The sign is still above the door but 'Turning Point' night club is no more.
For a spell throughout the 1990s it was the only...
We're now heading into June with the growing season moving along quickly and good weather at the moment.
As regards crops the gate is pretty...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm.
Helen Brophy-Macken
Castleknock, Dublin/Stradbally, Laois
Brophy-Macken Helen (Castleknock, Dublin and formerly of Stradbally, Co....
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They came in their thousands to O'Moore Park on Sunday, Wexford hurling supporters travelling en masse to Portlaoise...
To celebrate the occasion of reaching 10,000 likes on Facebook we teamed up with Hyland's Burren Hotel in Ballyvaughan in Clare last week. The...
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There was a big crowd and a good atmosphere in O'Moore Park on Sunday afternoon as Laois...
On Wednesday last members of the Green Team in Colaiste Iosagain were presented with a Green Flag and certificate in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone.
In...
St Joseph's 4-14 Arles-Killeen 1-7
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1A
St Joseph's made it back-to-back ACFL Division 1A wins last night to move within touching...
Stradbally 0-19 Portlaoise 2-10
Laois Shopping Centre Division 1A
Tom Shiel kicked six points as Stradbally moved up to fourth place in Division 1A following a...
A tough day at the office for the Laois hurlers but a brilliant day for the Laois camogie team as well as wins for...
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Laois 1-17 Wexford 3-25
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final
Laois's Leinster hurling campaign is over after they were...
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Laois senior hurling manager Eamonn Kelly pointed out the positive aspects of his team's display following their...
Laois 2-14 Westmeath 2-10
Leinster Intermediate Camogie Final
First-half goals from Eimear Guidera and Linda Keyes as well as eight points from player-of-the-match Sarah-Anne Fitzgerald helped...
We're in O'Moore Park today for the Leinster SHC quarter-final between Laois and Wexford.
It's the first championship meeting between the counties since 2005 when...
The death has occurred of Hugh McDonnell, the former principal of Cistercian College Roscrea.
Hugh McDonnell was a long-serving Irish teacher in the school after...
Ballacolla native Seamus Hoyne has been named as an EU Green Week 2017 Ambassador - one of only three in the entire continent.
Mr Hoyne, who...
Back in the mid noughties, the Banks ranked so far ahead of the Independent Financial Advisor as the “person you would trust most” that...
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It's championship Sunday. Wexford are coming to town to play Laois in a Leinster quarter-final. There's a...
As it goes with much of the Kia brand cars the transformation from small shopping cart to sporty, desirable five door hatch back has...
While the Laois senior footballers aren't in action again until next Sunday, a Laois man will be in the thick of thick of the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm.
Patrick (Paddy) Coffey
Barnhill, Durrow, Laois
Peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny, following a...
The Laois camogie team contest the Leinster intermediate final today when they take on Westmeath at 2pm in St Brendan's Park in Birr.
It's hugely...
O'Dempsey's 3-14 Ballyroan-Abbey 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1A
Two first-half goals from Eoin Finlay and one from Johnny Kelly paved the way for O'Dempsey's...
Laois senior hurlers play Wexford this weekend in the Leinster Championship.
One of our few championship wins over the Slaneysiders was in the Leinster semi-final...
Four Laois students have been presented with top awards in this year’s 63rd Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
Pictured above is Lucy Deegan (17), from Luggacurren, who won...
Westmeath 1-13 Laois 2-7
TG4 Leinster Ladies SFC
Laois paid the price for a poor start as Westmeath claimed the points in the opening round of...
A family fun day takes place in Ballyroan tomorrow, Sunday, May 28.
The event, which gets underway at 11am, is organised by the Ballyroan Parents Association...
Leinster SHC - Laois v Wexford on Sunday at 2pm
The circus that is Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford bandwagon rolls into Portlaoise on Sunday albeit without their...
The death has occurred of well-known Laois businessman, Joe Malone.
For many years he ran the pub in Killeigh before selling the business to Matt...
Last week, Donald Trump met Pope Francis, at the Vatican, on the third leg of his first overseas trip as US president, one year...
