Laois hurling manager Eamonn Kelly was happy with his side’s big win over DIT in the Walsh Cup in Rathdowney on Sunday but says that a similar performance wouldn’t be enough to beat Kerry in the opening round of...
Portlaoise 27 Suttonians 5
Portlaoise boosted their survival hopes in Division 1B of the Leinster League in Togher on Sunday afternoon thanks to an impressive 27-5 win over fellow relegation battlers Suttonians.
Following on from last week’s competitive outing against league...
Laois 4-27 DIT 1-17
Laois eased to 19-point win over DIT in the second group game of the Walsh Cup in Rathdowney on Sunday afternoon.
Following on from Laois’s opening round win over NUI Galway in the opening round, it means...
Portlaoise Panthers 51 UCC Glanmire 55
Portlaoise Panthers new year began with a narrow loss away to last year’s champions UCC Glanmire on Sunday afternoon.
The Cork side - who are unbeaten and top of the league - had secured themselves...
Laois 2-15 Tipperary 1-11
The Laois U-21 footballers continued their unbeaten start to 2017 thanks to an impressive win over Tipperary at the Laois GAA Training Centre on Saturday afternoon.
And this seven-point win over Tipperary means that Laois have qualified...
Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13
A dramatic-time penalty from Meath full-forward Kevin Ross saw the Royals book their place in the semi-finals of the O’Byrne Cup, at the expense of hosts Laois, in Stradbally on Saturday night.
Ross tucked away a controversially...
Despite watching his side give up a two-point lead late in the game, Laois manager Peter Creedon was upbeat after Saturday night’s O’Byrne Cup game with Meath in Stradbally.
A late Meath goal gave the visitors the lead and although...
Students from Coláiste Iosagáin will take to the stage for their production of ‘Grease’ on January 18, following months of rehearsals.
The Portarlington school was recently putting the final touches to preparations under the direction of Ceire Hogan,...
A printmaking workshop will run at the Dunamaise Arts Centre for the next five weeks, taking its inspiration from the Printmakers Exhibition.
Suitable for teenagers and adults, Caroline Conway will take participants through the current exhibition, the development and...
Laois Rose Kate Hyland is volunteering at a children’s mental asylum in Belarus and is seeking support from the public for a fundraising table quiz on Friday.
Kate will be one of 18 Roses and three escorts flying out at...
Laois County Council has lost one of its most experienced engineers after she took up an offer of promotion in Kildare.
The move of Brenda Cuddy, who has been an acting senior executive engineer for west and south Laois for...
Scoil Chriost Ri graduate Anna Healy who achieved the maximum points possible in her Leaving Cert last June, has been presented with the Stryker Scholarship at a special awards ceremony in the University of Limerick.
Anna obtained 625 points...
Naughton scholar Evan Bracken from Portlaoise continues to notch up awards for his Leaving Cert grades.
The St Mary’s CBS graduate, now an engineering student at UCD, recently accepted the Irish Maths Teachers Association/Accenture Analytics Excellence Award, given to...
Portlaoise AFC are now top of the Leinster Senior League Division 1B table following a 2-0 win over Confey in Rossleighen on Friday night.
With only two games in the league played over the weekend, Portlaoise took full advantage and...
Planning permission is being sought for fifty additional houses in the ‘Quakers Village’ housing estate in Killeshin village.
The new houses would consist of 7 four bedroom houses bungalows, 19 four bedroom two storey detached houses, 10 four bedroom...
In excess of half a million euro has been made available to 71 schools in Laois to develop information and communications technology.
The announcement was made by local Fine Gael TD and minister for foreign affairs Charlie Flanagan that...
A new exhibition of work by the Printmakers Council of Ireland and the UK which explores the 1916 Rising is now running at the Dunamaise Arts Centre.
This exhibition, entitled ‘Pushing Boundaries’ marks the first time that the Printmakers Council...
Applications are now being sought from young singers and musicians from the midlands who are pursuing a career in professional performance in the classical field for the 2017 Trench Award.
In its fourth year, the Trench Award aims to...
For their 33rd annual production, Portlaoise Panto are bringing ‘Aladdin’ to the Dunamaise Arts Centre from January 21 to 28.
This year’s production will feature the usual little twists and turns here and there, with a visit or two to...
Ruairi O’Connor helped himself to 1-6 as the Laois senior footballers continued their unbeaten start in the O’Byrne Cup thanks to a 2-17 to 1-8 win over Wicklow in Greystones on Wednesday night.
Laois trailed 1-5 to 0-7 at the...
A nanny goat, preferably one that is milking, is being sought for a few spare hours on Sunday February 5.
If you happen to have one then the organisers of this year’s Imbloc Festival or ‘Milking the Goat’ festival would...
A five to ten year plan must be put in place immediately for Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise if it is attract qualified staff and secure the necessary capital investment, according to Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley.
“Without a structured, cohesive...
Laois manager Peter Creedon has made 10 changes to his side for Wednesday’s trip to Greystones to play Wicklow in the O’Byrne Cup.
Having used a number of the U-21 squad in Sunday’s win over DIT, Creedon has selected a...
JK Autos based in The Heath, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, just two minutes off the M7 motorway (You will get directions to our garage here).
All our cars come with a warranty and are fully inspected to assure our customers of...
Laois 1-15 DIT 0-7
O'Byrne Cup Round 1
Donie Kingston helped himself to 1-7 and Sean Moore got 0-3 on his senior debut as the Laois senior footballers got 2017 off to a winning start in Crettyard on Sunday afternoon.
For manager...
The Laois hurlers recovered from a slow start to give manager Eamon Kelly a winning start in the Walsh Cup in Rathdowney on Sunday.
NUI Galway were 0-11 to 0-2 up at one stage in the first half but a...
Cill Dara 44 Portarlington 17
Portarlington suffered a heavy loss to Cill Dara in their Leinster League Division 2A game in Kildare on Saturday night.
The hosts raced into an early 20-0 lead and Port were always chasing the game from...
New Laois hurling manager Eamonn Kelly was happy with the character shown by his side during Sunday’s Walsh Cup opening round win over NUI Galway.
Laois fell well behind in the first half but rallied well to give the Tipp...
Laois Schools 3-17 Meath Schools 0-15
The Laois Schools hurling team got their Leinster Colleges SHC campaign off to a good start on Saturday thanks to a comfortable win over Meath in Portlaoise.
Played in the new Laois GAA Training Centre,...
There was disappointment for the Portlaoise Panthers U-18 girls team on Saturday morning as they were beaten by DCU Mercy in the National Cup semi-final in Cork.
Having lost out at this stage last year to the eventual winners, Brunell,...