Westmeath 1-20 Laois 0-21 - After extra time
Leinster U-21 HC quarter-final
The Laois U-21 hurlers suffered extra-time heartache against Westmeath this evening in the opening...
The body of tragic Daryl Dargan will be flown home from Portugal to Dublin late on Friday night, with funeral arrangements to follow afterwards.
The...
The Final Furlong in Ballybrittas should be hopping all this weekend as they host their May Pole Festival, starting on Friday night.
With music over...
Around 22,000 homes and premises in Laois now have high-speed broadband with a further 5,000 plus premises to be connected in the coming years.
Orlagh...
Following on from the success of our Laois GAA football Power Rankings, we bring you our Laois soccer clubs equivalent.
The soccer season has just...
Former Laois and Portlaoise footballer Colm Parkinson has hit out at a GAA rule which he claims is preventing him from playing football for...
An extremely rare Laois All-Ireland medal from 1915 has fetched €11,000 at a recent auction.
The nine carat gold 'Celtic Cross' was one of hundreds of...
The council should hold to its current guidelines according to Laois County Council CEO John Mulholland, despite the ‘local need’ policy being abolished following...
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When Tomás Ó Flatharta told the media in 2015 that Pádraig McMahon had stepped away from the...
This Saturday, the Dublin footballers will make a rare trip out of the city for a championship match.
They did it last year too, of...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm.
James (Jim) Shortall
Harbour Street, Mountmellick, Laois/Portarlington, Laois
James (Jim) Shortall, formerly of Portarlington,...
Gardaí have arrested three males in an ongoing investigation into the burglary and assault of elderly couple at the start of May.
The elderly man was...
The much heralded Slieve Bloom Mountain Bike Trail is now on hold due to a lack of funding.
The monthly meeting of Laois County Council...
The Laois U-21 team to take on Westmeath in tomorrow's Leinster championship opener.
Highlighting the incredibly low age profile of the senior county team, eight...
A dig at the site of the Fort Protector site in the old Shaws’ car park in Portlaoise has unearthed a large artefact.
The three...
Laois council staff have been threatened by members of the public who have told them that they know where they live and the registration...
Gardaí are following a definite line of inquiry after an attempted theft of diesel from a bus in Mountrath this morning.
Two men were in the...
Portlaoise Panthers are among five teams to have successfully applied to join the Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One National League for the 2017/18 season.
All...
A few weeks ago on what was week 4 of an 8-week course of parent and baby swimming lessons that myself and Jodie, my...
The operations manager at the 'Rathdowney Hub', formerly the Outlet Centre, is hoping that the decision by a big company to open a Mr PRICE...
Two Laois athletes were part of the Irish team which beat Scotland in an International Universities event at Morton Stadium in Santry over the...
There was great excitement in Killeen NS last week as the Women's Rugby World Cup trophy came to the school.
As part of the day...
Laois Cumann na mBunscol are due to meet this week to discuss the controversial events in one of the hurling finals in O'Moore Park last Thursday.
The Division...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm.
Joseph (Joe) Phelan
Old Borris, Castletown, Laois
Joseph (Joe) Phelan, Old Borris, Castletown, Portlaoise,...
One could only feel for the Laois hurlers at the end of the game as they trooped off the park beaten by 14 points...
Mountmellick took a big step towards promotion back to ACFL Division 1B thanks to an 11-point win over a previously unbeaten Rosenallis side this...
The planned new Portlaoise Library could be in jeopardy as estimates for the build have now increased to over €5 million.
Concerns were voiced at...
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Ahead of this weekend's Leinster SFC quarter-final between Laois and Kildare in O'Connor Park, LaoisToday is hosting...
Three Portlaoise students have received Sport Scholarship Awards at Dublin City University in recognition of their sporting excellence.
The scholarships were awarded to the three...
The volume of games is down slightly but the importance is going up.
MONDAY, MAY 29
First-named team has home advantage; all games at 7.30pm unless...
