A Laois band are set to make an appearance on RTÉ television this Monday as part of the series finale of An Ghig Mhór.
The show will air on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 8pm, and will see Irish...
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All-Ireland Ladies IFC Semi-Final - Laois v Monaghan
In Pearse Park, Longford, at 2pm
Laois's whirlwind season continues this Sunday as Stephen Duff takes his side...
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The Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling championship is underway with two thirds of Round 1 now completed
Friday night provided a small upset as...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Jim McDonald
Ballycrossal, Portarlington, Laois
The death has occurred of Jim McDonald, Ballycrossal, Portarlington, Co. Laois and formerly of Derrydavy, Mountmellick.
Jim died peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the Midlands Regional...
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Borris-Kilcotton 1-20 Ballinakill 0-22
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Round 1
The second of today's games in the Laois SHC sees a replay of the 2024...
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Rathdowney-Errill 5-18 Rosenallis 2-12
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Round 1
Rathdowney-Errill are off the mark in the Senior Hurling Championship after a comfortable victory over...
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The Laois Shopping Centre senior hurling championship continues this evening with a double header.
In sweltering conditions, we have two games down for decision...
Gardai have seized drugs worth an estimated €2.2 million and arrested a man following an operation yesterday, Friday July 11.
Yesterday evening, as part of ongoing investigations under Operation Tara targeting drug trafficking networks, officers attached to the Garda National...
1 - Local TD ‘really shocked’ as cost of Laois bus stops/shelters revealed at over €24,000 each
A Laois TD has said he is “really shocked” at recently unveiled figures that reveal the cost of new bus stops/shelters in Portlaoise...
After 43 years in Railway Street Nolan Locksmiths have moved to a spanking new unit in Lyster Square in Downtown Portlaoise (R32 PA09).
The move from the Northside to the Southside happened just this week and already business is booming...
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Laois's whirlwind season continues this Sunday as they head to Longford where they will face Monaghan in the All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-finals in Pearse...
All our Laois GAA club championship coverage is brought to you in association with Mulhall's SuperValu, Portlaoise
The Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling championship got underway last night with the meeting of Abbeyleix and The Harps.
It provided a small upset...
Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley has challenged the Taoiseach in the Dáil regarding what he described as “the failure" of the Government to provide adequate services for children with special needs.
“It’s clear that there has been a lack of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Madeline Casey (née Graham)
Glendalough House, Stradbrook Lawn, Blackrock, Dublin/Glendalough, Wicklow/Laois
Madeline Casey (née Graham) of Glendalough House, Stradbrook Lawn, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Glendalough Hotel, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow and formerly of...
The big game this evening was the Laois SHC opening round game between The Harps and Abbeyleix, which The Harps won by three points.
But there was also action in the Laois Minor 'A' and 'B' football championships.
Portlaoise got the...
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The Harps 2-20 Abbeyleix 2-17
Laois SHC Round 1
It's a particularly long Laois club hurling season this year with extra teams and a new...
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Summer time, championship hurling and the Laois SHC gets underway with a tasty local derby.
Abbeyleix v The Harps is a fixture that has...
After claiming Premier Intermediate glory in 2023, Portlaoise are ready to embark on their second year at the top table.
With no relegation last year, the shackles were off and Portlaoise, then under Tommy Fitzgerald, fared well.
They drew with Rathdowney-Errill,...
After claiming glory in 2023, Camross return this season looking for their fourth championship in nine years.
The man who steered them to that glory, David Cuddy, has returned this year after stepping away in 2024.
And the return has already...
After a brief spell in the Premier Intermediate grade - which they won with a degree of comfort last year - Borris-Kilcotton return to the senior championship this year.
Indeed relegation in 2023 was unthinkable at one stage, given that...
Camsaw Distributors proudly celebrated the official opening of their newly refurbished office headquarters in Portarlington recently, following an extensive investment in modernising and expanding their facilities.
This major upgrade reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to growth, innovation, and delivering...
Applegreen is throwing a birthday party this July and they’ve enlisted Ireland’s The 2 Johnnies to lead the celebrations.
Taking place at Applegreen Midway, Junction 17 on the M7 July 24, the Applegreen Birthday Bash will see Johnny B and...
Portlaoise Hospital has officially launched Hospital Watch, a proactive crime prevention programme in the hospital setting.
Similar to a residential Neighbourhood Watch scheme, it operates as a partnership between An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive, all patients, staff and...
The Laois ladies football season continues this Sunday in Pearse Park in Longford when they take on Monaghan in the All Ireland intermediate semi-final.
Stephen Duff's side came through an epic quarter-final at home to Wexford two weeks ago and...
It's 20 years since Castletown last won the Laois senior hurling championship. Their most golden of eras (eight championships in 11 years) came to an end in 2005 and they haven't even been back to a final since. Indeed...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Liam Kelly
4 Woodview, Stradbally, Laois
The death has occurred of Liam Kelly, 4 Woodview, Stradbally, Co. Laois, peacefully on the 9th of July 2025 at his home.
Liam will be sadly missed...
Reigning champions and winners of four of the last five Laois SHC titles, can Clough-Ballacolla continue building a dynasty of the Laois club hurling scene?
A long-term injury to the championship's perennial top scorer Stephen 'Picky' Maher will certainly be...
Killeen Civil Engineering are looking for a Light Commercial Mechanic based in their Portlaoise Head Office.
Duties to include repairing, servicing and maintaining our commercial fleet of vans and jeeps.
Salary negotiable depending on experience.
It is a full-time position with an...
It was the turn of the Junior 'C' football championship to dominate the fixture list this evening and in the sweltering heat around the county, there were wins for Courtwood, Kilcavan, O'Dempsey's and Rosenallis.
Arles-Kilcruise got a walkover from Barrowhouse...
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Sligo 5-16 Laois 2-7
All Ireland MFC 'B' Semi-final
The magical season enjoyed by the Laois ladies minor football team came to an end in Kiltoom...
