The 2024 hurling leagues will come to their conclusion this weekend with the Division 1 and 5 finals taking place on Friday and Saturday evening respectively.
We take a look below at how the various grades fared out and go...
The highly anticipated Folly Festival is back, ready to captivate music enthusiasts and families alike in its intimate venue beneath the majestic Cullohill Castle ruins.
Taking place on July 7th and 8th, this year's festival promises an unforgettable weekend filled...
The Heritage, Killenard has been awarded the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2023.
The award is the highest recognition presented annually to those businesses that are the Best of the Best on Tripadvisor.
To be eligible for the award, businesses must earn...
And the search begins again.
Laois GAA must now begin the process of appointing a new Laois senior football manager following the confirmation that Billy Sheehan's two-year term has come to an end.
It's expected that a group will be put...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Adrian Thompson
Newbridge, Kildare/Mountmellick, Laois
Thompson Adrian (London and late of Newbridge Co. Kildare and Mountmellick Co. Laois) on 5th April 2023. Son of Marion and the late Robert. Sadly missed by his...
Camross 2-26 Abbeyleix 0-30 AET
ACHL Division 1 Semi-Final
Camross booked their place in the Division 1 final after a colossal 80 minute battle at home to Abbeyleix this evening.
It was a fantastic game with a real championship feel to it...
The death has occurred of former Laois county councillor, Cathaoirleach and General Election candidate John Moran.
Mr Moran, who was a Fine Gael councillor in Laois from 1991 to 2019, passed away in hospital in Dublin earlier today. He was...
Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen joined Will Faulkner for a 40-minute chat on Midlands 103 this week where the former Laois-Offaly Fianna Fáil TD discussed health, hobbies, and of course, politics.
The Clara man spent a year in hospital after suffering...
A young man who tragically passed away in Greece last week has been described as "a bubbly, good humoured person, who simply made others feel special".
Mourners gathered in St Tighearnach's Church, Cullohill, this afternoon for the requiem mass of...
A proposal had been brought to life for a new Community National School to be built in Clonad.
The Clonad Community Development Association (CCDA) have called the proposal "a critical initiative that will profoundly impact our community."
The CCDA have letter...
A number of Laois businesses were among the winners at the Midlands 103 Customer Service Awards held in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Monday night.
Over 500 people attended the gala event, where over 60 awards were presented across a...
Laois GAA must begin the search for a new senior football manager with the confirmation that Billy Sheehan won't be in charge again in 2024.
It's understood that Sheehan met with county board officials in recent days.
Sheehan was appointed to...
Laois Chamber Alliance CEO, Caroline Hofman, caught up with Belinda Gyves, Business Development Executive with People First Credit Union, with branches in Athy, Abbeyleix, Stradbally and Portlaoise.
Tell us a bit about your role with People First Credit Union and...
The Laois Ladies footballers and the Laois camogie team have learned their fate, as the draws have been made for the upcoming relegation playoffs in each code.
Both sides slipped into the wrong end of the knockouts with their most...
After a hectic schedule of league games across the county since last March, the club GAA leagues in both codes and all the divisions are now coming to a conclusion.
Here we look at the football leagues and how they...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Brigid Tuohy (née McInerney)
Stradbally, Laois
Brigid Tuohy (Better known as Gussie) nee McInerney, 10 Ash Trees, Stradbally and formerly Bay Road, Mountmellick died unexpectedly July 2nd 2023.
Predeceased by her dear son...
Castletown 2-9 Abbeyleix 1-17
U-17 'A' Hurling Championship Round 1
Abbeyleix got their U-17 'A' Championship off to a flying start with a win over league champions Castletown in an exciting encounter.
Eli Quinn led from centre back with a colossal performance...
Born in the 1960s at the foot of the Slieve Blooms in Deerpark,
Mountrath, Antoinette Breen has been painting all her life.
A gift of paints from her grandmother at age 13 set Antoinette on her journey of capturing wonderful landscapes.
A...
Sean Fleming TD, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs is pleased that €60,480 has been awarded in Government funding to Laois Forest Parks, Walking Trails and Outdoor Amenities.
I welcome the announcement of Government funding for the...
Caroline Hofman, Managing Director of The CUBE Low Carbon Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise and interim CEO of Laois Chamber Alliance, travelled to Brussels recently on an energy policy mission to the EU institutions.
Representatives from Chambers Ireland, ESB, Gas...
The volume of club GAA games in Laois has come down somewhat - but there's still plenty of big ones down for decision.
There are five league finals fixed for this week - including the Division 1 and 5 hurling...
Raheen Vintage Club have announced their upcoming Vintage Rally will take place on Sunday, July 9.
The Annual Vintage Rally is the club's flagship event and will be held in Corbally, Abbeyleix.
Raheen Vintage Club seek to use their passion for...
Cllr Seamus McDonald has called on Laois County Council to inspect and treat Japanese knotweed at Cavan Street, Ballyfin.
The Fianna Fáil Cllr was speaking at the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District Committee meeting this week.
Japanese knotweed is an dangerous, invasive, non-native...
The most recent installment of the Setanta Hurling programme came to a conclusion last week and has proved an immense success.
An eight week edition, which began in mid-May, came to a conclusion with a series of games in O'Moore...
A local councillor has called on Laois County Council to improve safety measures on the Durrow to Abbeyleix road.
Cllr Ollie Clooney was speaking at the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District Committee meeting this week.
The Independent Cllr called for Laois County Council...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Margaret (Peggy) BLACKWELL (née Maher)
Tramore, Waterford / Ballinakill, Laois
The death has occurred of Margaret ‘Peggy’ Blackwell nee Maher, Tramore, Co Waterford. Formerly England & Ballinakill, Co Laois.
Peggy passed away peacefully...
Portlaoise 3-20 Ballinakill 1-21
ACHL Division 2 Final
Portlaoise clinched the Division 2 with a five-point victory over Ballinakill in the LOETB Cenre of Excellence this evening.
The win gives Portlaoise their first piece of silverware under the reign of new manager...
Portlaoise 3-4 The Heath 0-12
Ladies Football League Division 3
Portlaoise have completed the league double, beating The Heath in the Ladies Football League Division 3 Final.
The Heath will feel more than a little aggrieved not to have won, but Portlaoise...
Independent TD Carol Nolan says that community pharmacists across her constituency have indicted there is a strong likelihood they will be forced to operate with reduced opening hours and reduced weekend cover.
This, they say, is if the Minister for...
St Joseph's 8-12 St Conleth's 2-11
Ladies Football League Division 2
Emily Moore scored a remarkable 5-1 as St Joseph's ran out comfortable winners over St Conleth's in the Ladies Football League Division 2 Final.
It was the second of three deciders...
