This interview with Sean Fleming was originally published on LaoisToday in September 2020.
What's talked about at a family kitchen table can have such long-lasting, lifetime influences.
In the Fleming's home place in The Swan, political talk was invariably on the...
For this week's Moment In Time we look back on the opening of Killadooley Childcare Centre in 2011.
Fr Jackie Robinson and Archdeacon John Murray joined together with the Killadooley community to officially cut the ribbon in September.
Chairman Liam Campion...
Organisers of the Timahoe Heritage Festival couldn't have hoped for a better weekend as the hugely popular annual event took centre stage again in the picturesque Laois village.
The sun shone brightly all weekend as the crowds flocked to the...
Buds & Blossoms - The Laois Garden Festival: A Spectacular Celebration of Gardening, Nature, Music, and Family Fun.
Buds & Blossoms, the highly anticipated annual garden festival, is set to take place on June 11th at 12pm in the picturesque...
Portlaoise 2-7 The Harps 0-2
2001 Feile Hurling Final
Portlaoise were crowned Laois Feile hurling champions in 2001 when they beat The Harps by 11 points in Shanahoe.
Eoin Fitzpatrick opened the scoring for Portlaoise after six minutes but The Harps replied...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Theresa Whelan (née Sweeney)
23 Coote Street, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 V56F
Peacefully at her home, after a long illness. Sadly missed by her loving husband Paddy, brothers Nicky and Tony, sisters Angela...
Clonaslee-St Manman's 2-14 Camross 0-14
ACHL Division 3 Round 5
Clonaslee-St Manman's have beaten Camross in an exhilarating back-and-forth encounter on Sunday afternoon.
Goals from Josh Flynn and Cian Callaghan were the difference between the two sides as the hosts climb to...
The draw has been made for the preliminary quarter finals of the 2023 Tailteann Cup.
After finishing third in their group, Laois will be on the road next weekend.
They have been drawn away to Fermanagh with the game due to...
Portlaoise 4-6 Portarlington 4-3
U-13 Division 1 Football League Final
Second half substitute Ryan Doyle was Portlaoise's hero as he came off the bench and kicked 2-2 to fire his side to U-13 league glory.
They had to withstand a ferocious late...
St Joseph's 2-15 Timahoe 0-10
ACFL Division 3 Round 7
St Joseph's strong finish to the ACFL Division 3 league has seen them rewarded with a spot in the top four of this league.
The Junior A outfit only had one win...
Arles-Killeen 1-17 Arles-Kilcruise 2-11
ACFL Division 3 Round 7
Arles-Killeen have reached the top four of Division 3 following victory over neighbours Arles-Kilcruise this afternoon.
It is a result that sees Kilcruise miss out on a place in the top four as...
Sean Fleming, Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs, has announced that Laois will receive €121,500 funding for flood works in critical areas.
The areas in question are Whitehorse River, Mountrath and the River Nore near Abbeyleix.
"I am...
Portlaoise CBS CBS recently held a very successful awards night, where they were joined by special guest speakers, Bernard Jackman and past pupil Brian Mortimer.
Jackman is a former rugby player who won 9 caps for Ireland and represented both...
A Laois athlete who won a medal at the European Cross Country Championships received a Civic Reception last week.
This is the highest honour that Laois County Council can bestow upon someone in the county.
In December of last year, Portlaoise’s...
The county of Laois has been the focus of a groundbreaking YouTube series by a religious order in recent weeks.
The Dominican Order, founded in France, by a Spanish priest, saint and mystic, Dominic, have already produced a number of...
The Laois footballers are into the knockout stages of the Tailteann Cup - but they needed two injury time points to salvage a draw and avoid an embarrassing defeat to London in Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon.
Niall Corbet's 74th...
6th year students at Knockbeg College and their families gathered in the college's sports hall to mark their graduation recently.
Proceedings began with Mass, which was celebrated by Fr John Dunphy and Fr Shem Furlong.
With the assistance of their music...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Theresa Whelan (née Sweeney)
23 Coote Street, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 V56F
Peacefully at her home, after a long illness. Sadly missed by her loving husband Paddy, brothers Nicky and Tony, sisters Angela...
Sean Fleming, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, has welcomed the pilot programme of counselling and mental health supports for Laois primary schools.
All primary schools in the county will be able to benefit from this for...
This interview with Abbeyleix native and former Laois hurler Eugene Fennelly, who recalled how he played a staggering 200 holes of golf in one day, originally appeared on LaoisToday in March 2022.
200 holes, 45 miles, 1 eagle, 24 birdies,...
Laois 1-17 London 2-14
Tailteann Cup Round 3
Laois are through to the knockout stages of the Tailteann Cup, but only after a fourth minute equaliser from Niall Corbet saved Laois from an embarrassing defeat and exit from the competition.
Laois were...
It's crunch time for the Laois senior footballers this afternoon in Parnell Park as they face London in the final group game in the Tailteann Cup.
Having drawn with Offaly two weeks ago, Laois need just a draw to be...
National Biodiversity Week, which took place at the end of May, is an opportunity for communities to celebrate the natural world and its many wonders.
This year a number of events were held in Laois looking at different aspects of...
Emo-based jewellery designer Yvonne Bolger is at Bloom this June bank holiday weekend, showcasing her designs, many of which are fittingly inspired by flowers and nature.
Originally from the village of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, Yvonne moved to Laois over 20...
People meeting with people, discussions held round tables decorated with flowers, microphones adjusted for clarity of sound and a fine meal together in the evening.
The formal setting of the art of the diplomatist. Ed McCurdy’s song, first recorded in...
Tailteann Cup Round 3 – Laois v London
In Parnell Park at 3pm
What’s the team news?
Ahead of the game, manager Billy Sheehan has named the same starting 15 that were due to start against Offaly.
There was one change to that...
Shanganamore Barrowhouse, Scoil Eoin Pol Naofa Ballyroan and Camross NS took part in the Vex Robotic Competition in the ATU Campus in Castlebar recently.
The three schools only started their Vex program in February and were up against stiff competition...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Catherine (Maura) Connell (née Duffy)
Ballycullane, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her parents Joe and Peg, brothers Michael and Joe. Deeply regretted by...
The Harps 1-18 Rathdowney-Errill 1-23
ACHL Division 1 Round 5
A late flurry of scores was enough to see Rathdowney-Errill claim the win with five points to spare over The Harps on a sun-drenched evening in Durrow.
Despite leading from start to...
Camross 5-15 Borris-Kilcotton 1-15
ACHL DIvision 1 Round 5
Goals from Tomas Keyes and James Cuddy were pivotal as Camross overturned Borris-Kilcotton 5-15 to 1-15.
Camross looked sharp from the off and got their first goal when Keyes spun his man and...
