The managers of the Ballyhoura Bike Trail in Limerick have given their backing for the mountain bike trail in the Slieve Bloom mountains, predicting the ideal location could help it be a major success.
Jim Flynn, the community employment supervisor...
Lettuce pray … for a bit of cop on at dinner time
Don’t panic. Don’t change channels. It’s only me, not Fr Paddy.
But I am down on my knees, praying, nay, begging for a bit of cop on (or should...
Laois hurling manager Eamonn Kelly says the target for his side is stay in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.
Laois travel to Tralee on Sunday to play Kerry in the opening round which will be a crucial game...
Peter Creedon has made three personnel changes and a host of positional switches for Sunday's Allianz Football League game away to Armagh.
Portlaoise's Kieran Lillis, Crettyard's Cormac Murphy and Timahoe's Ruairi O'Connor come into the starting 15 in place of...
Portlaoise actor Robert Sheehan will be appearing in Fortitude again tonight at 9pm on Sky Atlantic in episode 3 of Series 2.
However, fans of the actor may have been disappointed that his character is only being established so far....
Red carpet, champagne on arrival and ladies in little black dresses. The Pub in Mountrath will have glamour like never before this Friday night, February 10, when a local club host their Little Black Dress fundraiser event.
The event is in aid...
Rathdowney-Errill's Ross King has been named the new Laois senior hurling captain ahead of Sunday's Allianz League Division 1B clash against Kerry.
King, who made his debut in 2014, has been a top performer at club level in recent years and...
How do you fancy being a key part of a big GAA game on a regular occasion?
Think you can be the next Maurice Deegan? Or the first Laois man to referee an All Ireland hurling final since Pat Delaney...
A brave Portlaoise mother of three says she has no regrets about going public on her depression and attempted suicide, and hopes that her honesty will help others.
Theresa Mulhall said she thought about the fall-out and felt it was...
A man was assaulted and a quantity of cash and electrical items were stolen from him close to Portlaoise Leisure Centre at approximately 6 am this morning.
The suspect is believed to be have loitering for a time around Dr...
Four suspects were apprehended following a robbery at Maxol filling station in Ballybrittas thanks to the swift actions of gardai who caught the men on the outskirts of Dublin
The break-in occurred at the Ballybrittas premises at approximately 4 am...
Eddie Kinsella hit out at the GAA rule which forces inter-county referees to retire when they turn 50.
The Courtwood manager, who refereed the 2014 All-Ireland final between Kerry and Donegal, hung up his whistle at the end of last...
Firstly, I would like to thank LaoisToday, who have asked me to be a regular contributor as a columnist.
Each fortnight I will focus on the beef and dairy sector; give my useful tips, relevant farm stories, farming news,...
A total of 24 schools across Laois do not currently have access for to a National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) psychologist.
The figure was confirmed following a Dáil Question tabled by Sinn Féin by the Education Minister “1...
Forget France and Belgium, a creative contemporary chocolatier in Portlaoise is tasting success, thanks to its handmade confections.
And they're bracing themselves for a busy Valentine's Day.
Business owner Maria Lukacova is from Slovakia and her husband Andre is from Hungary....
There is relief for the people of Graiguecullen this evening with the news that the Carlow Boundary Review Committee has opposed any changes to the existing boundary. Graigue will remain in Laois.
The Committee - which reported to the Minister...
There will be at least one Laois representative at this season’s Sigerson Cup weekend after UCD booked their place in the last four thanks to an easy win over the University of Ulster Jordanstown on Wednesday afternoon.
Killeshin’s Eoin Lowry...
Laois GAA ACFL and ACHL fixtures 2017
The Heath will start the defence of their Division 1 title at home to newly promoted Ballyroan-Abbey when the club leagues get underway early next month.
Laois GAA has just announced the league fixtures...
Laois has the 11th highest vacancy rate for commercial premises in the country, a survey has found.
A total of 12.89% of premises in Laois were idle when the survey was carried out in 2014, ranking the county 11th, with...
MAC Cosmetics have grown a cult following over the past two decades. I bought my first product at 17 years of age, 14 years ago and I have been addicted ever since!
I've yet to find a lady who doesn't...
The first person to feature in our ‘New to the Area’ interview is Gintautas Cepaitis from Lithuania.
Originally from Siauliai in Northern Lithuania, Ginte (for short) graduated from Didzdvaris Gymnasium in his local town and went on to study English Philology...
Workers at the Hewlett Packard plant in Leixlip were dealt a hammer-blow this morning as the company announced it is to close with the loss of 500 jobs.
Since moving to the site in 1995, the multi-national has employed thousands...
A family owned business in Stradbally is getting ready to produce the first bottles of their home brewed beer this April.
David and Lisa Walsh-Kemmis intend begin trading this spring as their Ballykilcavan Brewery beers will hit the shelves.
378 years...
The ploughing season is well and truly underway and the Portlaoise and District Association held their match in Rathleague on Saturday last.
It was held on the land of the Maher and Conroy families. This year the Laois Ploughing Association...
Fitzgibbon Cup Roundup
Stephen ‘Picky’ Maher hit 3-12 as DJ Carey’s Carlow IT reached the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter finals last night.
They dismantled 13 man GMIT by 6-20 to 0-11 points but despite winning by a margin of 27, this was...
It is the clash of IT Carlow and University College Cork that will attract most interest from Laois supporters as the Sigerson Cup quarter finals get underway this afternoon.
Two players who started in the Laois senior footballers Division 3...
A major overhaul is underway on how planning and development will take place in Ireland over the next 20 years, with an urban planner and government advisor making the case that Portlaoise is ideally placed to be the major...
Talented artist Anna O'Connell from Scoil an Fhraoich Mhoir, the Heath has qualified for the national Final of Doodle4Google - now she needs people to vote for her work.
Anna created a design titled ‘My peaceful space’ where she described...
And … we’re up and running at last!
LaoisToday.ie - an exciting new quality, lively, fun, multimedia news service for the Laois community at home and abroad - went live today at 11am.
After launching on social media two weeks ago...
Welcome, welcome, every one.
Delighted that LaoisToday.ie site is now live. We’ve been overwhelmed by the incredible response on social media, breaking over 3,000 likes in less than two weeks on Facebook alone.
LaoisToday is a new quality, lively, fun,...