Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Clare King (née Scully)
Old Bawn, Dublin / Rathfarnham, Dublin / Mountmellick, Laois
KING (née Scully) Clare, 7th November 2023, Old Bawn, Tallaght, D.24, formerly of Orchardstown Park, Rathfarnham and Mountmellick, Co....
Laois Youth Theatre will restart in Portlaoise for the 2023/2024 season on Tuesday, November 14.
Youth Theatre is open to young people aged 12-18 who are interested in drama, acting, creative writing and storytelling and all aspects of theatre...
Business News
Congratulations to the Midlands Park Hotel on the recent opening of their state-of-the-art facilities in their newly-refurbished Health and Fitness Club.
View the pictures here: Midlands Park Hotel unveil state-of-the-art facilities in newly-refurbished Health and Fitness Club - Laois...
Homeowners dealing with failing septic tanks will be assisted with funding to carry out improvement works up to €12000 from January 1, 2024.
The Septic Tank grants are to be increased to €12,000 from €5,000, representing a massive 140% increase,”...
20 Tirlán dairy farmers are making their mark as the inaugural cohort of farm family suppliers to graduate from the Tirlán and Baileys Sustainable Farming Academy.
And among them are Laois graduates Oliver Dempsey, from Ballybrittas, and Bruce Thompson, from...
The newly appointed CEO of Concern Worldwide was in Portlaoise on Friday last to give a picture to dedicated local volunteer collectors of the impact their effort is having in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries.
David...
Back in 2003 at this time of year we were in U-21 season too, the last competitions of the year in hurling and football to get underway.
Games played on heavy pitches on Saturday afternoons, generally a race to be...
The dust has settled on another fantastic Laois senior hurling championship, with Camross getting the better of Abbeyleix in the final.
Abbeyleix and Laois goalkeeper, Enda Rowland, was one of the star players in the championship, and sat down with...
A first of its kind, interactive ‘Biobus’ designed to show people how to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels in everyday life, has embarked on a five-week journey of Ireland.
And it called at Laois County Council Plaza in Portlaoise...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Donal Bowe
Capponellan House, Durrow, Laois, R32T257
Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family after a short and unexpected illness , passed away at St Luke's hospital in Kilkenny.
Predeceased by his twin sister...
Ballyroan-Abbey 4-19 Crettyard-Spink 2-6
Laois Shopping Centre U-20 'A' Football Championship Round 2
Ballyroan-Abbey are bidding for a third successive Laois U-20 'A' football championship title this season.
However, the odds will be stacked against them if they are to complete this...
Stradbally Parish Gaels 2-8 Graiguecullen 0-12
Laois Shopping Centre U-20 Football Championship Round 2
Stradbally Parish Gaels have blown Group A of the U-20 football championship wide open after they defeated Graiguecullen in Bill Delaney Park tonight.
Cillian Maher and Conor Buggie...
Colaiste Iosagain 0-8 Carlow CBS 0-8
South Leinster Colleges SFC ‘B’ Round 2
Colaiste Iosagain kept their South Leinster SFC 'B' campaign on track with a hard fought draw at home to Carlow CBS this afternoon.
On a heavy pitch in cold...
Roscrea 12 Portlaoise 15
Leinster League Division 2B
You cannot underestimate the confidence winning a few games gives a team.
Portlaoise travelled to Streamstown on Sunday to take on Roscrea, already knowing they had secured a place in the second phase of...
Flood lights are of massive benefit to sports clubs in Ireland, especially in the dark autumn and winter months.
Laois County Council has this week given permission for two local GAA clubs to begin the installation of this vital amenity.
Emo...
The October Bank Holiday weekend saw the very popular Pumpkin Patch event take place in the GAA grounds of Clonad once again.
This was the fourth staging of the Pumpkin Patch and organisers produced a splendid weekend.
It all began back...
A Laois owned horse came good to scoop a big prize at the Dundalk Races last Friday evening.
Three-year-old Fleetfootsoldier is owned by The Square Bar Syndicate and trained by Kevin Coleman.
It crossed the line first in the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap...
Now that the Laois club hurling season is over, we updated our club rankings.
Barry McEvoy joins Steven Miller to rank the county's top 25 hurling teams and Barry's algorithm is based strongly on championship performances.
There's various changes throughout the...
Annanough GAA’s eventful and enjoyable season came to an end on Saturday when they went down to Louth champions Glyde Rangers in the quarter-final of the Leinster junior club football championship.
After winning the Laois JFC ‘A’ title three weeks...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sean Phelan
Brook Lodge, Fisherstown, Ballybrittas, Laois / Galmoy, Kilkenny
Formerly of Whiteswall, Galmoy County Kilkenny. Suddenly at his residence. Predeceased by his parents John and Elizabeth. Sadly missed by his loving...
A Laois woman was celebrating in Lotto HQ today after collecting her €50,000 top prize which she won on a €5 Bingo Multiplier scratch card.
The winning scratch card was purchased at SuperValu in the Arlington Centre in Portarlington.
The winner,...
The athletics clubs of St Abban's and St Michael's were well represented at the Leinster Senior, U-23, and Juvenile Cross Country Championships, held in Cow Park, Dunboyne on Saturday.
Numerous athletes travelled to Dunboyne with the hope of progressing through...
It is one of the most popular shows on RTE - and a Laois family is set to appear on it for a second time this weekend.
Ireland's Fittest Family returned to our TV screens over the last two weekends.
The...
We may be into the first week of November but the GAA action continues at pace in Laois and our Talking Sport Podcast looks back on a busy week.
There were four Laois teams in Leinster club action with victory...
It wouldn't have taken much for Annanough to have sneaked through their Leinster Club JFC quarter-final in Stradbally on Saturday afternoon - but in the end, they were just edged out by Glyde Rangers from Louth in an extra-time...
Laois Chamber Alliance CEO, Caroline Hofman, recently caught up with Michelle de Forge, Director of Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise.
On our latest Business Briefing, Michelle speaks about the history of Laois' theatre.
She also explains how 2024 will be a...
There was sadness in the Portlaoise GAA community this week with the news that Jim Hughes, a former championship-winning captain with the club, had passed away.
Jim lived in Garrykennedy in Tipperary and served as a Garda in Nenagh and...
Laois County Council and Laois Chamber Alliance have collaborated with the Mountrath Town Team to launch the Vacant Commercial Property Incentive Scheme in Mountrath.
This Scheme was initially piloted in Portlaoise in 2021 and launched earlier this year in Portarlington,...
Leinster club hurling action and U-20 hurling finals are the main items on the agenda this week as the Laois GAA season continues at pace.
Abbeyleix and The Harps meet in the U-20 'A' final on Friday night in the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary B. Behan
Ballickmoyler, Carlow/Kildare Town, Kildare/Ballickmoyler, Laois
Mary B. Behan,Bishopsland, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare and formerly Tierernane, Ballickmoyler, Carlow, passed away unexpectedly, on November 2nd , 2023, at her home.
Beloved daughter...
