A young Laois girl has made the cover of the Down Syndrome Centre's calendar for 2018.
Saoirse Lewis, from Portlaoise, is featured on the front of of the calendar which is available to buy now.
Saoirse is a service user at...
The St Conleth's GFMs & others have been on the go now for a number of years and has gotten stronger year on year with over 20 players registered this year.
The team is managed by current local referee Darren...
Legendary Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte is the star attraction at the Mountmellick Enterprise Town Sports and Community Expo this coming Saturday, an event organised by Bank of Ireland.
The event will be a celebration of Mountmellick business, community and...
Laois County Council have agreed that they will help look after a lake in Portlaoise.
The maintenance of a lake in Glendowns was raised at a recent Municipal District Meeting by Cllr Noel Tuohy.
In response, engineer Wes Wilkinson said: "The...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen (Ina) Wynne (née Redmond)
Bandon, Cork/Portlaoise, Laois
Wynne (Bandon and Portlaoise) on November 18th 2017 at Cork University Hospital Kathleen (Ina) (nee Redmond)) Roughgrove Bandon and late of...
LYIT Donegal 82 Portlaoise Panthers 88
Basketball - Men's National League Division 1
It's a long journey to Donegal from Portlaoise but it was made that bit shorter on the way home for the Panthers Basketball players thanks to a fine...
Things were very different when Larry O'Loughlin landed a job with the Laois County Committee of Agriculture in early 1978.
The Rosenallis native had completed an Ag Science degree in UCD and then got a job in Kilkenny in June...
There was incredible drama in the Lawn in Stradbally this morning as Stradbally Town got the better of Portlaoise Shamrocks in the opening round of the Paddy Cotter Cup.
Danny Kelly was the Stradbally hero with his extra time goal...
I'm gonna take your money
Count your loss when I'm gone.
I'm alright, Jack
I'm lookin' after number one.
If I want something I get it
Don't matter what I have to do
I'll step on your face, on your mother's grave
Never underestimate me I'm...
There might have been no GAA games but there was still an amount of local sports action for Laois teams in a variety of venues around the country.
There was a host of soccer action in the CCFL, Kilkenny and...
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One man was particularly annoyed that the Laois Minor Football team of 1996 didn't get a mention in Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moments
Laois minors '96 not...
Portlaoise 96 New Ross 0
Rugby - Leinster U-17 League
Portlaoise U-17s played New Ross RFC on Saturday in Togher, chasing another win to cement their place in top of the Leinster League.
In truth it was a one sided affair with Portlaoise running...
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160k worth of cannabis found in Portlaoise
160k worth of cannabis was intercepted by a sniffer dog in Portlaoise on Thursday
Portlaoise Hospital
The Hospital campaign is now visiting towns outside Portlaoise as fight to prevent a downgrade escalates
Hunger strike
There was a...
Barry Smith took off on a solo adventure to Australia in 2014, and has been enjoying his Antipodean adventure ever since.
He has returned home just once since, but is planning a return next Summer.
The Portarlington man has played his...
Laois manager Eamonn Kelly has revealed that he has added a number of new players to his team for the 2018 season.
The Tipperary native is also in control of the U-21s this season and is planning to operate the...
Irish Rail have been called upon to fix a cemetery wall that they damaged in Portlaoise OVER a year ago.
Speaking at a recent meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal, Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley called on them to reinstate the cemetery...
A number of vacant houses in an Abbeyleix estate have been vandalized and are now causing a health and safety issue, it has been claimed.
Cllr John Joe Fennelly told a recent meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal that glass was...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary T. Butler
Main Street, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully in the loving care of the wounderful staff of Droimnin Nursing Home, Stradbally. Dearly loved sister of Michael and Dick, deeply...
Portarlington 2-15 Graiguecullen 0-8
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 'A' FC Final
Portarlington have enjoyed their best season in years and they capped off this evening in O'Moore Park by winning the U-21 football title for the first time since 1993.
They looked...
Ballylinan 1-8 Na Fianna Óg 1-5
Laois Shopping Centre Under 21 B Football Championship Final
Despite going 23 minutes without a score at one stage, Ballylinan were crowned U-21 B football champions in O'Moore Park this evening.
The victors, who had five...
It was another busy day of sports action for Laois teams in a variety of codes.
The curtain was brought down on a busy GAA season with no less than four finals decided around the county as well as a...
St Brigid's 3-08 Camross 1-7
Minor 'A' Camogie Championhip Final
There will be double celebrations in Rathdowney this weekend as the St Brigid's minors and Rathdowney U-21s both won their respective championship finals today.
The game started well for Pat Delaney charges...
Rathdowney-Errill 1-19 Clough-Ballacolla 2-15
Laois Shopping Centre Under-21 Hurling Championship Final Replay
Mark Kavanagh was Rathdowney-Errill's hero in O'Moore Park this afternoon as his late free snatched a one point win over Clough-Ballacolla in a brilliant game in O'Moore Park this...
We're in O'Moore Park for the rest of the day for what we have dubbed a Super Saturday of Under-21 action.
In total, three finals will be played over the next seven hours.
First up is the U-21 hurling final replay...
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it.
She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just...
The possession of drugs for sale or supply more than doubled in a three-month period in Laois - with the Electric Picnic cited as a factor as well as the ever-increasing presences of the Dedicated Drugs Unit.
From July-September this...
We've dubbed it Super Saturday, and rightly so!
This is the final day of adult GAA matches in Laois for 2017 and it will end with a triple header in O'Moore Park.
First up is the U-21 hurling final replay between...
Ballyroan-Abbey 3-11 St Joseph's 0-8
Midlands Park Hotel U-15 Cross-Border Floodlit Championship Final
Ballyroan-Abbey were crowned champions of the third U-15 Cross-Border Floodlit Championship in the Training Centre on Friday night.
This competition, organised by Laois GAA, has proved increasingly popular since...
The U-21 football finals take place tonight and the 'A' final sees Portarlington up against Graiguecullen.
Yesterday, Trevor Collins stepped up to the plate for Graigue but today is the turn of Diarmuid Bennett for Port to take our My...
Portlaoise 2-12 Ballyroan-Abbey 0-3
Midlands Park Hotel U-13 Football Championship Final
Portlaoise were crowned U-13 football champions following a resounding fifteen point victory over Ballyroan-Abbey in the Training Centre on Friday evening.
The Town held a four point lead at half time...
