A Laois primary school is in the process of buying land in order to develop much-needed car parking facilities - and have launched a massive Monster Draw with a range of very impressive prizes on offer.
Paddock NS, which is...
Ross Munnelly has committed himself to a 16th season with the Laois footballers, making him one of the longest-serving intercounty players in the country.
Speaking at the official launch of LaoisToday in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise on Friday...
Scoil Chriost Rí are going back almost 100 years in time for this year's Transition Year Musical.
'Thoroughly Modern Millie' tells the story of a young lady who wants to become at modern day New Yorker in the 1920s.
Her aim...
The public toilets are to remain closed in Portlaoise due to safety issues and concerns over activities which were taking place there, it has emerged.
It was previously confirmed to LaoisToday that there were issues of over exposed electrical wires...
This is the time of year when all sports are at important stages of their seasons and that is reflected in this week’s Talking Points with, rugby, soccer, hurling, football and athletics all featuring.
1 - Laois teams in Leinster
This...
A number of local tillage farmers will be part of a group that will protest about the price of grain outside the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin tomorrow.
Following a recent demonstration at Boortmalt in Athy, they are stepping up their...
Barring draws - which you can never rule out - the curtain will come down on the Laois GAA adult season this weekend, with three U-21 finals scheduled for this Saturday in O'Moore Park.
Rathdowney-Errill and Clough-Ballacolla played out a...
Portlaoise manager Malachy McNulty was left to reflect on an agonising one point defeat yesterday as Moorefield triumphed in O'Moore Park.
Speaking to Midlands 103 yesterday, he revealed that he had very little to say to the players after the...
There's more local cup action on the cards this weekend in the local CCFL soccer season.
Here are all of the fixtures for next weekend.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
First-named team at home and all games at 2pm unless stated otherwise
FAI U-17 Cup...
On Saturday last Rathdowney-Errill and Clough-Ballacolla U-21 hurlers made light of the bad weather and a heavy pitch to play out a thrilling draw.
The U-21 grade always gets the bad time of the year for their games - in...
There is a continuous charge toward our electric future and there’s no doubt that we will all be driving some form of electric car in the very near future. The reason I can be sure of that statement is...
The Labour Youth National conference took place in the Midland Park Hotel in Portlaoise this weekend.
Local Area Rep Eoin Barry gave the welcoming address to delegates. He spoke of the legacy of the Labour Party and its founder James...
Adamstown in Wexford on Sunday was the destination for this year’s Leinster senior cross country championships, which meant that some of the finest athletes Laois has to offer were on the road last Sunday heading to the sunny south...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Eddy Kelley
Irishtown, Mountmellick, Laois
Formerly of Crosby, Liverpool, England. Died peacefully in the loving care of the staff in St Vincent's Hospital Mountmellick, Co. Laois.Deeply regretted by his...
Portlaoise 2-15 Ballyroan 4-7
Laois Ladies Football Minor Final
Portlaoise won their first Laois Ladies Football Minor A Championship title since 2008 when they just edged out a battling Ballyroan team in the 2017 final played in Mountmellick on Sunday.
With the...
Graiguecullen 1-7 St. Josephs 0-9
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 FC semi-final
Graiguecullen have sealed a place in this year's U-21 decider following a one point win over last year's champions St Josephs in Stradbally on Sunday morning. Despite not finding the...
Portlaoise 0-11 Moorefield 1-9
Leinster Senior Club Championship Quarter-final
Portlaoise's Leinster club championship campaign is over after they were beaten by Moorefield in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
Malachy McNulty's side were three points up with seven minutes to play but the dismissal...
There were just a handful of games played in the Combined Counties Football League this weekend as the weather played havoc.
Heavy rain on Friday and Saturday left many pitches unplayable across the Midlands and a reduced schedule took place...
Portlaoise Panthers 81 IT Carlow 61
Basketball - Women's Super League
Stephanie Schmid was the star of the show as the Portlaoise Panthers ladies team got the better of relegation rivals IT Carlow this afternoon in Carlow.
Having lost all of their...
Keep up to speed with all of Sunday's local sports action right here.
GAA
Leinster Club SFC
Portlaoise 0-11 Moorefield 1-9
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 FC Semi-final
Graiguecullen 1-7 St Joseph's 0-9
Laois Ladies MFC Final
Portlaoise 2-15 Ballyroan 4-5
SOCCER
John Farrell Combined Counties Cup 1st Round:
O’Moore...
Portlaoise and Moorefield will do battle in the quarter final of the Leinster championship this afternoon.
Malachy McNult's men reached this stage after grafting out a win against Rhode two weeks ago.
After building up a big lead, Portlaoise sat back...
Portlaoise and Portarlington both lost today albeit in two different fashions as the poor season continues for both sides.
Longford 25 Portlaoise 19
Leinster League Division 1B
Portlaoise traveled to Longford following last weeks loss to Coolmine and they managed to get...
Mountmellick 1-11 John Lockes (Kilkenny) 3-7
Leinster Junior B Hurling Championship
Mountmellick's campaign in the Leinster Junior B hurling championship ended to as they lost out to Kilkenny side John Lockes in today's quarter final in Heywood.
Mountmellick were the better of...
Portlaoise actor Robert Sheehan is steadily becoming a renowned actor, starring in a number of blockbusters and it can all be traced back to his first casting in ‘Song for a Raggy Boy’.
Here are the photographs from that time,...
The 2017 LaoisToday Annual was officially launched on Friday night to a full house in the Midlands Park Hotel.
At 160 pages, it is jam-packed with some of the top stories from around Laois in 2017 - a mixture of...
There are two big games down for decision today.
First, the second Laois U-21 football championship semi final between Graiguecullen and St Joseph's will be played.
And then, Portlaoise will look for a place in the Leinster semi-final when they face...
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NEWS
Shot fired a gardaí
A shot was fired at gardaí on the Laois border on Monday night
A warning for gangs
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan fired a warning shot at gangs who target Laois
Job vacancies
New reports show a dramatic rise in...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Eddy Kelley
Irishtown, Mountmellick, Laois
Formerly of Crosby, Liverpool, England. Died peacefully in the loving care of the staff in St Vincent's Hospital Mountmellick, Co. Laois.Deeply regretted by his...
Laois GPs have expressed a "total lack of confidence" in Dr Susan O'Reilly as CEO of the Dublin-Midlands Leinster Hospital Group "to provide a clear plan for sustainable services at MRH Portlaoise and for the wider Dublin Mid Leinster...
