A month after their men's senior A team were crowned Division 1 champions, Mountmellick United have been named as the CCFL Club of the Year 2024.
The award came on Friday night at the CCFL's end of year awards ceremony held in...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Billy (William) Lacey
Baunmor, Ballinakill, Laois
Billy is formerly of Lisbigney,Attanagh and died peacefully in the exceptional care of the management and staff of The Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit.
Deeply regretted by his loving...
Clough-Ballacolla 2-27 Mountrath 3-18
ACHL Division 5 Final
After an epic 80-minute battle with Mountrath, Clough-Ballacolla were eventually crowned Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 5 champions in Colt this evening.
It was a titanic tussle between two very impressive sides which saw...
Park-Ratheniska 2-14 Mountmellick 0-16
ACFL Division 2 Round 2 Relegation Group
Two goals in four minutes from sub Stephen Knowles helped Park-Ratheniska to a first win of the season - and maintain their hopes of surviving in the Laois Shopping Centre...
Muriel Wall-Coughlan has made an incredible contribution to education - and her remarkable 51-year teaching career was celebrated in Scoil Bhride in Knockmay today as she officially retired as school principal.
Having started working way back in 1973, she has...
A new playground has recently been opened in Mayo National School in Crettyard.
Other work was also completed as outdoor classrooms were given a facelift, the astroturf pitch was fenced and a wildflower garden was sown.
All the hard work by...
Anna May McHugh, who has been the managing director of the National Ploughing Championships since 1973, has been acknowledged for her selfless work at the Honorary Doctorate Awards Ceremony in TCD Dublin.
Anna May has also been the Irish Board...
Laois based artist, Evgeny Chubatyy, has been awarded with the prestigious Salaski Award at the Chelsea Art, London.
The prize winning piece was first exhibited in Evgeny Chuabatyy’s solo show last September as part of the culture night in the...
Fáilte Ireland has announced the first round of approved investment grants for projects under the EU Just Transition Fund.
And two Laois projects have been selected out of a total of 22 across the country.
The projects are being delivered as...
There's no place like home - and a strong performance in your home area was once again key to sending successful candidates to Laois County Council in this year's Local Elections.
According to the Fine Gael tallies seen by LaoisToday,...
There is sadness in Portlaoise this week following the passing of Kathleen Rigney (née Hughes) from St Brigid's Place.
Mrs Rigney was laid to rest in St Peter and Paul's Cemetery following her funeral on Tuesday.
Kathleen is predeceased by her...
"I think Johnny (Lawlor) has lads on sleepovers in his house just to get them back right," said James Kelly with a smile after Laois defeated Kildare on Sunday.
The St Joseph's defender pulled up with a hamstring injury in...
John Delaney kept up his winning form in the Boys U-18 100 and 800 metre as he was among numerous St Abbans athletes who claimed medals in the U-12 to U-19 Track and Field Championships in Tullamore.
Rachel Ayers claimed...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Billy (William) Lacey
Baunmor, Ballinakill, Laois
Billy is formerly of Lisbigney,Attanagh and died peacefully in the exceptional care of the management and staff of The Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit.
Deeply regretted by his loving...
Clonad 4-13 Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe 0-11
ACHL Division 4 Semi Final
Clonad recovered from a slow start against Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe to win comfortably at home and take their place in this year's Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 4 Final.
Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe began well and were three...
Abbeyleix 1-14 Borris-Kilcotton 0-24
ACHL Division 1 Round 7
PJ Scully stole the show as Borris-Kilcotton overcame Abbeyleix to guarantee their spot in the Division 1 semi-finals.
The Borris-Kilcotton marksman finished with 16 points in total which included six brilliant scores from...
The Local Elections are behind us now and this final Podcast on the subject wraps it all up.
Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett to pick out the main talking points from the election.
After inadvertently leaving it out of...
Portlaoise College have announced the recipients of this year's scholarships for incoming first-year students.
The highly competitive scholarships are each worth over €1,100.
They have been awarded to Sophie Urban from Tobair an Léinn Raheen and Caolan Gilliland from Emo National...
The 60th National Steam Rally was launched on the picturesque grounds of Stradbally Woodlands Railway on the Cosby Estate.
The launch took place last weekend as the rally is set to take place on August 4 and 5.
The event which...
Gardaí in Portlaoise have seized €285,000 worth of various controlled drugs, a firearm and ammunition during a search operation.
This took place in Portlaoise, on Sunday, June 16 as part of Operation Tara.
Gardai have arrested one man following the raid...
There is sadness in Portlaoise this week following the passing of a former publican who was very well known.
Vera Kavanagh (née Keane) passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, June 16.
Mrs Kavanagh, originally from Dacklin, Carrick-on-Shannon, in Roscommon, was...
Laois-based punk, metal, rock and dance band, Chiral, is just back from a flying German tour, supporting ska band The Legendary Hackers.
Chiral officially launched in January, releasing its debut single I Bring Chaos and has plans for new releases...
The latest installment of the Talking Sport Podcast with LaoisToday is here and this is all about hurling.
The Laois hurlers finished up for 2024 when they were beaten by Wexford on Saturday.
Barry McEvoy joins Alan Hartnett to look back...
Laois ended a two-decades long drought against Kildare in the championship by beating the Lily Whites in Tullamore on Sunday.
Manager, Justin McNulty said he was "thrilled for the fellas" following the victory.
"There was extraordinary work-rate demonstrated throughout the match by...
It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council.
They did manage to hold on to their two seats, at least, with Caroline Dwane Stanley...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Vera Kavanagh (née Keane)
Kylebrook, Portlaoise, Laois, R32PW7A
Vera Kavanagh (née Keane) Kylebrook and Main St., Portlaoise. Formerly Dacklin, Carrick-on-Shannon. Co. Roscommon. June 16th 2024. Peacefully at home surrounded by her loving...
It was a busy Monday evening on the GAA scene with places in finals and semi finals up for grabs in hurling and football.
The round robin phase of the Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 2 concluded tonight.
Abbeyleix and Camross...
The Olympic Games will take place in Paris later this year and there will be keen Laois interest in Team Ireland.
That is because Portarlington's Alanna Fitzpatrick has been chosen in the Ireland 7s Women's rugby squad for the games.
Today's...
Cruinniú na nÓg, the national day of creativity for children and young people, was held over the weekend, with children throughout Laois given the opportunity to express themselves in many magical ways.
The event in Laois is supported by Creative...
The GAA have confirmed that Laois will return to Croke Park this weekend, and what's more, the game will be shown live on television.
The Laois senior footballers ended a two-decades long drought against Kildare on Sunday, a first championship...
