Charities in Portarlington are now receiving free food donations from their local Aldi store as part of Aldi Ireland’s expanded partnership with FoodCloud.
Surplus food from Aldi’s Portarlington store is being redistributed to charities and community groups including Portarlington After...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Joe Brennan
Summerhill Lane, Portlaoise, Laois
Brennan, Summerhill Lane, Portlaoise and late of Rathleague, November 28th 2017. Suddenly. John Joe, beloved husband of the late Kathleen and dearly...
Laois GAA saw income increase in their latest financial statements which have just been published.
For the financial year ending October 31 2017, Laois recorded a surplus of €138,342.
This is a major improvement on the figures for the previous year...
The Mountmellick Community Flood Support group have asked people to be aware that they are not holding any door-to-door collections and will not approach people for donations.
“We did have some reasons for concern,” said Annette Morris Keane who runs...
Laois County Board secretary Niall Handy has suggested that O'Moore Park could be made available to host concerts in order to raise money.
Extra funding is needed to pay for the completion the Training Centre and Handy says that this...
With the first weekend in December upon us, Santa's Grotto in O'Loughlin's Hotel in Portlaoise is set to reappear where you can meet Santa and his Elves and relive the magic of Christmas.
Mammys and Daddys believe again and kids...
Laois continues to be one of the most fertile counties in the country with birth rates well above the national average.
Figures released today by the Central Statistics Office show a birth rate of 13.8%, one of the highest in...
Having already been the first person in Ireland to offer a walk-in Blow Dry Parlour, Portlaoise man David Finn has now moved to a bigger premises in Lyster Square in the town, merging his two existing businesses under the...
The Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee has called on Charlie Flanagan to tell Minister for Health Simon Harris to 'bin' the report proposing the downgrade of the facility.
The committee say they appreciate the supportive comments made by the Minister and...
Fifty two sports clubs in Laois have benefited from the 2017 Sports Capital Programme with over €1million in funding to be distributed around the county.
The details of the programme are due to be officially announced today with clubs all...
Former All-Star goalkeeper Fergal Byron has formally launched his bid to become the next Coaching Officer for Laois GAA.
The role has been filled by Pat O'Sullivan for the last five years but his tenure is up and he is...
Laois's receipt of the lowest funding in the state for youth services has been raised in the Dáil this week.
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the issue of low funding for youth services in Laois with Minister for Children...
Gardaí are warning members of the public about another scam.
Laois Crime Prevention Officier Sergeant Graham Kavanagh Crime is asking the public to be aware that they should not accept phone calls asking for credit card details to pay speeding...
Gardai are appealing for information after a digger, dumper and buckets were stolen in Killeshin.
The incident took place at a private building site over the weekend.
It happened in Old Derrig, Killeshin. A Kobelco 6 tonne digger, a Benford 6 tonne...
Laois is the only county under Carlow IT’s remit which doesn’t have a formal third level outreach centre, according to one of its board members.
Cllr Jerry Lodge had a motion before this week’s meeting of Laois County Council requesting...
A St Joseph's footballer was among the recipients of a GAA National Student Bursary at Leinster Council Offices recently.
Aidan Brennan was presented with the bursary by UCD GAA Executive and former Dublin footballer Ger Brennan.
Now in its eleventh year,...
There was a great crowd at the Embrace Farm Accident Survivors Conference was held in Portlaoise last Saturday.
It was well attended by farm accident survivors, their families, friends and neighbours.
Organisations represented included the Irish Farmers Association, Macra Na Feirme,...
Portarlington Rugby Club was a hive of activity recently as they opened their gates to the public for a new innovative fundraising event called The Port Book of Records.
The day began with a minis blitz during which teams of...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Joe Brennan
Summerhill Lane, Portlaoise, Laois
Brennan, Summerhill Lane, Portlaoise and late of Rathleague, November 28th 2017. Suddenly. John Joe, beloved husband of the late Kathleen and dearly...
After two withdrawals in less than a week, it has now been confirmed that we will have a contest for the Laois GAA chairman's role following news that Kieran Leavy will challenge Peter O'Neill for the position.
Leavy had been...
And so we come to our final GAA Team of the Year for the 2017 season.
The U-21 football championship is over now in Laois as the grade will revert to either U-20 or U-19 at club level next year.
This...
A wide range of delicious products, handmade candles and alternative therapies will be on show at the Connect 2 Laois Christmas Market in Manor Stone tomorrow afternoon.
The delectable goodies to be showcased in Ballacolla will include national award winning...
Scoil Chriost Rí 4-7 Rochfortbridge 4-6
Senior A Ladies Leinster Football Semi Final
A Leinster final place has been secured by Scoil Chriost Rí after they ran out narrow one point winners against Rochfortbridge.
The girls upset the odds by beating last...
He's regarded as one of the greatest Laois hurlers of all time and now Christy O'Brien is to be honoured with a commemorative DVD about his life and times.
O'Brien - who is now aged in his 80s - won...
A former Portlaoise rugby player has been named in the Leinster women's squad for the upcoming Interprovincial Series.
Eimear Corri is one of a total of 34 players who have been selected in the squad from 11 clubs from across...
A man has been arrested after he was caught in possession of heroin.
Local Gardaí in Mountmellick arrested the 30-year-old in Mountmellick.
They made the arrest following the search of a house in College Avenue in the town.
A file has been...
Stradbally's Garry Comerford has re-signed for Waterford FC ahead of their first season back in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
The midfielder, who made 25 appearances during Waterford's successful Division 1 winning campaign this year, has committed his future...
Almost €2 million in emergency funding has been made available for the victims of the recent floods in Laois.
Large parts of Mountmellick were completely destroyed by a freak weather event last Wednesday while Portarlington and Clonaslee also suffered.
Laois TD...
We've teamed up with great businesses in recent times here in LaoisToday for some really good prizes, the most recent being a €200 One for All Voucher thanks to our friends in Sparrow Insurances.
We ran the competition on our...
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan will increase the Garda force to over 20,000 in a bid to combat the rise in rural crime.
The Fine Gael TD made the announcement at the recent General Election selection convention where he was...
