Portarlington 25 Balbriggan 26
Leinster League Division 2B
Portarlington suffered an incredibly narrow defeat at the hands of Balbriggan on Saturday afternoon, losing out by a single point at Lea Road.
After the highs of their Towns Cup victory last week, Portarlington...
Laois 1-11 Kilkenny 0-7
Leinster Minor 'B' Camogie Championship Semi Final
The Laois Minor Camogie team have a Leinster Final to look forward to after defeating Kilkenny in Timahoe this afternoon.
Joint-captains Kaylee O'Keefe and Aoife Daly combined for eight point to...
Laois 3-22 Kildare 1-20
National Hurling League Division 2 Round 2
The Laois senior hurlers have continued their winning start to Division 2 of the National Hurling with victory over Kildare.
Willie Maher's charges were pressed in the opening half but upped...
Mountmellick Utd ‘B’ 1 St Aengus 1
CCFL Division 3A
St Aengus remain second in Division 3A, two points ahead of today’s opponents Mountmellick United B, after the two sides shared the spoils this afternoon in Conor Davis Park.
Robert Tyrell gave...
The Laois hurlers have made the relatively short trip to Newbridge today to take on Kildare in the latest round of action in NHL Division 2.
With St Conleth's Park in the centre of the town closed for redevelopment, the...
The Laois Hospice Foundation was the gracious recipient of a cheque for €2,000 at a recent event in the Castle Arms Hotel, Durrow.
The funds were the proceeds of the hugely successful ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Service held in the Church...
NHL Division 2 – Kildare v Laois
In Hawkfield at 2pm
The Laois hurlers take on Kildare this afternoon in the second game of this season’s NHL Division 2 campaign.
It’s the first time that Laois find themselves outside of Division 1...
The final of our Round 2 clashes saw neighbours meet as St Colman's in Stradbally took on Timahoe NS.
Like in Round 1, representing St Colman’s NS was Maci Moore-Doyle, Freya Byrne and Oran Lawlor.
While Timahoe once again had Ruairi...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Stanislaus (Stan) Farrell
Lucan, Dublin/Ballylinan, Laois
FARRELL, Stanislaus (Stan) (Lucan and formerly of Skeheha House, Ballylynan, Co. Laois and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), February 9th, 2024, surrounded by his loving family, peacefully...
Stradbally 0-13 Emo 0-11
Kelly Cup Group B Round 1
Defending Kelly Cup champions Stradbally made a winning start to the 2024 edition with a two point win over Emo this evening.
A youthful Stradbally side took to the field with Ben...
The Laois GAA pre-season Kelly Cup football competition got underway this afternoon with three games down for decision.
Two further games are fixed for this evening - county champions St Joseph's taking on Arles-Killeen and Kelly Cup champions Stradbally hosting...
Mountmellick Community School 1-5 Gallen Community School Ferbane 0-13
Leinster Colleges SFC ‘D’ Final
Mountmellick Community School's dream of a provincial crown has come to an end after a fantastic senior football D final against Gallen Community School Ferbane.
The sides were...
1 - Demolition of two houses in Portlaoise set to pave the way for many more and a new road
Two houses on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are currently being demolished with big plans in place for their replacements.
The...
Laois County Council delivered a total of 490 social houses in 2023, up from 326 the previous year.
Of the 490 houses, 286 were newly builds, up from 229 the previous year.
The vast majority of new builds were in Portlaoise, with...
The first spot in the grand final of the Schools QuizCast was up for grabs as The Heath met Clonaslee in Round 2.
With both sides winning in Round 1, one more win from either school will secure their place...
Mountmellick Community School are set to contest the Leinster Colleges senior football 'D' final later today.
They will face Gallen Community School Ferbane in Gracefield at 3pm on Saturday.
Mountmellick travelled to SETU Carlow last Friday where they were crowned South-Leinster champions.
Managed...
February 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and also World day of Prayer for the sick.
Behind many hall-doors in our Parish and throughout the length and breadth of our Country, there are people who are sick; men...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Daniel (Dan) Bergin
Garron, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois
Daniel (Dan) Bergin, Garron, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, February 8th, 2024, suddenly and peacefully, at home, in his 89th year. Predeceased by his beloved wife Gemma, his...
The Laois senior hurlers have made three changes to their team ahead of Sunday's trip to Hawkfield to face Kildare.
Laois got their Division 2 campaign underway last Sunday as they defeated Down in O'Moore Park.
Two of the changes are...
Portlaoise College will be hosting their TY musical ‘Back to the 80’s’ when it takes to the stage in the Dunamaise Arts Centre in March.
This two day concert, on March 12 and 13, will build on the music department's...
With spring in the air, it means that planning for St Patrick's Day is well and truly underway in the various communities that celebrate our national holiday.
In Clonaslee they are pushing the boat out once again.
Not only are they...
€290 million in funding has been announced for local authorities across Ireland to support the rollout of walking and cycling infrastructure in 2024.
Laois has received just 1% of that, and will have to divide the €3 million allocation across...
The Higher Level GAA competitions are coming into the closing stages now in the coming weeks and there are plenty of Laois players involved.
The Sigerson Cup semi finals took place last night with lads from the O'Moore county playing...
Students at Knockbeg College recently presented the proceeds of a fundraiser that they took it upon themselves to run over the last six weeks.
Members of the school's senior football team, who reached the Leinster quarter final where they were...
Round 2 of the Wildcard section continued as Borris-In-Ossory and Newtown NS clashed.
This was a winner takes all clash with the loser out for this year and the victor into Round 3.
Cillian Shiels, Sophie Purcell and Rian Powell were...
We are back with our latest Talking Sport Podcast and it is a very varied episode.
Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett where they look ahead to the Laois senior hurlers in Division 2 on Sunday against Kildare.
They also...
Learner drivers in Laois are waiting up 29 weeks to get a driving test, a Laois TD has revealed.
Fine Gael's Charlie Flanagan says he has made strong representations to the Department of Transport and the RSA on the matter.
He...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paddy Dalton
John Square, Portlaoise, Laois
Paddy Dalton, John Square, Portlaoise. February 7th 2024. Peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Deeply regretted by his loving sister Catherine Young, brother in law Bobby,...
Gardai are continuing to investigate following 'disgusting' vandalism that took place at several graves in Portlaoise last week.
In a seemingly random attack, at least seven headstones were badly damaged at St Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
It is estimated that this...
WorldWise Global Schools Annual Teacher Conference held in Castletown
The WorldWise Global Schools Annual Teacher Conference was held in the De La Salle Pastoral Centre, in Castletown this week.
The WorldWise Global Schools programme helps to increase young people’s understanding of...
