Alanna Fitzpatrick, from Portarlington, has made her debut for the Ireland Rugby Sevens Women's Team at the Rugby European Sevens Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany.
Alanna crowned her debut tournament for the Ireland with a try, a major highlight of...
The Senior hurling championship will get underway this week and it is once again expected to be an exciting affair.
The action begins this evening in O'Moore Park as old rivals Camross and Castletown get Round 1 underway.
Thursday will see...
The village of Camross and SVT Activity and Wellness Hub are representing Laois in the 2023 All Island Pride of Place Competition, with judging commencing this week.
Camross is competing in the 'Population under 500' category, while SVT Activity and Wellness...
Castletown reached the semi-final of the Laois senior hurling championship last season for the first time in 14 years - and they'll be looking to build on that this time round.
Having been joint manager with John O'Sullivan last year,...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bridget (Bridie) Nolan (née Brennan)
Oldcourt, Ballylinan, Laois / Ballinakill, Laois / Athy, Kildare
Formerly of The Buildings, Knock, Ballinakill, Co. Laois. In her 94th year. Wife of the late Christopher. Deeply...
Na Fianna Og 0-14 Killeshin 1-11
Minor A Football Championship Round 2
Na Fianna Og collected their first point of this year's minor championship following a draw with Killeshin this evening.
The amalgamated outfit had lost to St Joseph's and Mountmellick Parish...
Abbeyleix 3-19 The Harps 3-18
U-17 A Championship Round 2
Abbeyleix overcame their neighbours The Harps in a cracking contest in the U-17 Hurling Championship this evening.
These sides are both strong contenders for the championship this year and the win for...
Portlaoise Boxing Club is set to receive €30,000 in funding under the Collaborative and Innovation Fund (CIF).
The funding has been earmarked to help support Portlaoise Boxing Club carry out their 'POW Boxing Clever' project.
The project aims to help adults...
There is deep shock and sadness in Laois today following the news of the tragic passing of a dad and his son in Turkey.
Eoin Fitzpatrick (aged in his 30s), from Mountmellick, and his son Dylan (10) from Portlaoise, died...
It was a busy weekend for St Abban's Athletics Club, with athletes across numerous disciplines representing the Crettyard club.
Ruby Millet was part of a large Irish Team which travelled to Espoo, Finland to compete at the European U-23 Championships...
The Laois senior hurling championship gets underway with a blockbuster fixture between Camross and Castletown on Wednesday night in O'Moore Park.
Beaten in last year's final, Camross will be hoping to go one better in 2023.
And they are certainly the...
The vision, imagination and generosity of landowner James Deegan on Monday afternoon as Minister Heather Humphreys officially opened the Carrigmeal Woodland Walks, a stunning outdoor facility with incredible views of the Rock of Dunamaise.
James Deegan, himself a former councillor...
Portlaoise Library, ten years after the site was purchased on Main Street from Shaws, has officially opened its doors for business this morning.
The facility was launched yesterday and has become the newest library in the country.
It is a very...
And it's here again.
The Laois GAA club championships get underway in earnest this week with the start of the senior and intermediate grades in hurling.
Ahead of that, our Hurling Man Barry McEvoy is back to update his club rankings....
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, brought the curtain down on her tour of Laois on Monday evening by turning the sod on the Market House refurbishment in Portarlington.
The Minister was in Laois as part of the government’s...
The week that the hurling clubs of Laois have been waiting for is finally here - the start of the top championships in the county is upon us.
With the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday, Laois GAA have tried to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Barbara Michalec
Mountmellick, Laois
Barbara Michalec, of Mountmellick, Co.Laois and formerly of Frydman, Poland. July 16th 2023. Peacefully in the presence of her loving husband at Tallaght University Hospital. Sadly missed by...
There’s now only three days to go until one of the hottest festivals of the summer kicks off in Emo.
The second year of Forest Fest is attracting some of the world’s best known artists, alongside a host of Irish...
Clough-Ballacolla 0-9 Castletown 7-19
U17 A Championship Round 2
Kyron Cuddy and Tom Og Phelan combined for 4-13 as Castletown inflicted a big defeat on Clough-Ballacolla in their U17 A Championship clash this evening.
Castletown came into this off the back off...
There was a huge crowd in attendance as the brand new €7.5 million Portlaoise Library was officially opened this morning.
Minister Heather Humphreys was there to officially open the facility - with her Department of Rural and Community Development funding...
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, began her grand tour of Laois this morning by officially opening the refurbished Mountmellick Arts Centre.
The Minister is in Laois today as part of the government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ roadshow.
The morning...
Laois County Council have confirmed that a Civic Reception is being held to honour the contribution of Seamus Dooley, a man who has made a massive contribution to the basketball community both locally and further afield.
Dooley was given a...
The life of a government minister is a busy one - and the schedule for Minister Heather Humphreys in Laois today is certainly a snapshot of that.
The Minister for Rural and Community Development is in Laois today as part...
Gone to America for the summer. On a J1.
It's that time of year when club GAA conversation touches on who is and isn't available for upcoming championship games.
And a big element of that is who has transferred to play...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Robert Armitage
Clonygowan/Ballylusk, Ballyfin, Laois
Robert Armitage, Clonygowan, Ballyfin / Ballylusk, Ballyfin, Co Laois. Died 15th July 2023, (unexpectedly), predeceased by his father Austin, sister Ethna, nephew Adam, and cousin Leslie.
Sadly missed...
Camross 1-5 Portlaoise 0-7
1985 Laois SHC Final
There's something about a five-in-a-row in the GAA world that has proven so difficult for so many teams to achieve.
And so it proved with the Portlaoise hurlers in 1985 when their fine team...
Talent from across Laois was showcased at the Stars of our Bars final which took place in Grellan Delaneys on April 23 2010.
A huge crowd gathered at the venue to see ten pubs around the county represented.
Each finalist performed...
From the crowded city streets to the busy town hall square, from the local village community to the crofter’s moorland cottage we find human beings going about their business.
Some have travelled the short distance from home to shop to...
Emo native Ava O'Connor ran a personal best in the European U-23 steeplechase final in Finland on Saturday, claiming an eighth place finish in the process.
O'Connor, who is on an athletics scholarship in America and runs for the Tullamore...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Townsend (née Hickey)
The Course, Durrow, Laois
Mary passed peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family after a long illness borne with courage and dignity.
Deeply regretted by her loving...
