The full Laois County Board for 2018 has been confirmed and a former All-Star footballer will be on it.
The big job on the night went the way of Portlaoise club man Peter O'Neill who defeated Kieran Leavy by 86...
Laois GAA will be more visible than ever on the roads following a deal with Downey's AutoStop that will see them drive in style in 2018.
This evening in their Ford showrooms on the Dublin Road, Downey's presented Laois GAA...
We're live this evening at The Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise for the 2017 edition of the Laois GAA Convention.
This is LaoisToday's first Convention and we excited to see what will happen as a number of positions are up...
One of the leading campaigners in Monaghan - where a similar campaign to the Portlaoise Hospital Action committee ran to save local services - has warned of “needless deaths” if the downgrade in Portlaoise is allowed to happen.
Secretary of...
Laois comedian Bernard O'Shea has been revealed as the second star to take part in the next season of Dancing with the Stars.
The comedian and broadcaster, who admitted that he has a "genuine fear of dancing", will be shimmying...
Gardái have warned local businesses to be on alert over invoice fraud, which cost businesses €700,000 nationally in the last month.
“At this busy seasonal time, An Garda Síochána wishes to advise of the continuing existence of Invoice Redirect Fraud...
The Irish Grain Growers Group are returning to the Guinness storehouse today as they continue our campaign to highlight the challenges facing traditional malting barley growers and indeed the tillage sector as a whole.
The group - which has a...
The 2017 Downey’s Nissan/ Laois Athletics Cross Country season came to a close on Sunday with what is the main event of the season, the county senior championship race.
The day also incorporates a juvenile cross country relay program, with...
How can we be lovers if we can't be friends?
How can we start over when the fighting never ends?
Baby, how can we make love if we can't make amends?
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be...
A total of 126 inspections have been carried out on Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) accommodation in Laois.
There are currently 288 tenants of the HAP scheme in Laois, the monthly meeting of Laois County Council heard.
Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley had...
Sitting TD Brian Stanley was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate in the next general election at their election convention on Friday night in Portlaoise Parish Centre.
Having unsucessfully contested the General Elections in 2002 and 2007, he won a...
Gardaí have issued a warning to all schools and businesses regard the holding of sums of cash on their property coming into the Christmas Period.
Crime Prevention Officer for Laois and Offaly, Sergt Graham Kavanagh has advised that any schools...
The Laois County Board secretary believes that Gaels teams provide no long term stability for clubs.
Niall Handy, writing in his report to Laois GAA’s annual Convention, which takes place tonight, says that such teams are not viable in the...
The Laois minor hurlers will compete in Tier 1 of the new Leinster minor hurling championship in 2018.
The championship, which will revert to U-17 next year, will see 11 teams taking part.
There will be four teams in Tier 1:...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Ann Burbage (neé Betson)
Bishopswood Rd, Portarlington, Laois / Daingean, Offaly
Late of Spa Street Portarlington and Main Street, Daingean. Peacefully at the Regional Hospital Tullamore. Loving wife of...
The Mountmellick Christmas Outdoor Market took place on Sunday and it proved a roaring success.
Just a few weeks ago, large parts of Mountmellick were left devastated by flooding after three rivers burst their banks.
And so it was brilliant to...
With the weather drying up considerably in the last week, there were a high number of games involving Laois soccer teams played this weekend across three separate leagues.
CCFL
O'Moore FC's Paddy Cotter Cup adventure is over after they were eliminated...
Hopes of Portlaoise Panthers reaching the Hula Hoops Cup finals weekend in both the mens and womens were dashed today as both sides lost out. The men lost out at Cork side Ballincollig while the women were agonisingly defeated...
Portarlington continue their losing ways to New Ross as Portlaoise's success last weekend is short-lived as they go down heavily to high flying Tullow.
Leinster League Division 1B
Tullow 32
Portlaoise 5
Portlaoise were unable to keep up their winning momentum of last...
The Pantry Café on Main Street, Portlaoise is used to selling hot cakes, but on Thursday night last it was a new collection of oil paintings by Gemma Guihan which were selling like hot cakes.
There was a massive turnout...
I recently visited Ann O’Reilly to sympathize on the death of her beloved husband Brian. I had taught their three daughters, Niamh, Siobhan and Grainne and coached them basketball in the ‘Pres’, three exemplary students. Brian was very proud...
Thousands of people attended the 'Light for Lives' rally to save the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise last night.
The rally was organised by the Portlaoise Hospital Action committee following a leaked report of Dr Susan O'Reilly's plan for the Midlands...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Peter Bennett
Main Street, Mountrath, Laois
Peter Bennett, (Publican and formally of John Murphy & Sons Construction) The Fountain House, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died 2nd December 2017, peacefully at home,...
Where's Laois winning the Leinster football in 2003? #Irelandsgreatest
— James Mullaney (@mullaneyjames) November 30, 2017
I thought wine was the only thing that could defeat me but children in a sign language choir have finished me....is that not the most...
NEWS
Portlaoise Hospital
Thousands lined the streets of Portlaoise for the 'Light for Lives' rally to save Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise
The baby boom continues in Laois
The latest Census reveals that Laois continues to have birth rates above the national average
Crime
A Mountmellick...
All of the clubs in Laois are being called upon to supply at least one referee in 2018.
Laois County Board secretary Niall Handy has issued the cry in his report to Laois GAA’s annual Convention which takes place tomorrow...
Laois County Board secretary Niall Handy is calling for fines to be imposed upon clubs who pull out of league competitions in 2018.
He made the comments in his report to Laois GAA’s annual Convention which takes place next Monday night.
The...
A number of new faces are currently involved with the Laois senior footballers as they prepare for the 2018 season.
Manager John Sugrue was appointed to the role in September and has been working with a large group of players...
There's nothing like Division 5 of the Laois All County Football League to throw up some random and novel fixtures.
It's not a competition that features high on anyone's radar but it has seen plenty of fine players over the...
The Midlands Hospital Portlaoise has had its fair share of bad stories over the past few years, but a Laois woman's testimony about giving birth to her daughter Amy is one that proves how essential the hospital is.
Cliona O'Connell,...
