The Road Safety Authority has confirmed that applicants seeking to take their driving test at the Portlaoise Test Centre are facing a minimum wait-time of six months before they can even book a test.
The RSA communicated the lengthy wait-time...
A Laois County Councillor has called for traffic calming measures to be installed at a Laois primary school to slow down vehicles.
Fine Gael Councillor PJ Kelly brought forward the motion at a recent meeting of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District...
The Fitzgibbon Cup, the premium Third Level hurling competition, is set to get underway across the country next week.
Round 1 will be played over Wednesday and Thursday evenings, with 11 Laois players set to be involved in six teams.
SETU...
In the world of Coaching and Games, the off-season is often the peak season.
And so it is with Laois GAA, where there is an amount of activity off the field for coaches that are keen to upskill.
Shane Keegan, who...
The CCFL is back in full swing after the Christmas break, with most teams returning to action this past weekend.
Division 1 takes centre stage this week, with all five Laois teams in action Sunday morning.
Portlaoise v Stradbally Town is...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
JJ Treacy
Morette, Emo, Laois
Treacy, JJ - January 8th, 2024, peacefully, but unexpectedly at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, surrounded by his loving family. Pre-deceased by his wife Paula and sister...
Carlow College, St. Patrick’s, is holding an online CAO Choices Open Evening on Wednesday, January 24, for Leaving Cert & FE students, parents, teachers and mature applicants.
The online Open Evening will highlight the range of courses on offer with...
"Attendance at EDs remained relatively high throughout the Christmas period, and GP out of hours services have also been very busy."
So say Portlaoise Hospital as they gear up for the typically busy month of January where patient numbers are...
The price of the average second-hand three-bed semi in County Laois is predicted to increase by 3% in 2024, according to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance.
Three-bed semi-detached homes in the county now cost an average of €260,000,...
The St Abban’s Athletics Club AGM will take place on Monday, January 15.
The AGM will begin at 8pm and will be held in the St Abban's clubhouse.
The club has urged all members to come along and have their say...
A Laois County Councillor has called on Google Maps to remove a road near the Rock of Dunamase from their system.
Fine Gael Councillor PJ Kelly has asked that Google be contacted and asked to stop sending vehicles from the...
Martin Murphy, the former championship-winning manager with Portarlington and Stradbally, will be in charge of the Ballyroan-Abbey footballers in 2024.
His appointment is a significant coup for Ballyroan-Abbey who endured a disappointing 2023 campaign that saw them fail to reach...
The Sigerson Cup, the premium Third Level football competition, is set to get underway across the country this week.
Round 1 will be played over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and four Laois players are set to be involved across...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael (Mick) Conroy
Castleknock, Dublin / Charleville, Cork / Rosenallis, Laois
Conroy, Michael (Mike) (Castleknock, Dublin 15, Charleville, Co. Cork and formerly of Rosenallis, Co. Laois) January 4th., 2024 (peacefully) in the loving...
Paddy Cotter Cup Round 1
Portlaoise A v Clara Town A (Match Abandoned)
Portlaoise and Clara have fallen victim to the weather for the second time, as they still cannot fulfil their Round 1 fixture in the Cotter Cup.
The match did...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on August 6, 2022.
A Portlaoise man has gone the distance to remember his beloved sister who died from stomach cancer during the pandemic, and to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society.
Eamonn...
Clonaslee Utd 0 Mountmellick Utd 3
CCFL Division 1
Owen Thomas, Colm Coss and Mick Spain were exceptional for Mountmellick United this afternoon, as they extended their lead at the top of Division 1.
Two goals from Coss and one from Thomas gave...
This was a mighty night in Coolrain in October 2022.
This was great craic in Coolrain over the October Bank Holiday weekend as a popular band came to play.
Hogan's Bar was the venue for The Lost Messiahs who wowed the...
We are officially into the first weekend of 2024 and aside from the soccer leagues, there is no other local sport to speak of taking place.
So, the LaoisToday team have come together to make their sporting predictions for the...
The Laois senior footballers began 2024 with a narrow defeat at home to neighbours, Offaly on Wednesday evening, going down 1-11 to 0-12 in the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.
But despite the result, there were plenty of positives...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on November 12, 2022
A Laois man is playing a key role in the planning of the new multi-million pound London Irish Centre which is scheduled to open in 2025.
Gary Dunne from...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Ena O'Connell Deegan
Fisherstown, Ballybrittas, Laois
Formerly of Coolroe, Ballybrittas. Peacefully surrounded by her loving family at the Regional Hospital Tullamore. Predeceased by her loving husband Stan and her adored brothers Thomas...
If you are planning a holiday abroad this year for you and your family, the first thing you should do is to check that the passports are in date before booking your trip.
So says Laois TD Sean Fleming who...
While variety shows and talent competitions are usually organised to mark the last day of term and the start of the holidays, Coláiste ĺosagáin Portarlington decided to do something different this year.
The school's Transition Year students organised a Christmas...
1 - Remembering some of the great Laois people who sadly left us in 2023
As one year ends and the next one begins, we often find ourselves looking back on the people we have lost.
Laois lost a number of...
And so a new year stretches out in front of us.
As always there is plenty to look forward to on the local news scene.
It's set to be a huge year on the election front with the Local and European...
I pray that 2024, will be a blessed and healthy one for us all.
Every New Year brings with its expectation, uncertainty, hope and a degree of anxiety. 2024, invites us to begin again.
The greatest gifts are really only appreciated...
The Laois senior hurlers did on Thursday night what their football counterparts could not do the previous night: beat neighbours Offaly to get their year off to the best possible start.
Willie Maher's men welcomed Offaly to the Centre of...
Laois 0-17 Westmeath 0-12
O'Byrne Cup Final 2005
We take a trip down memory lane and recall the 2005 O'Byrne Cup Final in which Micko's Laois squared off against Paidi O'Sé's Lakesmen.
Paidi O'Sé lead Westmeath to their first ever Leinster title, following...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Martin Mulhall
Shannon Road, Mountrath, Laois
Martin Mulhall, Shannon Road, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Died 3rd January 2024 (unexpectedly) at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his...
