The January meeting of Laois County Council saw the sale of eleven Council sites across the county, delivered under Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001.
This list included four sites in the Ballyroan area.
All four sites were sold...
The wind howled and though it wasn't bitterly cold as it can be at this time of the year, it was certainly an early-season atmosphere in O'Moore Park on Sunday as the Laois hurlers got their NHL Division 2...
The Laois hurlers had a closer than expected battle with Down in O'Moore Park on Sunday afternoon in the opening game of their Division 2 National Hurling League campaign.
Laois had beaten the Ulster side by 31 points when they...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Eleanor Marjorie Sarah (Sally) Gibbs (née Dobbs)
Bellmount, Cullohill, Laois
Passed peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny.
Beloved wife of the late David and...
Laois got their 2024 National Hurling League campaign off to a winning start with a seven-point victory over Down in O'Moore Park on Sunday.
After last year's result against Down - when Laois were 7-24 to 0-14 winners - some...
Portlaoise 21 Newbridge 16
Leinster Towns Cup Round 1
Portlaoise came from behind in Togher this afternoon to dispatch Newbridge and advance to Round 2 of the Leinster Towns Cup.
The visitors opened the scoring with a penalty, but Portlaoise scored the...
Abbeyleix Ath 1 Clonaslee Utd 1 (Clonaslee win 4-3 on penalties)
CCFL Combined Counties Cup Round 2
Seamus Rosney was the hero as Clonaslee United advanced to Round 3 of the CCFL Combined Counties Cup, winning on penalties away to Abbeyleix...
Laois 0-5 Tipperary 2-8
Ladies NFL Division 2 Round 3
The Laois Ladies have fallen to a third consecutive defeat in Division 2 of the National Football League, coming up short against a strong Tipperary side in blustery conditions in Crettyard...
Laois 2-18 Down 0-17
NHL Division 2 Round 1
Laois began their first campaign in NHL Division 2 in over a decade with a battling victory at home to Down in O’Moore Park this afternoon.
Debutant Jer Quinlan was the star for...
The Laois hurlers are in action in O'Moore Park this afternoon as they welcome Down for the opening round of Division 2 of the National League.
While Down aren't unfamiliar opposition - with Laois having faced the Ulster side in...
The Laois senior footballers made it two wins from two in Division 4 last night.
Laois made the trip down to Wexford Park where they finished ten points better than the hosts.
Below, we take a more in-depth look back at...
The January meeting of Laois County Council saw the sale of eleven Council sites across the county, delivered under Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001.
This list included five sites in the Durrow area - one at Swan...
NHL Division 2 - Laois v Down
In O'Moore Park at 2pm
The Laois hurlers take on Down this afternoon in the opening game of this season's NHL Division 2 campaign.
It's the first time that Laois find themselves outside of Division...
The person who has probably done most in the Christian world to promote the idea of concentrating on our breathing as a form of prayer is the Indian Jesuit Tony de Mello, who sadly died prematurely in 1987, at...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mona Morris (née Hanlon)
Whitethorn Grove, Ballylinan, Laois/Athy, Kildare
Formerly of Rathconnell, Milltown (Newbridge), Derrymore, Kildalkey, Crowenstown and Gainstown.
Predeceased by her husband Seamus, sister Pearl, brothers John-Joe, Tom and Luke, sister-in-law Nan...
Laois 1-19 Wexford 0-12
NFL Division 4 Round 2
A powerhouse performance in the first half has given Justin McNulty's Laois side a well-deserved win this evening, away to an out-of-sorts Wexford.
The home side left a lot of scores out on...
The Laois footballers are in Wexford this evening for their latest game in Division 4 of the National League.
Having won their opening round game against Longford last week, a win this evening would put Laois in a strong position...
The Laois Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029, which was drafted last year, was formally adopted by Laois County Council earlier this week at the Council's January meeting.
Two Laois Councillors - Sinn Féin Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley and Independent Cllr Aisling...
It was a battle of Portlaoise Parish in the final of our Round 1 matches with Holy Family facing The Heath NS.
Holy Family have six members on their team and representing them in this quiz was Lily-Rose Delaney, Ari...
Laois' 2024 NHL campaign will get underway when they host Down in O'Moore Park on Sunday and manager Willie Maher said his team are well primed for the challenges ahead.
Maher told us that preparations have gone well since their...
National Football League Division 4 Round 1– Laois v Wexford
In Wexford Park at 6pm
Team news?
Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty has named the same starting 15 as for the clash with Wexford as the one that defeated Longford.
However, he...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Paddy) Delaney
Aughafan, Castletown, Laois
Patrick (Paddy) Delaney, Aughafan, Castletown, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, January 31st, 2024. Peacefully at his home. Predeceased by his wife and best friend Anne (nee O'Brien), brothers...
Mountmellick Community School 6-13 Coláiste Craobh Abhann (Wicklow) 2-10
South-Leinster Colleges SFC ‘D’ Final
Mountmellick Community School are South-Leinster Colleges senior football champions, after a whirlwind final in SETU Carlow this evening.
Adam Hunt and Rory Lawlor were outstanding in the forwards,...
Heywood Community School 0-6 St Mary’s Magherafelt (Derry) 4-9
Colleges Camogie All-Ireland Junior ‘C’ Championship Semi Final
Heywoods run in this year’s Junior ‘C’ Camogie championship is over after they were beaten by St Mary’s Magherafelt of Derry.
This game was originally...
Funeral details have been announced for Katie Graham, the young Laois girl killed in a Carlow road crash on Wednesday night.
Aged 19, Katie was from Ballinagall, Ballickmoyler, and a past student of Arles National School.
She had also attended St...
Scoil Mhuire Abbeyleix were delighted to host Grandparents' Day as part of Catholic School’s Week recently.
It was heartening to see the numbers in attendance increase again on last year.
The children were excited to see the faces of their loved...
The 2024 Laois-Offaly Divisional Garda Youth Awards were launched in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise this week.
An Garda Síochána from the Laois/Offaly Division, in association with Supermacs and the Killeshin Hotel, have brought back the Laois/Offaly Garda Youth Awards...
It's not too often that the intricate workings of Northern Ireland politics and those of Laois GAA cross over with each other.
But that's precisely what is happening this weekend with the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast,...
Where will you be this St. Patrick's weekend?
If enjoying some of the best of what the Irish music scene has to offer then your answer with be at the Rise of The Phoenix Big Top Festival in Tullamore.
With the...
Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty has named the same starting 15 as for the clash with Wexford as the one that defeated Longford.
However, he has made three alteration to his bench with three players coming in.
St Joseph's Aaron...
