Sinead Keane is a Heath woman who is making a huge name for herself in the nursing profession in Australia.
Sinead recently won the "Young Professional" award in the 2017 Irish Australian Business Awards People’s Choice.
Sinead was nominated due to...
Api's Chocolate shop in Lyster Square in Portlaoise has announced its closure.
The family-run business posted on Facebook that they were closing the shop but that they would be continuing to produce hand-made chocolates.
Api's Chocolates is owned by Maria Lukacova...
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need, whoa
Shake it up just like bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease
Bad medicine
(Bad Medicine – Bon Jovi 1988)
In a display of the outstanding managerial acumen...
The Income Tax deadline of end October is fast approaching. If you submit your tax returns through the Revenue On-Line System, then this deadline is extended to mid-November.
Self Employed Directors and Sole Traders are the people most likely to...
Tweets of the Week
Wille Dunphy had his say on 'that' scenerio in Ballyragget
https://twitter.com/WillieDunphy/status/923595377051422720
The Portlaoise Panthers Twitter account had us crying laughing throughout their match against SLigo All-Stars.
Jack Dooley with the shake n' bake and the crowd go wiiiiiild.......
There was plenty happening in news, sports and events all around Laois this week.
NEWS
Portlaoise Hospital
Huge crowds attended the public meeting to save Portlaoise hospital
Crime
A Mountrath bookies was broken into and horse rugs were stolen from Portlaoise
Cash was taken and...
AIB Leinster Club SFC Round 1
After a break of one year Portlaoise are back in the Leinster club football championship today when they make the short trip to Tullamore to take on perennial Offaly champions Rhode.
For all people bemoan...
Introducing the LaoisToday Great Laois Quiz!
Back at the start of the year, we sat down with five of Laois's best personalities and tested their knowledge of all things Laois.
Please note that the questions were asked prior to Maeve Dunne...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Pat Walsh
Jigginstown Park, Naas, Kildare/Portlaoise, Laois
Formerly of Portlaoise, Co. Laois and Newbridge College. Beloved husband of Kathleen, loving father of Bríd, Noelle, Pauline, JJ and Catherine and...
The Harps 5-1 Portlaoise 3-2
U-16 Camogie Shield Final
The Harps played Portaoise in Laois Camogie’s U-16 Shield final under lights in the excellent facilities of Heywood Community School after Storm Brian put a stop to the original fixture. Conditions were...
Graiguecullen 0-18 O'Dempsey's 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 FC 'A' Semi-final
Eight points from Danny Bolger helped Graiguecullen into the Laois U-21 FC semi-finals as they proved too strong for O'Dempsey's in Stradbally this evening.
Bolger, a former Laois minor goalkeeper, was...
Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-10 Killeshin-Crettyard 1-8
Laois Shopping Centre Under 21 Football Championship Quarter Finals
Stradbally Parish Gaels just narrowly overcame Killeshin-Crettyard to progress to the U-21 semi-final against Portlarlington next Thursday night.
Stradbally Gaels and Portarlington are two teams that are...
Clough-Ballacolla 1-15 Castletown-Slieve Bloom 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 HC Semi-Final
These two hurling strongholds battled in tough conditions in Rathdowney for a place in the U-21 hurling final.
After trailing behind in the first-half, Clough-Ballacolla will now continue their route to the...
Emo 3-9 Hollymount (Wicklow) 1-13
Leinster Club IFC
Emo produced a strong second-half performance to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Leinster club intermediate football championship as they got better Wicklow champions Hollywood.
Played in Hollywood, Emo trailed 0-10 to 1-4...
Trumera 2-7 Erins Isle (Dublin) 2-11
Leinster Club JHC
Trumera's interest in the the Leinster junior championship came to an end in O'Toole Park in Dublin today as they were defeated by Erins Isle by four points.
Trumera caused somewhat of a...
Having suffered a serious spinal injury when he was just 20-years old, Portlaoise man Aengus Burke will run the Dublin Marathon tomorrow to raise funds for Spinal Injuries Ireland.
He has come a long way since he suffered a spinal...
Rosenallis 2-12 Na Fianna 3-9
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 FC 'B' Semi Final
A last minute goal from Na Fianna's Fergal Murphy ensured these two sides would meet again in a semi-final replay.
Rosenallis led for most of the match but top-class...
It was a busy day of sports action with a number of teams from the county playing big games.
Emo are through to the last eight of the Leinster intermediate football championship thanks to a good second-half display but Trumera...
We've been picking the Teams of the Year in the various Laois GAA competitions over the last couple of days and today it's the turn of the Senior 'A' hurling championship.
Having lost last year's final to Castletown in disappointing...
November 2017 is a time to remember all our loved ones who have gone before us. Death is that challenging confrontation that reminds us "We are only here for a short time".
Death points us to mystery. A Christian proclamation,...
6am on Friday October 27 saw over 400 secondary school students and staff in Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington, gather and break with their usual early morning routine to rise from their slumber and greet the day with positive energy.
RISE &...
As part of their Give for Good campaign O'Rourke's Allcare pharmacy in conjunction with the Monasterevin branch of the Order of Malta, officially unveiled their community defibrillator yesterday.
This was a result of real community effort between O'Rourke's, the Order...
The arrival of Storm Brian last weekend forced a number of postponements which has left us with a rather busy day of local sports action today as all the refixtures as well as this week's scheduled games are down...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Francis Houlahan
9 Lakeglen, Portlaoise, Laois
Predeceased by his wife Pauline and son Francis. Much loved father of Susie, Liz, Michael, James, David, Nicole and Becky. Deeply regretted by...
Introducing the LaoisToday Great Laois Quiz!
Back at the start of the year, we sat down with five of Laois's best personalities and tested their knowledge of all things Laois.
Please note that the questions were asked prior to Maeve Dunne...
Laois Shopping Centre U-21 FC Quarter-final
Portarlington are the first team into the Laois U-21 FC semi-finals following a six-point win over Sarsfields in the Laois GAA Training Centre in Portlaoise this evening.
Portarlington, who were minor champions three years ago...
The CAO opens next week and for Leaving Cert students it marks the official start of their decision-making process as to what they'd like to do after they finish their state exams.
The normal closing date is the 1st February...
There's tonnes of action this Halloween/bank holiday weekend.
So whether you're into discos, pumpkin patches or fun runs, there's something for everyone this spooky weekend.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
Debs Night in aid of Down Syndrome
There is a Debs night in association with...
Gardai are appealing for information following a break-in at a bookies shop in Mountrath in the early hours of this morning as well as an incident in Portlaoise which saw a number of blankets stolen off the backs of...
Clonaghadoo 4-8 Ballylinan 3-5
Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Boys Division 3 final
The future of football in Kilcavan and Ballylinan is very bright if the standard of this boys Division 3 final is anything to go by.
Ballylinan had qualified automatically for...
