Portlaoise RFC 21 Suttonians 0
Leinster League - Division 1B Round 7
Portlaoise RFC are off the mark in Division 1B of the Leinster League following a fantastic win over Suttonians in Tougher this afternoon.
Enda Fingleton's side had suffered defeat in...
There were a number of Laois teams involved in action today in what was a sad day overall for soccer enthusiasts in the county.
Stradbally Town AFC player Alan Mulhall, who died tragically on Thursday, was laid to rest today...
Having been a member of Laois County Board and chairman of Portlaoise GAA Club, John Hanniffy is taking on his biggest challenge yet, secretary of the committee to Save Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
“I got roped into it,” he joked...
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Rumours were floating around the Twittersphere...
A punter just tried to tell me Arsene Wenger did 12 months in Portlaoise prison for killing someone ?♂️?♂️— Colin Delaney (@fluffydel) November 23, 2017
We call on all our supporters & friends to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sean Larkin
Redhill, Ballyroan, Laois
Redhill, Ballyroan, Co. Laois. Passed peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Sean, beloved husband of Bernadette and dearly loved father to Anne Marie, John...
Knockbeg College 3-3 Scoil Mhuire Clane 4-13
Top Oil South Leinster PP Sch Under-14 Football “A” Championship Semi Final
Knockbeg's U-14 championship campaign is over after they went down to a powerful Clane side on Friday.
The team, who are managed by...
The Board of Mountmellick Community Childcare Ltd (Sonas) is holding a public meeting following the floods which devastated the town during the week.
The meeting will take place this afternoon at 5.15pm in the Mountmellick Arts Centre.
A statement read: "We...
NEWS
Floods
Flooding was the main news to hit Laois this week with flooding in Mountmellick, Clonaslee and Portarlington that made national coverage.
WATCH: Dramatic aerial footage shows full scale of flooding
Army called in to help Mountmellick flooding clean-up
WATCH: Portarlington ‘cut in...
Portlaoise Panthers 96 Titans Galway 79
Basketball – Men’s National League Division 1
There was double success in the double header at St Mary's Hall tonight as the Portlaoise Panthers mens team saw off the Titans from Galway.
This is the men's...
Portlaoise Panthers 71 NUIG 52
Basketball – Women’s Super League
The Portlaoise Panthers ladies recovered from defeat against DCU Mercy last week with an impressive win over NUIG in St Mary’s Hall tonight.
The ever-impressive Stephanie Schmid was on-form tonight and her...
The death has occurred of Eoin Miller in Westmeath after a short illness at the age of 34. Eoin had strong Laois connections with his father Jim originally from Vicarstown and his mother Mary (nee Sayers) originally from Timahoe.
He...
Snapchat sensation Buff Egan is set to grace the O'Moore County this weekend.
The Kerry man is reportedly on his way to Crettyard this Sunday where the All-Ireland Junior camogie final will be played.
Kerry side Clanmaurice will take on Kilmessan of...
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25
Under 17 Premier Division:
Edenderry Town 4 Clara Town 2
Under 17 Division 1:
Ballymahon 2 Willow Park B 0
Under 19 Premier Division:
Emo Celtic 3 Clongowes Wood 2
Hodson Bay 8 Birr Town 3
Under 19 Division 1:
St Aengus 4 v Abbeyleix...
My recent book "All Will Be Well" is a personal reflection about my own life told through the lens of faith and hopefulness.
I'm delighted with this publication. A must read for Christmas !!!!!!
In fairness so often we can be...
Gardai in Nenagh are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the M7 motorway early this morning.
The accident happened between junction 24 and junction 23 northbound at approximately 7am this morning, Saturday November 25.
A female...
St Joseph's-Barrowhouse 2-5 Stradbally Parish Gaels 0-8
2008 Laois U-21 FC 'A' Final
For most of the late 90s and right throughout the Noughties Portlaoise dominated the Laois U-21 football championship.
They claimed six-in-a-row from 1997 to 2002 and then three-in-a-row again...
Knockbeg College 2-6 St Peters 1-6
Top Oil South Leinster Junior Football Championship Round 1
Knockbeg opened their South Leinster junior football championship campaign with a win over St Peter's of Wexford on Thursday.
Conditions were wintry with the wind playing a...
A Mountmellick man is hoping to raise €18,000 for GROW mental health charity through the proceeds of his new book.
'Let Your Life Speak - Celebrating People of Laois' is written as a book about a summary of the lives of...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Mick) Bergin
Coolowley, Errill, Laois
Bergin, Coolowley, Errill, Co. Laois. November 24th 2017, peacefully at home in the presence of his family. Michael (Mick), deeply regretted by his...
One of the candidates who had declared to run for the position of Laois County Board chairman on December 4 has bowed out of the race.
Trumera's Brian Allen, who was previously chairman from 2007 to 2012 after he succeeded Timahoe’s...
The Bank of Ireland Enterprise event which had been schedule to take place in Mountmellick tomorrow has been postponed.
Due to the very serious flooding that has occurred in Mountmellick and the surrounding areas, organisers have decided to call it...
Funeral arrangements have been announced for the Laois man, Alan Mulhall, who died tragically in a workplace accident yesterday.
Alan will be reposing at his home, 15 Aghnaharna Drive, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, on Saturday from 5pm.
There will be a recital...
With a snap General Election on the cards and services of Portlaoise Hospital in doubt, the Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee have been urged to put forward a candidate.
Speaking in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel at a packed meeting on Wednesday...
A Government scheme - to be administered by Irish Red Cross - is being opened to provide support to businesses who have been affected by recent flooding this week.
While this is a national scheme, a number of businesses...
Portarlington has become the latest Laois town to be affected by flooding.
The River Barrow has burst its banks in the centre of the town.
RTE reporter Ciaran Mullooly is in the town and he says that it has been 'paralysed'...
A snap election could put the reunification of the Laois/Offaly electoral constituency on hold.
A spokesperson for the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has revealed to LaoisToday that the recommendations of the Boundary Commission, released in June, have...
Greater prevention measures need to be in place in addition to a new drainage scheme to prevent a repeat of the flooding which occurred in Mountmellick on Wednesday.
Speaking yesterday in Mountmellick where he met with local residents affected by...
Gardaí are on the scene following a crash this morning.
The incident took place just off the N80 this morning near Clonaghadoo.
There are at least two vehicles involved and at least one of those has left the road.
Traffic is reported...
The young Laois man killed in a Dublin workplace accident has been named locally as Alan Mulhall, originally from Emo but heavily involved in the Stradbally community.
Alan, who was 34, was married to Vikki Doogue and the couple had...
Santa will be there, the lights will be turned on and there will be over 70 stands on the Main Street in Portlaoise this Sunday, November 26, for what is the biggest one-day Christmas Market in Ireland.
This year's event...
