Laois County Council has been called upon to resurface all of the footpaths in Raheen Cemetery as they are now 'treacherous'.
The motion was put forward by Cllr John Joe Fennelly at a recent meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal.
He said:...
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President's National Cup
The Portlaoise Panthers men's team are safely through to the next round of the President's Cup following a win over an EJ Sligo All Stars side that included Mayo footballer...
Storm Brian may have other plans, but the last Laois GAA adult final of the year takes place on Sunday in the Training Centre in Portlaoise.
We still have the U-21 hurling and football championships to be completed as well...
A Laois TD says a report on Portlaoise Hospital drawn up by the CEO of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group recommends the downgrade of the 24 hour A&E in Laois.
Sinn Féin’s Brian Stanley says the plan to downgrade the...
Caution has been urged on roads around the county as Laois Fire and Rescue Service clear fallen trees.
They warn of substantial surface water on roads across Laois.
Motorists have been advised to take extra care when making journeys.
Concern was expressed...
Housing is perhaps the greatest challenge this government faces. The chronic lack of social housing coupled with rising house prices intensifies the issue of growing homelessness.
In recent years four Government housing strategies, addressing this crisis seems to have failed...
Who'd like to be going out in that weather?
Storm Brian, coming so soon after ex Hurricane Ophelia, is hitting the county hard and with it coming on a weekend day it is sure to have a big impact on...
We've had some great competitions on LaoisToday, most recently where we've offered one of our readers the chances to win a free blow dry every week for the next six months in the Blow Dry Parlour in Portlaoise.
Valued at...
A Laois County Councillor has fired a warning shot towards CIE following a dispute over a footpath in Portlaoise.
The matter arose at a recent Municipal meeting where Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald asked what progress, if any, had been made in...
An unfinished housing estate, described as a 'war zone', is set to be completed by Christmas.
Cill Beg Manor in Stradbally was originally constructed around a decade ago but has never been properly finished.
At a meeting of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Patricia Dempsey (née Dowling)
Garryhinch, Portarlington, Offaly / Mountmellick, Laois
Formerly O'Moore's Forest, Mountmellick. Peacefully at St Vincent's Hospital Mountmellick. Loving wife of the late Patsy and dear sister...
Double All-Star winner and former Armagh Footballer Oisín McConville was in Laois recently as part of Laois Connects week run by Laois Sports Partnership to promote posititive mental health throughout the county.
Barrowhouse GAA Club hosted this exceptionally successful event...
A former Portlaoise rugby player is set to captain Connacht in the Challenge Cup at the weekend.
Eoghan Masterson will wear the armband against Worcester in the Sportsground on Saturday.
The 24-year-old takes his place at number eight in a backrow...
The Sleep Out for Simon event in O’Moore Park will go ahead tonight in the face of Storm Brian.
“I think we are probably a bit daft, but sure what the hell,” chairperson of Laois Friends of Midlands Simon Michael...
A host of high profile sporting and business guests have been lined up for the Bank of Ireland Abbeyleix - Durrow Enterprise Town business and community expo tomorrow in Ballinakill.
The ribbon will be cut for the event in Heywood...
A former Portlaoise rugby player scored the winning try for DCU in a cup final on Wednesday.
The Irish Universities women's teams competed in the Kay Bowen Cup as part of the Maxol IURU Rugby Festival.
Teams from University College Cork,...
Gardaí say that a man who was electrocuted in Mountmellick last night is recovering in hospital today.
He sustained injuries after he was involved in a car crash in the Bay Road Buisness Park.
Different from what was previously reported, it...
We simply just cannot catch a break at the moment!
Only four days after Hurricane Ophelia wreaked havoc on the country, another Atlantic storm is heading our way.
Storm Brian, described by some as a 'weather bomb', is set to batter Ireland...
A Government decision to take €10 million from LEADER funding to finance the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) has been labelled as “sly” and “underhanded” by a Laois TD.
According to Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley the cut in funding could...
Goodwin Estate in Rosenallis has been labelled a “Third world estate” due to smells and sewage difficulties there.
Cllr David Goodwin made the comment while discussing a motion by him before the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District meeting.
“The smell of the sewage...
Our Duke - the racehorse owned by the Cooper family syndicate from Coolrain which won this year's Irish Grand National winner which is - will make its first appearance of the National Hunt season in Down Royal early next...
Where are the weeks going?
We're well over half way through October now and before we know it, it will be Ch...
No it's still too early to say that word yet!
Anyway, there are still loads of events taking place in...
The voices are been trained and the dodgy dance moves are being polished in Emo as we speak.
The club is currently gearing up for their Lip Sync which takes place in the Midlands Park Hotel Portlaoise on Saturday October 28...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Dobson (née Haslam)
Ballycarroll, Stradbally, Laois
The death has occurred of Elizabeth (Bessie) Dobson (née Haslam), Ballycarroll, Stradbally, Laois
Passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, in...
The Laois footballers have been drawn to play Wexford in the opening round of the Leinster football championship in 2018.
Laois last played Wexford in the Leinster championship in the 2008 semi-final, a game which Wexford won but they did...
The Camross hurling manager believes he was targeted during hurling training when thieves stole farm equipment worth €10,000.
Arien Delaney has offered a reward for information which leads to the return of a stolen quad bike and trailer.
“These crimes are...
A drinks company based in Abbeyleix will represent Laois in the GAA Interfirms competition for the first time this weekend.
First Ireland Spirits will be taking part in their first ever hurling game as a company on Saturday afternoon at...
Gardai have seized drugs, a sawn-off shotgun and amunition in a raid of a house on the Laois/Offaly border.
They say that the combined estimated value of the find is in excess of €1 million.
Cocaine, amphetamine and cocaine herb were...
For Emma Lawlor from GTL Life and Pensions in Portlaoise, a financial planning business has been in her family for over 40 years now.
Her late father John set it up in Pearse Street in Dublin in January 1977 before...
The whole country was obsessed with Storm Ophelia for a couple of days there and while its effects are still being felt, the worst is over.
The whole experience was an eye opening one and it was described by experts...
