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Laois are set to take on Carlow this weekend in the Division 4 football final in...
It's setting up to be an egg-cellent weekend for the Easter Bank Holiday with plenty of family fun days out, Easter Egg hunts and...
The Sacred Heart Messenger is one of Ireland’s oldest religious magazines and still one of the biggest selling monthlies.
And this year will see them...
Abbeyleix hospital will continue as a community hospital, it was confirmed this week.
The news was relayed at the monthly meeting of Laois County Council.
A...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Nancy Nicholls (née Dunne)
St Michael's Park, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully surrounded by her loving...
Here's all the latest results from the golf clubs around the county.
Abbeyleix Golf Club
Play and Dine Competition
24th/25th March 2018
1st - Frank Brennan 42 pts
2nd...
A Laois family were among the winners at the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice Oscars ceremony in Dublin.
Portlaoise native Liam Ryan, 9, and his family starred in...
Music Generation Laois will host a very special event in the magnificent surrounds of the restored Malt House in Stradbally.
Following the success of last...
Laois GAA have released a statement after star forward Gary Walsh caused a storm on Twitter this afternoon.
Following the acquittal four men in the Belfast...
Davy Fitzgerald spoke about the potential of Laois hurling before his event, "An Evening with Davy Fitz" at the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise, on...
The son of a murdered Portlaoise Prison Officer has said that his family have been caused further pain by Máire Devine’s apology.
Speaking in the...
Laois senior football manager John Sugrue has revealed that he may be without two key members of his team for Saturday afternoon's Division 4...
Do you think you have what it takes to run the fast-paced Streets of Kilkenny road run this Thursday, March 29 at 7pm?
Over 450 have already...
The Department of Education has shown “ingratitude” towards the parish in Portlaoise by not demolishing the old St Paul’s School on the Borris Road...
Portlaoise RFC 19 Gorey 10
Portlaoise U-17s secured their place in the final of the Leinster Premier League after they defeated a highly fancied Gorey...
The tie worn by cathaoirleach Cllr Padraig Fleming recently was so impressive that he was asked if it was given to him by President...
Sherry FitzGerald Hyland Keating are not selling sand to the Arabs, but they are selling houses to people in the United Arab Emirates.
On April...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Edwards (née Keane)
Castlefleming, Errill, Laois
Mary Edwards (née Keane), Homefield Park, Sutton,...
Les Mills is an international gym class franchise taking the world by storm with its innovative, positive and communal approach to getting fit and...
Following on from the success of last month's disco, Portlaoise Rugby Club are hosting another one to raise funds.
The second Ruck Ball will take place...
Two 16 year olds from Laois are planning to do a massive skydive to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland on Saturday April 14.
Cian...
St Abban’s ladies team received their well-deserved civic reception in Laois County Council on Thursday March 22.
They won their National Premier Division title on a...
Yesterday we learned that planning permission had been lodged by Supermacs owner Pat McDonagh for the construction of a new service station - and...
The funeral details for Portarlington teenager Rachel Flanagan have been confirmed.
She will be laid to rest this Wednesday, March 28 in St Michael’s Church in...
New Ambassador of Lithuania in Ireland, Egidijus Meilūnas, will visit Portlaoise on Wednesday March 28.
The visit was originally planned for earlier on in the...
Laois Ladies manager Kevin Doogue is pleased with the progress his side are making, and says that everything comes down to getting things right...
A man is understood to have undergone surgery for facial injuries in St James's Hospital this morning following a serious assault on Saturday in...
This year the law was changed to allow alcohol sales on Good Friday, but this Laois pub is sticking to tradition and keeping closed...
New figures show that one-third of all vehicles broken into in residential areas had been left unlocked by the owner.
Figures from the Garda Analysis...
Collection services in Portlaoise are struggling to cope with ‘enormous backlog’ of fallen cows and sheep.
John Styles from John Styles & Sons told the...
