There was huge drama as Scoil Mhuire Fatima Timahoe and Rath National School clashed in Round 1 of the LaoisToday Schools Quiz Cast.
Ruairi Bowe, Daisy Ramsbottom and Lucy Scully were on duty for Timahoe while Michael Behan, Aoife Murphy...
The wait is almost over for the Laois senior hurlers with their National hurling league Division 2 campaign to start on Sunday.
Laois will face Down in Round 1 and are 1/10 with the bookies to make a winning start.
Alan...
The CCFL'S prestigious Combined Counties Cup takes centre stage this week for the soccer clubs in Laois.
In all, five of the County's clubs will compete in Round 2 action, starting at lunch time on Saturday when Rosenallis travel to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Teresa Lalor
Clonbar, Clonad, Portlaoise, Laois
Teresa Lalor, peacefully at home. Predeceased by her siblings Mollie, Kathleen, Delia, Eddie, Eileen (Maher) and brother in law John Joe Maher. Sadly missed by her...
Portlaoise 59 Wexford 22
Leinster U-14 Girls Rugby Cup Round 1
The Wexford U-14 Girls wandered their way to PRFC to take on the current Leinster Cup holders Portlaoise in the first round of the Leinster Cup last weekend.
Proceeding were underway...
Portarlington Further Education and Training Centre are holding an Information/Registration Evening for their Accounting Technicians Certificate course this Thursday, February 8, from 6-8pm.
The course runs from February to July with the examination sitting in August.
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid mode -...
A Laois man had his family to thank for his good Lotto fortune after he claimed a prize worth €263,058, over two months after the draw in November.
The Laois Lotto winner matched five numbers and the bonus in the...
The Ballyfin Community Development Association has announced the grand opening of the 'Dún Mhic Cumhaill' Playground will take place on Sunday, February 4, at 2 pm.
This exciting event will take place at the playground site, and all members of...
Laois senior hurling manager Willie Maher has named a 35-player panel ahead of the 2024 season.
Laois begin their Division 2 hurling league campaign on Sunday at home to Down.
Clough-Ballacolla have the highest number of players on the panel with...
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), through the Sustainable Energy Communities programme, will be hosting pop-up energy saving and retrofit clinics in collaboration with The CUBE Low Carbon Centre Excellence in Portlaoise, on Wednesday, March 6.
These in-person clinics will provide...
With dry weather expected this bank holiday weekend, there's no better place to enjoy the outdoors than at SOLAS Eco Garden Centre in Portarlington. They're gearing up for the gardening season with exciting events and fantastic sales throughout their...
The wait is over for Forest Fest fans as organisers have announced their first slew of acts which will take to the stage in Emo in July.
Forest Fest is the latest of the major festivals to come out with...
Laois County Council will write to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth of Ireland, to request that an agreed strategy is immediately put in place to properly co-ordinate the provision of additional services for the communities...
It's a long way from Crettyard to Clonaslee so primary schools from the two areas being paired against each other in the LaoisToday QuizCast makes for a novel pairing.
Thankfully, the advent of Zoom meant that a long road trip...
13 SuperValu and Centra stores in Laois have signed up to the new Deposit Return Scheme which goes live today.
To support customers with the implementation of the scheme, SuperValu and Centra have installed 14 Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) in...
The National Hurling league gets underway this weekend and for the first time in more than a decade, Laois find themselves in Division 2.
Willie Maher's charges will be hoping to instantly bounce back up to the top table and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Teresa Lalor
Clonbar, Clonad, Portlaoise, Laois
Teresa Lalor, peacefully at home. Predeceased by her siblings Mollie, Kathleen, Delia, Eddie, Eileen (Maher) and brother in law John Joe Maher. Sadly missed by her...
There was a huge Laois involvement in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup in Donnybrook this afternoon as Cistercian Roscrea came from 22 points down to defeat Newbridge College.
Dan Punch from Killenard scored two tries while Evan Brophy from Portlaoise...
2024 marks the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of The Laois Association Dublin.
The Association was founded in 1949 to cater for and provide a welcome to the Laois senior hurling team, who reached that year's All Ireland Final.
The game...
A Laois TD says the introduction this week of the Deposit Return Scheme is 'long overdue and will be welcomed by local communities'.
Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley made the comments in relation to the scheme which will be launched tomorrow,...
There will be strong local representation abroad on St Patrick’s Day as the government have confirmed who will be Ireland’s representatives.
Laois TD and Minister for State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Sean Fleming, is off to Africa.
He will...
If the rest of the LaoisToday Schools QuizCast competition can provide the same drama that the students of St Colman's of Stradbally and St Joseph's of Borris-in-Ossory, then we're in for some treat.
The very first contest needed a tie-breaker...
A call has come from Laois County Council for the Government to put in place measures that would require businesses selling products from Israel or Russia to clearly identify the products as Israeli or Russian.
Independent Cllr Aisling Moran tabled...
A local County Councillor has urged for a reduction in toll charges for heavy goods vehicles using the Toll Plaza at Fatharnagh, Mountrath, Portlaoise (Midlink M7/M8).
Fine Geal Cllr PJ Kelly tabled the motion at the January meeting of Laois...
We're approaching the second month of 2024 and the first set up Laois GAA club fixtures have been published.
The Kelly Cup, the pre-season football tournament, is set to get underway on Friday February 9.
11 teams have entered this year...
Laois GAA have confirmed the start dates for all divisions of the club hurling and football leagues for 2024.
The first club action of the new year will actually begin on February 9 with the commencement of the Kelly Cup.
The...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Liam Dunne
Back Lane, Carlingford, Louth/Portlaoise, Laois/Dublin
The death has occurred of Comdt. Retd. Liam Dunne, Back Lane, Carlingford and formerly Portlaoise and Dublin peacefully at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda...
Here at LaoisToday, we love a good quiz and if the period before Christmas taught us anything - so too do the general Laois public.
Brian Hogan from Courtwood was crowned the inaugural LaoisToday QuizCast champion in December in front...
Ladies Gaelic Football Association has announced the 2023 Glenveagh Homes LGFA Volunteer of the Year award winners.
And a Laois man is among the winners - Mountmellick native Michael O'Loughlin.
O'Loughlin poured his heart and soul into the Ladies game for...
The National Lottery's appeal to Lotto players in Laois to check their tickets carefully from the November 25 draw has yielded a winner.
The prize, worth an incredible €263,058, remained unclaimed for months until today.
The Laois Lotto winner matched five...
