Limerick billionaire JP McManus has donated €1 million to every county in Ireland for the promotion of GAA.
Earlier today, Extra.ie reported the money is a donation from the JP McManus Charitable Foundation.
And it is to be evenly divided between...
The premiere took place recently of ‘Dinner 2050: Future of Food in Ireland’ in UCD’s state of the art cinema, with a cocktail reception before the film showing.
The film is the creation of Wicklow Chef, Tadgh Byrne and Dublin Filmmaker, Max...
When Michael McEvoy from Spink encouraged Francie Gorman to get involved in the IFA a long number of years ago now, neither man could have predicted that it would end with election to the highest position in the country's...
Clough-Ballacolla have gone internal and will have two club legends on the line with their senior team for 2024.
Willie Hyland has been appointed as boss for the coming season and he will be assisted by fellow stalwart Mick McEvoy.
The...
A Laois County Councillor has called Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD, seeking the introduction of a National Wills Register in Ireland
Fine Gael Cllr Thomasina Connell, herself a practicing solicitor, raised the motion at the December meeting of Laois...
Clane 8 Portlaoise 0
2000 Hosie Cup Final
These cold, miserable, dark winter days are exactly what you associate with the big days of the local rugby season.
It's been that was since rugby began. Back in the 2000-2001 season, Portlaoise had...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Alice (Patricia) Buckley (née Walsh)
Coolock, Dublin / Ballybrittas, Laois
Buckley Alice (Patricia) (nee Walsh) 6th December 2023 Coolock and formerly of Ballybrittas, Laois, peacefully in Beaumont Hospital with her family by...
Solas Garden Centre stands not only as a sanctuary for green-thumbed enthusiasts but also as a vibrant hub of community spirit.
As we embrace the Christmas season and bid farewell to another remarkable year, it's time to celebrate the heartwarming...
Portlaoise College Students have been announced among the winners of this year’s Poetry Aloud competition, which challenges second-level students across the country to perform a prescribed poem from memory.
Organised by the National Library of Ireland (NLI) and Poetry Ireland, this...
Knockbeg College 3-7 Good Counsel 2-8
Colleges 2nd Year South Leinster 'A' Football Championship Final
Knockbeg College are the 2nd Year 'A' South Leinster champions following a two point win over Good Counsel of Wexford this afternoon.
In a cracking encounter at...
It was all smiles in Pedigree Corner over the weekend as St Joseph's presented medals to two of their championship winning teams from 2023.
The Minor ladies received their medals following their championship win over The Heath this year.
Adult players...
Laois County Council have unveiled their Indicative Capital Program 24 - 26 which sets out a list of projects proposed to be undertaken over the next three years.
The actual level of expenditure will largely be contingent on the amount...
Not only do rural Laois pubs face the usual challenges of a fall-off in customers due to tougher drink driving laws and the legacy of Covid but they are badly affected by the lack of taxi services operating outside...
Laois County Council may need to take over the building of one and two bedroom homes in the County.
That is the view of Sinn Féin Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley, who raised the issue this week at the year's final...
Two young Laois rugby players have been included in the Ireland U-18s schools squad ahead of next year's Six Nations.
Jack Deegan from Ballyadams and Lee Fitzpatrick from Portarlington have both been named in the training squad that was announced...
The final event of this season’s Laois Cross Country Championships will be staged this Sunday, December 17.
Barrowhouse is the venue for the two feature races of the Cross Country season which will be held on the farmland of Colm...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Alice (Patricia) Buckley (née Walsh)
Coolock, Dublin / Ballybrittas, Laois
Buckley Alice (Patricia) (nee Walsh) 6th December 2023 Coolock and formerly of Ballybrittas, Laois, peacefully in Beaumont Hospital with her family by...
How time flies. This weekend 15 years ago, Ballyroan-Abbey became just the fourth Laois football club to ever win a Leinster title.
Indeed as a club they are the only Laois side - and one of the few in the...
Laois man Francie Gorman has been elected as the new president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA).
After an extensive campaign Gorman was elected at today’s count in the Castleknock Hotel in Dublin.
He totalled 16,699 votes out in comparison to...
Heywood CS 3-21 Gorey CS 1-26 (AET)
Leinster Colleges SHC 'B' Preliminary Round
Heywood Community School's adventure in the Leinster Colleges SHC 'B' will continue into 2024 as they defeated Gorey in dramatic circumstances this afternoon.
Trailing by two points and a...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley is appealing to TDs in his constituency to 'support emergency action to stem the tide of rising homelessness'.
The Sinn Fein TD called on Fianna Fail's Sean Fleming and Barry Cowen, Fine Gael's Charlie...
The counting of votes for the next president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is underway with Laois man Francie Gorman currently ahead according to tallies.
As of 11.30am today, Gorman has polled 4,675 votes compared to 3,828 for his...
Jamie Malone from Graiguecullen ran the Longford Ultra Marathon back in August in memory of his friend, Paddy Branagan.
Paddy, also from Graiguecullen, died unexpectedly in the United States in May of last year and Jamie has raised €13,095 in...
Sinn Fein and The Green Party recently held events to launch their candidates that will contest the Local Elections in Laois in 2024.
As reported by LaoisToday last week, Sinn Fein have confirmed that they will run their largest ever...
There was an uncomfortable moment in Laois County Council Chambers this week, when the ongoing Palestinian crisis was brought up unexpectedly.
An attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians, carried out on October 7, was the catalyst for the latest military...
Portlaoise RFC 27 Athy 10
Leinster U-14 Girls Rugby League Division 1
The Portlaoise U14 girls met their counterparts Athy in a top of the table clash in Athy at the weekend.
While the traffic may have eased in the town of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Alice (Patricia) Buckley (née Walsh)
Coolock, Dublin / Ballybrittas, Laois
Buckley Alice (Patricia) (nee Walsh) 6th December 2023 Coolock and formerly of Ballybrittas, Laois, peacefully in Beaumont Hospital with her family by...
The 2023 LaoisToday QuizCast came to a conclusion in the Square Bar in Portlaoise on Friday night when the four semi-finalists - Brian Hogan, Murt Norton, Colin Delaney and Jack Scully - battled it for supremacy in front of...
A group of Junior Cert students from Portlaoise College embarked on a momentous journey to Áras an Uachtaráin recently.
They were invited along to witness an Ambassadorial credentials ceremony for the Ambassadors of Uganda, Laos and the Republic of Malawi.
The...
The Managing Director of the National Ploughing Association, Anna May McHugh, recently made a presentation to the Cuisle Centre in Portlaoise.
She presented a cheque worth €1,000 to Cuisle Centre Chairman Niall Kavanagh and board member Liam McEvoy.
The midlands Local...
