The Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC and IHC saw Round 2 action conclude last week.
From the games, we have picked out our team of the week from the players who impressed.
10 of the 16 clubs who took part have...
Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a Laois teenager - 17-year-old Abbie Glynn, from Ballybrittas.
Abbie was last seen on Sunday, August 4, at Heuston Station in Dublin.
She is described as being approximately 6 foot...
Laois band The Finns - comprised of Rathdowney brothers Hugh and Ciaran - have brought their original folk music to America this month where they are touring and appearing at some iconic venues and two huge Irish-American festivals.
Their tour starts off...
The Laois camogie team are getting ready to take part in an All-Ireland final on Sunday against Tipperary.
The game will be played in Croke Park and captain Líadan C-Fennell says that walking out with her team will be a...
Excitement is building in Laois this week as the camogie team are set to play in an All-Ireland final.
Laois will face Tipperary in the Premier Junior All-Ireland final in Croke Park on Sunday at 1.05pm.
Ahead of the game, the...
Members from Laois Federation of Tidy Towns met at the Laois Education Support Centre to enjoy a guided tour of the Biodiversity Demonstration Garden recently.
Dee Sewell designed the Biodiversity Demonstration Garden.
The Biodiversity Demonstration Garden was created to educate visitors...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Fran (Frank) Naughton
Ballina, Mayo / Portarlington, Laois / Wicklow
Formerly of Portarlington, County Laois and Wicklow. Suddenly at his residence in Ballina. Valued teacher at Stella Maris Ballycastle and Gortnar Abbey,...
Benny Lawlor scored 3-6 as Stradbally recorded a big win over Portarlington this evening to book their place in the Laois JFC 'B' semi-final.
Stradbally were always in control and were 4-20 to 0-6 winners at the final whistle.
Portarlington, though,...
The fourth ever hurling tournament in memory of a legendary Laois hurler will get underway on Thursday evening.
Back in 2017, the people of Ballinakill and Laois GAA were in mourning following the sudden death of a great servant –...
An important milestone has been reached in Coláiste ĺosagáin’s quest for a new school.
Planning permission has now been submitted to Offaly County Council for the construction of a state of the art building which will accommodate 1,300 pupils.
The existing...
The Galway Races took place last week at the iconic Ballybrit track and there was Laois success on the Saturday.
At odds of 15/2, Flying Bay landed the Bathshack Maiden Handicap flat race at 3.40pm.
Trained by Andrew Kinirons and ridden...
Round 2 of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship has come to a close and with that comes our Team of the Week.
Portlaoise lead the way in this week's selection with four inclusions after their brilliant performance against Rathdowney-Errill on...
There was serious style in Portlaoise yesterday as the students of Dunamaise College gathered for their Debs.
Top Square in Portlaoise was a hive of activity on Monday as those in attendance gathered from mid-afternoon.
The bus arrived at 6pm and...
The Laois camogie team will make the trip to Croke Park this Sunday for the All Ireland Junior camogie final where they will take on Tipperary.
It's the first game of a triple header of All Ireland camogie finals and...
It was a dramatic weekend in the Laois Shopping Centre hurling championships.
In the SHC, two sides are out. Rosenallis and Castletown have been eliminated but with no relegation this year, their season just ends.
Clough-Ballacolla are through to the semi...
It's another absolutely hectic week of Laois GAA fixtures with a jam-packed schedule of games around the county.
The Laois camogie team are in the All Ireland Junior final in Croke Park on Sunday where they take on Tipperary's second...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Maura Russell
Celbridge, Kildare/Ballinasloe, Galway/Clonaslee, Laois
Formerly Mackney, Ballinasloe, Co.Galway and Larragan, Clonaslee, Co.Laois. Counsellor and Psychotherapist and former Director of The Rutland Centre Dublin and Blue Lotus Centre Celbridge.
Maura passed peacefully...
The CUBE is a 10,000 square foot building spanning over three floors, located in the heart of Portlaoise Town overlooking the Old Fort of Maryborough.
Its central location makes it an ideal place to host your meetings and events, just...
1999 was another eventful year both locally, nationally and internationally.
Who’ll ever forget Manchester Utd’s treble winning season and in particular their incredibly dramatic Champions League final success?
And the Irish soccer team had their own dramas too in their failed...
Siun Lennon wrote this piece on LaoisToday in January 2019.
In October 2018, the news broke that a French-born Stradbally woman, Elizabeth O’Kelly, who passed away in December 2016 at the age of 93, left €30m to five Irish charities.
Elizabeth...
Dublin 0-12 Laois 0-9
2009 Leinster U-21 FC
Fifteen years ago, a Dublin team managed by Jim Gavin travelled to O'Moore Park for a Leinster final which they were not favourites to win.
Laois had won Leinster titles in 2006 and 2007...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Rita Conroy (née Maher)
Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois/Rathoe, Carlow
Rita Conroy. Beladd Portlaoise. August 3rd 2024. Peacefully at home in the care of her family. Predeceased by her husband Noel.
Dearly loved mother to...
Abbeyleix 3-16 Rosenallis 0-22
Laois SHC Group A Round 2
Abbeyleix have secured their place in the quarter-final stage of the Senior Hurling Championship as they overcame Rosenallis by three points on a breezy afternoon in O'Moore Park today.
With the wind...
Rathdowney-Errill 2-12 Colt-Shanahoe 1-15
Laois PIHC Group A Round 2
The points were shared in Trumera this afternoon as Rathdowney-Errill and Colt-Shanhoe could not be seperated despite Rathdowney-Errill being reduced to 14 men at the start of the second half.
Colt-Shanahoe were...
Ballinakill 2-20 Camross 3-11
Laois PIHC Round 2
A professional performance saw Ballinakill come out on top over Camross in O'Moore Park this afternoon in their Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship clash.
They flew into a five point lead early on and never...
Round 2 of the Laois Shopping Centre hurling championships will come to a conclusion this afternoon with three more games down for decision.
There is a double header in O'Moore Park and one game in Trumera today.
The first match throws...
Camross Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will represent Laois and Leinster in eleven different disciplines at this year’s All-Ireland Fleadh.
The group, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, will be part of events held in Wexford over the week of August...
Abbeyleix v Rosenallis
Laois SHC Group A Round 2 in O'Moore Park at 2pm
It is all to play for in O'Moore Park as Abbeyleix and Rosenallis clash in the final game of the weekend.
After Clough-Ballacolla defeated The Harps in this...
Earlier this summer, Pope Francis, hosted more than a hundred comedians from around the world at the Vatican.
The entourage of comedians included some famous names, such as Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien, famed television comedic personalities in...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sean Madigan
Old Forge Crescent, Mountrath, Laois / Clonmel, Tipperary
The death has occurred of Sean (Goo) Madigan, Old Forge Crescent, Mountrath, Co Laois and formerly Oliver Plunkett Terrace, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.
Sean...
