Almost 300 hardy souls braved the wind and rain this morning to run The annual Great Heath GAA 10Km run.
Check out some of the images captured on the day.
It’s a dirty aul day out there today but that shouldn’t deter a large crowd showing up in Portarlington Rugby Club this afternoon for the biggest local sporting occasion of the weekend as the county’s two rugby clubs go...
PORTLAOISE AFC manager Ger Dunne is hopeful returning striker Jody Dillon will help his side to cause a cup upset tomorrow.
The Leinster Senior League side take on Dublin Bus, a team two Divisions above Portlaoise, in the second...
FORMER Stradbally parish priest Fr Jim O’Connell was honoured for his services to the area at a ceremony in Timahoe hall last night.
The popular priest spent eight years as parish priest of Stradbally, Vicarstown and Timahoe before moving on...
The Laois senior hurlers have been dealt a blow before the start of their Allianz Hurling League campaign with the news that experienced Clough-Ballacolla defender Darren Maher has stepped away from the panel.
“I haven’t retired,” he said when contacted...
A Laois company is lighting up Dublin Airport.
Laois Hire, one of Ireland’s leading plant and tool hire companie, recently completed the sale of 14 mobile lighting towers for use on the runway in Dublin Airport
The company, currently celebrating 25...
Clonaslee CS 2-12 Dunshaughlin CS 0-6
A SECOND half surge for Clonaslee proved the difference as they lifted the Leinster Senior C Hurling title in Mullingar last Thursday.
The Laois side lost out in last years’ decider to Meath opposition but...
THE All-Ireland Junior club football championship semi-final will have a strong Laois interest this Sunday as former St Joseph’s man Arron Moore will be lining out for Dunedin Connollys.
The Edinburgh based club won the British Junior championship last year...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan will visit Washington DC next week for the first time since Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States.
The Portlaoise-based TD will fly out on Tuesday for a three-day visit and a...
As Charlie Flanagan is honoured with a civic reception by Laois County Council, we take a look at some of the lesser known facts.
One of his first jobs was working in the former Montague Hotel in Emo, where he...
LAOIS ladies manager Kevin Doogue is confident that 2017 will be a good year for football in the county after a number of years in the doldrums.
This year marks 16 years since Laois last lifted the Brendan Martin Cup...
Limerick 1-8 Laois 0-6
LAOIS’ interest in the Peter McNulty Cup came to an end last night as they went down by five points to Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds.
The O’Moore County reached the final of this under 21 competition...
Local food producer Paddy O’Connell has agreed a deal with Dalata - Ireland’s largest hotel group - to be the sole supplier of porridge oats into their 32 hotels in Ireland.
The Cullahill native - who is the owner of...
Ballyroan native Emmet Byrne - who is currently starring alongside Amy Huberman in acclaimed RTE drama Striking Out - has been included in Hot Press magazine’s list of ‘HOT IN 2017: Up-and-coming Irish actors’.
Byrne is in exalted company alongside...
Laois GAA’s football clubs will meet next Monday night to discuss proposals that would reduce the local senior championship to eight teams in 2018.
The county’s GAA Fixtures Review Committee has suggested that the Laois SFC be re-structured to a...
Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise 3-6 Colaiste Iosagain Stillorgan 1-7
SCOIL Chriost Ri Portlaoise were crowned Leinster Ladies SFC ‘A’ champions in Clane on Tuesday afternoon when they got the better of Colaiste Iosagain of Stillorgan in a hard-fought battle.
The Dublin...
Steven Miller
Former Portlaoise rugby player Sean Masterson has been included in the Irish U-20 squad for the upcoming Six Nations.
Masterson - who is from Colliers Lane in Portlaoise - played with the club from a young age before...
There has been another boost for Laois hotel Castle Durrow after it was named in Trip Advisor’s list of Ireland’s Top 25 Hotels.
The Laois hotel is sixth in the list behind only Harvey's Point in Donegal, Ashford Castle in...
The draw for the Laois GAA pre-season competitions were made at Monday night’s January County Board meeting.
Eleven teams will take part in the Kelly Cup football competition and are divided into three groups while only four teams will participate...
The worldwide brief and varied political career of Charlie Flanagan was recognised by his own when he was accorded the highest local honour, a civic reception at County Hall on Monday night.
He is now one of a small and...
Steven Miller
Laois GAA last night (Monday) agreed to allow a number of amalgamated teams compete in their championships in 2017.
Last year saw the re-introduction of ‘Gaels’ teams - where a senior team could use players from a junior or...
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
All games at 2pm unless stated; first-named team at home
U-17 Premier Division
Portlaoise v Edenderry Town; Hodson Bay v Willow Park
U-17 Division 1
Abbeyleix Ath v Mullingar Ath; St Aengus v T & S Utd; Mucklagh v Kilbeggan
U-19 Premier...
The victim of the road traffic accident near Crettyard over the weekend has been named as Wayne O’Neill (38), a resident of Cloneen, Clough, Kilkenny.
Gardaí in Abbeyleix are investigating the fatal collision which occurred on the Ballylinan to Castlecomer...
Kestrels 86 UUJ Elks 94
Mens Division 1
Kestrels three-game winning streak was brought to an end on this afternoon as they went down by eight points away to Ulster University Jordanstown Elks.
This was a win which kept the home side...
Alan Hartnett
An estimated 2,000 people braved the cold conditions on Sunday morning to take part in the Ballyfin GAA 6km run - through the grounds of Ballyfin Demesne.
Ballyfin GAA PRO Donncha Phelan says that his club were overwhelmed by...
Portarlington 12 Edenderry 18
Alan Hartnett
Edenderry emerged victorious from this Division 2A encounter with neighbours Portarlington but they had to withstand a tremendous late fightback from their hosts to do it.
The Offaly side found themselves 18 points clear as the...
Galway 1-19 Laois 0-16
LAOIS’S interest in the Walsh Cup ended in Rathdowney on Sunday afternoon but not after a very good battle from Eamon Kelly’s new-look side.
There was only three between the sides as the game ticked into injury...
Laois hurling manager Eamonn Kelly says that a number of new players have put themselves in the frame for selection following an encouraging Walsh Cup campaign.
Laois were denied a semi-final place by Galway on Sunday afternoon but Kelly said...
Portlaoise 21 Mullingar 26
Alan Hartnett
A blistering final 20-minute display by Mullingar saw them claim a crucial win in the Leinster League Division 1B relegation battle against Portlaoise on Sunday afternoon.
Portlaoise beat Suttonians in Togher last week to give themselves...
Funding of €1 million has been allocated to allow the compulsory purchase of land for the Portlaoise Southern Relief Road, which is seen as a vital piece of infrastructure for the town.
The funding was confirmed by the Department of...