The Woodenbridge Blueway Walk will take place on Sunday April 22 and the organisers have confirmed that an RTÉ's 'Ear to the Ground' presenter...
For the second year running, the Dublin senior footballers could be on their way back to O'Moore Park.
According to the Irish Independent, the Leinster Council...
A young man was beaten into a pulp by two men and then kicked while on the ground for no reason, the Laois Joint...
The Music Generation Laois Senior Harp Ensemble did their county proud last Wednesday when they played support to the virtuosic Scottish trad duo Chris...
There’s nothing quite like a day at the races and there’s no place like Stradbally Hall.
Put the two together and you have a unique...
Dublin side St Mary's RFC won the Ladies Leinster Division 1 rugby league title at the weekend and a Laois woman played a stellar...
Laois Kickboxers, Chloe Shortall and Caitlin Knight, returned to Ireland victorious after success at a tournament in The Netherlands recently.
The pair represented Mountmellick based...
Are you a career changer? Have you ever thought about working in your local quarry or concrete company? Do you work in construction and...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Bridie Conroy (née Dunne)
O'Moore Street, Mountmellick, Laois
Bridie Conroy (Nee Dunne) (Retired National...
Portlaoise AFC are on a great run of form of late - and they picked up their latest win thanks a 2-0 triumph over...
This is the story of a prizefighter from Co Laois who traveled to America as a boy and experienced the ultimate rise and fall.
This...
The Arts Office of Laois County Council will host a free writers workshop titled 'The story of your life' with writer Pauline Clooney at...
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The Electric Picnic will begin a DAY early this year.
The massively popular festival tweeted a short time...
Telfords Electric, the leading Electrical Retailer in the midlands, has an immediate vacancy for a Retail Sales Assistant with a passion for technology, customer...
Laois will have a keen interest in the Aintree Grand National this Saturday when Total Recall, a horse owned by the Monsignor John Byrne’s...
Emergency services are attending an incident in Portlaoise this morning.
Gardai and ambulance services have been called after a man collapsed in the town.
The incident...
Dublin's pain could be Portlaoise's gain - so say a group of auctioneers.
Speaking to Midlands 103, CEO of the IPAV, Pat Davitt, says that Midlands...
Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South, Fiona O’Loughlin has said that it is deeply frustrating for the 6,172 older people and their families who...
Despite a drop of almost 20 percent in drink driving offences in Laois, Chief Superintendent John Scanlon says there is still a way to...
There could be an exciting development in Mountrath GAA.
The club, which plays in the Senior A hurling championship with Laois, lodged a planning application.
They...
Abbeyleix U-16 girls came out on top in the West Leinster Hockey play off on Sunday April 8 at the Harriers club in Tullamore.
Eight...
More than 2,700 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year in Ireland, and approximately 41 of these cases are in Laois - the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Nancy Kehoe (née Dunphy)
Derrykearn, Abbeyleix, Laois
Nancy died peacefully at The Regional Hospital,...
The local GAA season is beginning to crank into full gear and after another weekend of weather-disrupted action, there was a number of games...
Planning permission has been lodged for a new housing development in Stradbally.
Metapod Capital Services Limited intend to apply for permission at The Green, Stradbally...
The top garda in the division has witnessed first-hand the abuse from youths causing difficulties in housing estates around the Mountmellick Road, including O’Moore...
The residents of Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington were thrilled when members of the victorious Laois senior football team made a surprise visit to...
Stunned shoppers looked on in awe last week as Gardai seized a firearm at Portlaoise's Lyster square during the afternoon.
According to the Laois Nationalist,...
Extra gardaí are to be on duty in Portarlington due to concerns over people who have moved there, Chief Superintendent John Scanlon said this...
Drivers in Portlaoise face an average of over three months to sit their driving test, latest figures show.
It has emerged that Portlaoise has one...
