is originally from Killenard but now living in Australia.
A proud O'Dempsey's GAA man,...
Brought to you in association with Telfords
Laois will continue to push for promotion to Division 3 of the National Football League tonight when they take on Waterford in the third round.
It has been so far so good for John Sugrue's...
The sun shone brightly of Friday as Knockbeg College turned orange for mental health awareness.
They were just one of a number of secondary schools who took part in a campaign organised by Cycle Against Suicide.
Their #SchoolsGoOrange campaign began in...
The recently-launched Laois Tourism Strategy Plan has suggested that the renowned Portlaoise Jazz Festival be revived, alongside other major events and marketed as a 'Jazz Picnic'.
Under the Event Innovation part of the Strategic Review, the report calls for an...
ASH Wednesday February 14th St. Valentine's Day, marks the beginning of Lent. Nothing says love like ashes!!!!!!!!! Traditionally, Lent brings with it a time of cutting back, which includes fasting and alms-giving.
Lent in the Northern Hemisphere coincides with the...
Mike Gibson is carving out his career by using the internet to showcase his art.
The Portlaoise man went viral after posting his artworks made of Nutella and now the artist has moved on to another spread... Ketchup.
Mike posted this...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Pauline Brophy (née Drennan)
Skerry,Rosenallis,Laois
Pauline Brophy (née Drennan) Skerry, Rosenallis, Co. Laois and formerly of Portlaoise. Died February 6th at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. Deeply regretted by her...
Portlaoise Rugby Club are holding a teenage disco to raise funds.
And the club have booked one of the most popular bands in the midlands to entertain the crowd - Transmitter.
The 'Ruck Ball' will take place in Togher on Friday...
Portlaoise AFC 3 Beggsboro 2
Leinster Senior League Division 1B
Two goals from Jason Murphy and one from Colm Coss helped Portlaoise to a much-needed win over visitors Beggsboro in the Leinster Senior League in Rossleighan Park on Friday night.
Murphy's first-half...
