The people of Ireland have voted to repeal the Eight Amendment by a landslide majority, an exit poll has predicted.
According to an exit poll...
Two Laois county teams get their championships underway in the next few days and they have both named their starting teams tonight.
The first of...
Kilkenny 1-26 Laois 1-12
Leinster MHC Round 3
The Laois minor hurlers went down to their third defeat of this year's Leinster MHC - but only after...
After two earlier losses in the group stages of the Leinster championship, the Laois minor hurlers are up against Kilkenny this evening in Round...
Two Laois men are among the massive band of travelling Liverpool supporters making their way to Ukraine for Saturday's Champions League final against Real...
It was an emotional day in Gaelsoil Phortlaoise recently when the retirement of Siobhán Uí Chuinn was marked, a much-loved member of staff since...
Ah summer in America, something many of us can relate to. A summer never to forget, and many experiences we wish to forget. With...
It was all sun and fun at Majella's Montessori in Mountmellick as four local firemen called out to the children today Friday May 25.
Jason...
The early 2000s was a really exciting time to be a Laois fan - a time we all yearn for again.
Laois won the Leinster...
A road on the Laois/Kilkenny border has been closed this morning following a crash.
A crash happened between 10am and 11am on the M8 northbound...
The curtain comes down on another season of junior football in the midlands on Saturday when the final of the blue ribbon event the...
While the sunny weather might tempt some people to speed up in a rush home this weekend but people are being warned to slow...
The 'Progress for Pieta' initiative run by Junction 14 Mayfield, which worked with Transition Year students, has raised €8,898.56 for Pieta House.
Each of the participanting...
The Jacks are back,
The Jacks are back,
Let the Railway End go barmy,
‘Cause Hill 16
Has Never Seen
The likes of Heffo’s Army.
(1970s Dublin football fans chant...
Doctor Adrian Kavanagh has been elected as the new president of the Geographical Society of Ireland.
The Colt native and son of the late Tony...
Here is this weekend's complete list of sports fixtures:
FRIDAY, MAY 25
GAA
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Round 3
Laois v Kilkenny in O’Moore Park at 7pm
Laois Shopping...
Eoin Kearns is a young man in terms of being part of an inter-county managerial set up.
Indeed, at 33, there are some members of...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Alice Kelly-Beere
Roskeen, Lombardstown, Cork / Portlaoise, Laois / Bunclody, Wexford
Roskeen, Lombardstown, Portlaoise...
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The Laois minor hurlers will conclude the group stage of the Leinster championship against Kilkenny this...
Downey’s Auto Stop, main agents for Ford, Kia and Nissan, in line with growth plans, are now looking to recruit an experienced Technician to join...
Ballyroan-Abbey 2-8 Arles-Kilcruise 1-11
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1B
A late point from Ciaran Lawlor earned Arles-Kilcruise a draw against Ballyroan-Abbey in the top of the...
There was a very busy evening of action tonight.
We had full rounds of fixtures in the ACFL Division 1A and 1B.
There were also some...
We had a full round of fixtures in the ACFL Division 1 tonight and here is how they went:
Stradbally 1-11 Portarlington 1-16
13-man Portarlington ended...
Laois senior football boss John Sugrue has named his team for the Leinster quarter final against Westmeath on Saturday.
For the first time since 2008,...
Sam Maguire made the big trip down from Dublin to O'Dempseys GAA recently.
The All-Ireland trophy was right at home with the 50 children and...
We've done it lads, we've off to the big smoke to try bring home a national title!
We're all on cloud nine this afternoon with...
St Lazarian's Abbeyleix GAA Club are all set to bring the hugely popular “€20,000 Drop” to the Manor Hotel in Abbeyleix on Saturday June...
The Festival of the Mountain has been saved after the communities rallied together to support the annual festival in Rosenallis when it became known...
The annual Deadman's Dash event has always caused a great stir in Ballyfin and the surrounding areas and it is back for it's sixth...
A young visually impaired Portlaoise student who has recently taken up wrestling, realised a dream when he competed in his first mainstream competition last...
