Mountrath 0-10 Slieve Bloom 0-21
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 3 Round 2
Slieve Bloom followed up on their opening round victory with an 11-point win in Mountrath this evening after a strong second half showing.
Just two points split the teams...
Laois 0-19 Wexford 1-16
Leinster U-20 Football Championship Round 2
Laois are still alive in the Leinster U-20 football championship after they came from 12 points down to draw with Wexford this evening.
Kieran Kelly's charges were facing elimination as they trailed...
After a bruising encounter against Kildare last week, the Laois U-20 footballers return to Portlaoise this evening looking for redemption.
Kieran Kelly’s charges were beaten 3-18 to 0-6 by the side who are the current favourites for the championship.
Based on...
A member of the Laois Palastine Solidarity Campaign says the group's overall message is being lost following events outside the Dail over the weekend.
Laois native Ger Dillon made the comments speaking to Will Faulkner on Midlands 103 this morning.
On...
HSS Hire Group PLC have reached an agreement with Chadwicks Group whereby parent company Grafton Group plc will acquire HSS Hire Ireland.
HSS Hire Ireland is a leading tool and equipment hire company with nationwide coverage.
According to the London Stock...
There is shock and sadness in Rosenallis and throughout Laois following the passing of Enda McEvoy.
Aged in his mid-30s and an electrician by trade, Enda passed away on Tuesday, April 1, in St James' Hospital in Dublin surrounded by...
The SOSAD mental health service, which has seven centres in Ireland including one in Portlaoise, is in danger of closing due to a considerable shortage of funds.
With monthly running costs of approximately €55,000, it needs to raise €42,000 essentially...
The broad outline of the story of Brian Stack is widely known.
A Chief Prison Officer in Portlaoise Prison, he was shot by the IRA outside the National Boxing Stadium in March 1983 and died 18 months later, leaving behind...
Frustration is growing among local councillors over the delay in the formation of the new Community Safety Partnerships, an arrangement that was due to replace the old Joint Policing Commissions (JPC).
The JPC was a forum made up of councillors,...
Laois v Wexford
Leinster U-20 Football Championship Round 2 in O'Moore Park at 7.30pm
After a bruising encounter against Kildare last week, the Laois U-20 footballers return to Portlaoise looking for redemption.
Kieran Kelly's charges were beaten 3-18 to 0-6 by the...
It is the first week of April, the weather is glorious - and the GAA fixtures are coming thick and fast.
We have a range of county fixtures and plenty of club action too.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
All games 6.45pm and first...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bernadette (Bernie) Murray (née Whelan)
Main Street, Stradbally, Laois
The death has occurred of Bernadette, better known as Bernie Murray (née Whelan), Main Street, Stradbally, Co. Laois, peacefully on the 1st of...
Dan Delaney helped himself to 1-8 as Camross got the better of Trumera this evening Round 2 of ACHL Division 3.
The Camross third-string side were 3-15 to 0-20 winners, putting in a strong second-half performance to claim their first...
Over €1 million has been approved for additional road funding in Laois, with the monies designated for maintenance and investment in the county's roads.
A total of €1,147,249 has been allocated, which is in addition to almost €14.5 million in...
For anyone involved in underage sports teams or local youth groups, it's a topic that is never far away: Garda vetting.
And it raised at this week's full meeting of Laois County Council that the system needs to be simplified...
April Fool's Day is the one day of the year where you should most definitely question everything you hear and see.
Whether it is Electric Picnic moving to Ratheniska, Joe Biden coming to Timahoe or Harry and Meghan building in...
A fantastic morning was spent in the Nano Nagle Hall on the Holy Family Schools Campus in Portlaoise on Friday March 28 to mark Daffodil Day and raise much needed funds for the Irish Cancer society.
It was a great...
After 20 years in Stradbally, Electric Picnic is set to move to a new Laois location.
LaoisToday understands that the organisers have concluded a deal that will see the hugely popular annual music festival move just out the road to...
At a time when it seems that the cost of everything is going up, ticket prices for the opening round of the Leinster football championship have been reduced by 40%.
That tells a story in itself. Even Leinster GAA are...
The Laois U-20 hurlers lost their Leinster Championship opener to Galway on Saturday afternoon.
Despite the margin of defeat, manager Derek Delaney was disappointed after the game, but says his players need to not dwell on it for too long.
When...
Not long after being recognised as Volunteer of the Year at the NZ Rugby Awards for 2024, Conor Croke is making further rugby ripples in New Zealand.
Last week the Portlaoise native was elected to Waikato Rugby Board of Directors...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Una (Catherine) Brennan (née Graham)
Castlecomer, Kilkenny/Laois
Passed away on Sunday, 30th March, surrounded by her loving family, in the care of the staff at Hillview Nursing Home, Carlow.
Predeceased by her husband...
Laois County Council has this week sanctioned a loan of €1.7 million from the Housing Finance Agency Plc.
The loan is for "essential works" on the county's two Leisure Centres in Portlaoise and Portarlington.
Director of Services, Mr Simon Walton, said...
Portlaoise College has once again demonstrated its commitment to language learning by awarding prestigious summer school scholarships in German, French, and Irish to outstanding students.
This year, Isha Bhatt and Jaela Halberstadt have been awarded German summer school scholarships.
While Adesuwa...
Many colleagues, both past and present, gathered recently in the Seven Oaks Hotel for the retirement dinner of former Knockbeg College principal, Mike Carew.
A native of Tipperary, Carew spent ten years at the helm of the Laois college.
A spokesperson...
Embrace FARM in Shanahoe has been shortlisted for the RDS Sustainability Awards in the Rural Social Impact Award category.
These awards aim to celebrate not for profit or voluntary rural groups and organisations that are promoting or supporting the sustainable...
A total of 22 players have been granted transfers away from Laois clubs to clubs in other counties - or indeed countries - across the past six months.
More than half of the outgoing transfers have been to clubs in...
Our latest LaoisToday Podcast is another two-hander that looks back on some of the action from the weekend.
Recorded on Saturday evening, Alan Hartnett is joined by Barry McEvoy.
The pair look back on two more defeats for Laois teams -...
The "urgent shortage" of places for special education schools in Laois has been raised on the national stage.
Laois Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack brought national attention to the matter when she addressed Seanad Éireann this week.
Senator McCormack said she...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Larry Ryan
Knockiel, Rathdowney, Laois
Larry Ryan, Knockiel, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, March 28th. 2025, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family.
Predeceased by his wife Kathleen and his brothers and sisters.
Sadly missed...
