The Laois Hurling Podcast is back after a three week break thanks to the Electric Picnic weekend.
This is the final round of group games but much of the chat is about the game that isn't going ahead.
Rosenallis have given...
It was another very successful year for Emo Rath Athletics Club in Track and Field competition.
The year started with a trip to Wales for Cillín Hoey where he competed for Ireland in the four countries indoor Schools Competition.
Cillín, along...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Maurice Conlan
Timogue, Stradbally, Laois, R32C638
The death has occurred of Maurice Conlan, Timogue, Stradbally, Co. Laois (R32C638). Predeceased by his parents Jenny and Patrick, brother Paddy and sisters Francis Shore and...
Electric Picnic 2025, less than three days after the 2024 edition concluded, is fully SOLD OUT.
Tickets for the 2025 festival went on sale this morning at 9am and were fully snapped up by 7pm this evening.
This is before one...
Our latest LoveLaois Podcast is here and this one is all about the 2024 Electric Picnic Arts and Music Festival.
Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett and Liam Cunningham to look back at a memorable few days in Stradbally.
The...
Zach Tuohy's incredible Australian Rules career will come to an end at the end of this season.
The Portlaoise man announced on Geelong's social media earlier today that he has informed his team-mates that this season will be his last.
Geelong...
Oh, there's 19 men a-missing,
And they didn't use the door.
Just blew a little hole,
Where there wasn't one before.
Now the army and the gardai
Are searching high and low.
For the men from Portlaoise prison,
Who have vanished like the snow
It was a...
The Electric Picnic from 2024 is fading into the distance as tickets for the next edition go on sale from 9am today.
As organisers begin the process of cleaning up and restoring the Stradbally Hall site to how it was,...
The scheduled Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 final between Clonaslee-St Manman's and Kilcavan has been postponed.
The game was down for decision last Wednesday, August 14, but the CCC (Competitions Control Committee) made the decision to postpone the game.
This...
Timahoe 2-13 Stradbally 2-11
2012 Laois SFC Round 1
For this Remember the Game, we look back on Timahoe's first-round victory over rivals Stradbally in 2012.
In an enthralling encounter, Timahoe got the better of Stradbally to take the bragging rights for...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Connor (née Carey)
Eneghan, Walsh Island, Offaly/Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of Bracklone Street, Portarlington County Laois. Peacefully surrounded by her loving family at Tallaght University Hospital. Loving wife of Willie and dear...
After the break for Electric Picnic, the latest Laois GAA fixtures are here and a busy week is ahead.
It is hurling action with the first adult championship final down for decision.
Check them out below:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20
All Juvenile Games...
Three names have been nominated to contest the Laois Fine Gael General Election convention early next month.
Councillors Conor Bergin from Borris-in-Ossory and Willie Aird from Portlaoise as well as the Mountmellick-based Paddy Buggy have all been formally nominated to...
Gardai are investigating following an alleged assault on the Saturday night of Electric Picnic.
The incident happened at the Heineken Tent near the main stage at Electric Picnic and a man is understood to have suffered facial injuries.
This happened at...
The number of new car sales in Laois saw a slight increase in July, rising by 6.5% compared to the same month in 2023, according to figures released by the Society for the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
312 new cars...
The fixtures for round 3 of the Senior and Intermediate Football Championships are now known.
As the third round approaches we have compiled the top scorers from the top the Intermediate and Senior football championships.
Veterans like Paul Cahillane and fresher...
The Friday of the 2024 Electric Picnic was a very special occasion for everyone in LaoisToday as it was our performing debut.
The LaoisToday team took our popular QuizCast to the Ah, Hear stage in Mindfield.
With an early slot of...
The LaoisToday QuizCast made its Electric Picnic debut at the Ah, Hear tent in Mindfield on Friday.
It pitted three of the four contestants who battled it out in the Square Bar last year against each other.
Defending champion Brian Hogan...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Pat (Paddy) Delaney
Kyledellig, Clough, Laois / Thurles, Tipperary
Pat (Paddy) Delaney, late of Harrow, London, and Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, and formerly of Kyledellig, Clough, Co. Laois. Died 23rd July 2024....
Electric Picnic wrapped up for another year after a wonderful weekend of music and arts in the forests and fields of Stradbally on Sunday.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the festival, Noah Kahan kicked things off as the Friday night...
After another brilliant weekend in Stradbally, the majority of the 75,000 in attendance are making their way home.
And as is typically the case these days, those exiting are documenting their experience on social media.
As predicted, the gorgeous weather that...
Round 3 of the Laois Shopping Centre senior hurling championship will take place this weekend - but only three matches will take place.
Group A concludes on Saturday but only one of the two matches will go ahead following a...
And just like that - another installment of the Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival has come to a close.
75,000 people descended upon Stradbally from Thursday evening and are slowly making their way home now.
On Friday, Jazzy and Noah...
Round 3 of the Senior Hurling Championship is almost upon us. As the group games draw to a close, we have compiled a list of the top scorers from the first two rounds.
As it stands the top scorers from...
Camross 0-18 Mountrath 0-14
2009 Laois SHC Group Stages
For this week's Remember the Game, we have decided to feature the current hurling county champions, Camross as we look back on their first-round victory over neighbours Mountrath in 2009.
Of the team...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Pat (Boxcar) Fennelly
Carlow Town, Carlow/Crettyard, Laois/Crettyard, Kilkenny
Pat (Boxcar) Fennelly of Montgomery St., Carlow and formerly of 5 Doonane Rd, Crettyard, Co Laois, passed away on August 16th, 2024, at Naas General Hospital,...
The winner of the first ever LaoisToday QuizCast live from Electric Picnic has been crowned.
LaoisToday made our debut in the Ah, Hear tent in Mindfield on Friday afternoon.
It was a proud occasion for LaoisToday to be on stage during the...
Camross Comhaltas impressed at the recent Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Wexford town, taking three first prizes and two third places.
The Laois group faced fierce competition with a total of 7,000 participants in over 250 competitions at the week-long...
Portlaoise 2-8 Castletown 0-7
Laois SHC Final 2004
In our latest Remember The Game, we look back on Portlaoise's victory over Castletown in 2004 when they were crowned Laois SHC champions.
Portlaoise's win ended Castletown's hopes of winning six Laois SHC titles...
This September a relic of blessed Carlo Acutis will be brought to Ireland by three Franciscan friars from Assisi where his mortal remains repose.
Portlaoise Parish Church is privileged to be one of the places chosen to host this visit....
