In a significant stride towards promoting inclusivity and diversity in STEM, Transition Year (TY) girls from Portlaoise College have enthusiastically joined the STEM Passport for Inclusion program.
This groundbreaking initiative, championed by Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan of Maynooth University, supported by...
"Exciting times are ahead at SOLAS Garden Centre as they gear up for a flurry of activities this spring. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, lovebirds can indulge in hand-selected hampers, organic wine, flower bouquets, and more. Plus,...
Rath National School and Holy Family were involved in a dramatic encounter as Round 2 of the LaoisToday Schools QuizCast got underway.
This was a winner takes all clash with the loser out for this year and the victor into...
The Laois GAA club season will get underway this weekend with the pre-season Kelly Cup competition.
And the opening round games in some of the league competitions have also been released to clubs this week.
Five games are pencilled in for...
Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has said that many rural residents are witnessing what amounts to 'an effective collapse in rural located health services'.
Deputy Nolan was speaking after a survey of 275 registered GPs nationwide conducted by...
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,...
St Pius X National School in Ballacolla is now accepting enrolments for the 2024-25 school year.
St Pius X NS is a co-education school that offers classes from junior infants to sixth class.
Mr Pádraig Kiely (Principal) teaches 3rd, 4th, 5th...
Gardai are appealing for information in tracing the whereabouts of a missing Laois teenager.
Tyler Berry, 13, is missing from Portlaoise since Friday, February 2.
He is described at being 5 foot one inch in height with brown eyes and hair.
Gardai...
When you've a club as big as Portlaoise, acknowledging the achievements of the various teams can be a challenge.
But they did so in style in the Midlands Park Hotel the other night, celebrating numerous teams of the past as...
A wheelchair rugby club in Laois has been presented with a €1,000 donation from the team at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Dublin.
Laois Lions Wheelchair Rugby Club, formed in 2013, supports wheelchair users who have a passion for the sport....
This is certainly a prize worth winning - and it's all for a very worthy local cause.
Cosby National School in Stradbally have launched a fundraiser to raise much needed funds to extend their sensory trail around the school as...
Two internationally renowned YouTubers who have more than 41 million subscribers across three channels were in Portlaoise yesterday.
Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, known as KSI, was videoed on social media yesterday afternoon in Laois alongside his companion Tobi Brown...
Two houses on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are currently being demolished with big plans in place for their replacements.
The two vacant and derelict houses at Beladd on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise were acquired by Laois County Council...
Young basketballs players in Portlaoise CBS made history recently when they became the first group to win an All-Ireland U-16 bronze medal in the A grade.
The U-16s, coached by Peter Duignan, were just edged out in the semi final...
There was great celebrations in Timahoe GAA clubhouse on Friday night as Stradbally Parish Gaels U-13s received their medals.
This was the U-13 team who were crowned Development championship winners in 2023.
The final itself was played in September where, despite...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Elizabeth (Eilish) Proctor (née Murray)
Bellair, Clonaslee, Laois
Elizabeth (Eilish) Proctor, London, and formerly of Bellair, Clonaslee, Co. Laois. Died the 11th of January 2024. Predeceased by her husband Benjamin Herbert (Barney)...
Laois County Council have announced they are to develop a tourism hub at the former Ha'Penny Babies School at Chapel Street in Portlaoise.
The location is approximately 400m to the north of lower Main Street, and the site measures approximately...
IFA President Francie Gorman has paid tribute to the former Taoiseach John Bruton, who has died.
The Fine Gael politician served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and led the party from 1990 to 2001.
Bruton was first elected to Dáil...
The Laois U-20 football manager Kieran Kelly has named his panel ahead of the 2024 Leinster U-20 football championship.
St Joseph's and Portlaoise lead the way in terms of representation with four players each.
While in total, 17 Laois clubs have...
Fianna Fáil has selected Barry Cowen TD to represent the party in the Midlands-North-West constituency for the upcoming European elections.
The Laois-Offaly TD was voted by party members to run for the June elections at a party convention in Mullingar,...
Dunamase College is holding its open evening on Wednesday, February 21, for students wishing to view the Aonad Lán Gaeilge and Thursday, February 22, for those wishing to take a tour of the English stream.
The open evening takes place...
A total of 349 vacant social homes were brought back into active use in Laois between 2014-2023 according to figures released by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
The figures also show that €3.4 million was spent in...
Laois’s 2024 National Hurling League got off to a winning start against Down on Sunday though they made hard enough work of it before eventually winning by seven points.
Despite the win manager Willie Maher wasn’t overly happy with the...
The Camross senior hurling panel and committee members of 2023 handed over a cheque to Laois Hospice this week.
The players and club hosted a Coffee Day back in October of last year where they raised €2,369 for the local...
Laois artist Julie Scully (Síle Ní Scolaidhe) will feature at 'Brigid 1500' which is taking place in the Town of Kildare.
Her piece, titled "Cross in Copper", was selected from over 150 entries for this unique exhibition - “Unravelling an...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Isaac Dobson
Rock of Dunamaise, Portlaoise, Laois
Isaac George Dobson. The Rock of Dunamaise. Portlaoise February 4th 2024. Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family. In the care of the tender...
The Killeshin Hotel hosted a night of great celebration for Annanough GAA club on Saturday night as the Vicarstown-based club reflected on a successful 2023 season.
The club were impressive winners of the Laois Junior 'A' football championship in October....
Heywood Community School 4-15 Banagher College 2-27 (AET)
Leinster Colleges SHC ‘B’ Final
Heywood Community School have come up agonisingly short in Rosenallis this afternoon, missing out on the Leinster Colleges senior hurling B championship to Banagher.
The game was a real...
The newest playground in Laois was officially opened on Sunday as the community of Ballyfin came out in force to size up the area's latest amenity.
A huge local volunteer effort had gone into doing the necessary work behind the...
What drama - and none of it on the pitch!
The Laois footballers won their second game of this National League Division 4 campaign on Saturday - a comfortable victory away to Wexford.
It leaves Laois in a decent place after...
