"Sinéad O’Connor was a lighthouse in Ireland’s sea of dark madness, and her light will never go out."
There is a widespread sense of sadness across Ireland this week with the news of Sinead O'Connor's death, at the age of...
The 2023 Laois Intermediate and Junior football championships are set to get underway this week.
We've already had one game in the Junior A as Annanough and Camross clashed last night.
That competition contains 12 teams and they have been split...
A total of €926,415 in additional funding has been announced for repairs and improvement works on rural roads and laneways in Laois.
The funding is under the Local Improvement Scheme and is for the continued improvement of non-public roads and...
Laois County Council has given the go-ahead for the construction of 14 houses in the village of Errill.
Furey Consulting Engineers Ltd sought planning permission from the Council in November of last year.
The project is to compromise of two four-bed, detached,...
The battle continues for Arles-Killeen as they embark on yet another year at the top table of Laois football.
They did get into relegation trouble last year but Paul Kingston produced a miracle display to knock out Killeshin.
But about like...
2022 was a record-breaking year for Clonaslee-St Manman's as they reached their first ever senior quarter final.
Mark Bates was in charge when Cathal Lee's late goal sank Stradbally and saw them into the last eight.
He has since become Castledermot...
Since winning the championship in 2016, Stradbally's campaigns have been disappointing.
They battled relegation a couple of times and only made it past Round 3 on one occasion.
Last year saw a Round 3 exit at the hands of Clonaslee-St Manman's...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Celine England
Ballaghmore, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois / Roscrea, Tipperary
Peacefully in the excellent care of the Matron and staff of Milford Hospice, Limerick after a short illness borne with great courage, dignity and...
Camross 1-5 Annanough 6-19
Laois JFC Group B Round 1
Annanough made the long trip to Camross worth their while as they came away 29-point winners in their Group B opener this evening in the Junior Football Championship.
It was a much...
Portlaoise 1-8 St Joseph's 0-13
Laois Senior Football Championship Round 1
St Joseph's are into the winner's section of the Round 2 of the SFC after they finally got the better of Portlaoise this evening.
Mick Dempsey's charges were two point winners...
The Laois SFC continues this evening with the opening round meeting of Portlaoise and St Joseph's.
Portlaoise were only narrowly beaten in the semi-final by Portarlington last year, a marked improvement from their 15-point loss in the final less than...
After a brilliant season in 2022, can Courtwood build upon it and go one step further this year?
That is the question and so far they have answered it well by winning Division 2 of the league.
They reached the semi...
Midlands Park Hotel nominated some of their upcoming stars to participate in the Midlands Park Hospitality Traineeship Programme, which focuses on Restaurant and Customer Service skills delivered by Laois & Offaly Education and Training Board resulting in a QQI...
The county final appearance from 2019 probably feels like a lifetime ago for all in Killeshin now.
The years since have not been kind and they got a right fright last year when they ended up in the relegation final...
The Government has made an announcement detailing the fertility services that will be publicly funded from September.
Eligible patients will be entitled to one full cycle of IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) or ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection) treatment which will be initially...
Laois County Council have been called upon to take action to clean up a river that has been described as the 'dirtiest in Ireland'.
Independent Councillor Ollie Clooney made the comments in relation to the River Gully at a recent...
The Intermediate football championship gets underway this week with eight teams vying for a shot at silverware.
Five of those competing are 'first' teams while three are the second teams of senior clubs.
Ballylinan are just down from senior and begin...
After years of underage success, is 2023 the year that Ballyroan-Abbey make the breakthrough?
Winners of the last two U-20 championships, Ballyroan-Abbey are in good shape with a very competitive second team in Intermediate too.
They reached the quarter finals last...
The most comfortable winners of the Intermediate championship in 2022, The Heath will be hoping for similar progress this year.
Sean Cotter's men competed in Division 2 and just missed out on promotion to Division 1 following several fine showings.
The...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Walsh (née Hoare)
4 Capalug, Killeshin, Carlow/Killeshin, Laois/Athy, Kildare
Mary Walsh (née Hoare), 4 Cappalug, Killeshin, Carlow and formerly 28 Lock House, Athy, Co Kildare, passed away peacefully, on July 25th, 2023,...
Applications now open
Carlow College, St. Patrick’s has opened applications for the coming semester for its part-time study options with the launch of its new Postgraduate & Part-Time Prospectus.
With over 20 part-time postgraduate and certificate courses on offer from NFQ...
Hennessy Auctioneers are delighted to bring to the market this circa 27.75 acre Residential Farm at Drumagh, Crettyard, Co. Laois (Eircode R93 K4D6).
These lands will be sold by Online Auction on Friday, September 8, at 3pm via the...
O'Dempsey's 1-10 Graiguecullen 1-6
Laois SFC Round 1
When this first-round clash was announced between last year’s beaten finalists O’Dempsey’s and 2020 runners-up Graiguecullen, most would have expected a tight match.
That was exactly as it played out as well. There was...
The Laois senior football championship gets underway in O'Moore Park this evening when last year's beaten finalists O'Dempsey's take on perennial challengers Graiguecullen.
O'Dempsey's enjoyed an eventful campaign in 2022, eventually losing to Portarlington in the final, the first Portarlington...
The drive for a historic four championships in a row for Portarlington gets underway this week and they are the favourites to do it.
Much has changed since the three in a row side finished last year.
Manager Martin Murphy departed...
The last couple of years have been some ride for everyone involved in football in Park-Ratheniska.
As recently as the summer of 2021, they were a Junior A side but won two championships in three months to climb two grades.
2022...
Portlaoise RFC have launched a wonderful new initiative, introducing their first ever scholarships.
The first recipient, Jack Downey was last week presented with his scholarship in Togher rugby club.
The decision to sponsor two Rugby Scholarships came on the back of a...
The 2023 Laois SFC gets underway this evening and is set to keep us all very busy from now until October.
There are a total of eight games to look forward to this week – one Wednesday, one on Thursday,...
Graiguecullen GAA have organised a fundraiser and they need as much support as is humanly possible.
The fundraiser is in aid of Jordan Touhy, a young boy from Fruit Hill Manor, Graiguecullen.
At just 11 years old, Jordan was recently diagnosed...
After winning ten championships in 11 years, Portlaoise are now heading into their fourth season since their last win.
And while they looked miles away in 2020 and 2021, 2022 saw a revival and they were desperately unlucky not to...
