We are not into the second week of April and still soccer matches are falling victim to waterlogged pitches.
Across the three local league where...
Laois 4-12 Sligo 2-12
Lild Ladies National Football League Division 2
Laois Ladies collected just their second win of the 2018 season today but it was...
Kilkenny 2-10 Laois 3-5
Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League Division 2
Laois's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Camogie league were ended this evening...
Camross 3-17 Rathdowney-Errill 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1
Camross bounced back from last week's loss to Borris-Kilcotton thanks to an away win over Rathdowney-Errill...
Two Laois teams have booked their place at the All-Ireland Feile hurling championships this summer following two pulsating finals this afternoon.
The A final was...
Abbeyleix 2-16 Borris-Kilcotton 3-17
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1
Borris-Kilcotton inflicted a third straight league defeat upon Abbeyleix this afternoon following an extremely high scoring...
NEWS
Daniel O'Reilly
The news schedule this week was dominated by distressing events that happened on Easter Monday in Carlow.
We broke the story late on Monday...
There was a time there when the Castletown hurlers ruled the landscape of Laois hurling, their story of dominance during the late 90s and...
On this week's feature, we are going to have a look at agricultural land and in particular 10 acre fields. Large blocks of land...
Laois footballer Danny O'Reilly - who was assaulted in Carlow in the early hours of Easter Monday - has been released from St Luke's...
This week is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week. And for the week that’s in it, I said I would share a big part of having...
It has been an incredible journey for Zach Tuohy since the heart-wrenching scene when his father watched his young son board a plane on...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Nellie) Brophy
Ballyfin Road, Portlaoise, Laois
Died peacefully surrounded by her loving family...
Laois people might have heard enough about Twitter over the last week or two. But it's still a platform that delivers some wonderfully witty...
Portlaoise 4-14 Ballylinan 2-4
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1A
In a repeat of last year's county final, Portlaoise proved far too strong for Ballylinan in...
St Joseph's 0-11 Stradbally 0-9
ACFL Division 1A
St Joseph's reached the league final last year and they have made a blistering start to this campaign...
There was 350 competitors, an army of stewards and marshals totalling almost 100 and many more spectators at the Portlaoise Leisure Centre today for...
They're one of the top underage clubs in the county and St Paul's GAA celebrated in style at their Dinner Dance in the Midlands...
Following the tearing up of roundabouts around the M7 in Emo, some Councillors have called for the installation of CCTV cameras to deter the...
We are at our best when we feel at home and at ease. This is the great Gift of the Risen Lord, just as...
Two Portlaoise rugby teams are in Leinster final action this weekend with the club's ladies side and U-17 boys both hoping to bring silverware...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Robert (Bob) Nicholls
Ballycarnan, Portlaoise, Laois
Nicholls (Bob) Ballycarnan, Portlaoise. April 5th 2018. Peacefully...
It's getting to the crunch time of the season in the various soccer leagues around the region.
Here's all of this weekend's fixtures in the...
Stradbally man Garry Comerford started for Waterford FC this evening as their great start to the SSE Airtricity League season continued thanks to a...
The second of the Laois GAA €130 County Board draws took place this evening with 16 different clubs having a winner and taking a...
Olympian Shane Ryan - a man with strong Portarlington connections - set a new Irish record at the Irish Open swimming championship in the...
A Laois woman has won ‘Jewellery Designer of the Year 2018’ at the acclaimed ‘Fashion Innovation Awards’ held recently in Galway.
Helena Malone, a...
This year's Graiguecullen Solemn Novena will be attend by a well-known student activist, Katie Ascough, where she will speak about the 8th amendment. She is...
A tribute to Cllr Jerry Lodge by John Whelan
The Laois flag is at half-mast at County Hall. It’s for Jerry.
On Saturday he will make...
The IDA manager for the midlands region has admitted that Laois has been historically challenged in attracting investment into the county.
Ken Whitelaw has just...
