Timahoe 2-6 Ballyroan-Abbey 0-17
ACFL Division 3 Round 2
Timahoe welcomed Ballyroan-Abbey to Pairc Mochua this evening in Round 2 of Division 3 of football league.
The visitors got off to the better start as Alan McWey and Killian Byrne both pointed...
ACFL Division 4 Round 2
Kilcavan 3-13 Barrowhouse 0-8
Kilcavan recovered well from their Round 1 defeat away to Portlaoise with a dominant victory over Barrowhouse on Saturday evening.
The hosts played with a strong wind in the first half and took...
It was a disappointing start to the Joe McDonagh Cup campaign for Laois after an excruciating loss to Offaly in Tullamore today.
Willie Maher's men dominated the opening half but only led by two points at the break due to...
Laois 1-21 Kildare 1-6
Celtic Challenge Round 1
The Laois Celtic Challenge team have got off to a brilliant start in the competition, comfortably beating a good Kildare side in the Centre of Excellence this afternoon.
Despite an early Kildare goal, Enda...
Laois 1-22 Offaly 3-19
Joe McDonagh Cup Round 1
The Laois hurlers kicked off their Joe McDonagh Cup campaign with a disappointing loss to Offaly in O'Connor Park, Tullamore this afternoon.
This was a massive game for Laois who, having been eliminated...
The big day has arrived for the Laois senior hurlers as they are here Tullamore for Round 1 of the Joe McDonagh Cup.
Offaly will be Laois' opponents in the first of five matches in the competition.
Laois are the pre-tournament...
Four Laois projects have been awarded €153,040 under the Community Monuments Fund.
The core objective of the Community Monuments Fund is to support the conservation, maintenance, protection, and promotion of local monuments and historic sites.
This is in alignment with the...
Gardai are appealing for information following a house fire in Portlaoise recently.
The fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning in Esker Hills.
Gardai are looking to speak to anyone who was in Esker Hills or near Heather...
The 2023 Celtic Challenge hurling competition gets underway today with 38 teams from 30 counties taking part.
Laois begin their campaign at home to Kildare in the Centre of Excellence at 12pm.
They side are managed by Enda Walsh and will...
Easter is a wonderful time of year. Nature, reflects the transformation, from darkness into light.
New green leaves, spring blossoms and brighter days lift our mood and awakens within us a deep sense of hope. Easter 2023 marks the 25th...
Laois minor hurlers overcame Antrim in Abbotstown yesterday to seal their place in the Leinster quarter finals and manager Damien Carter was proud of his players for bouncing back after two losses in the earlier rounds.
Carter praised his side...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Catherine Devoy (née Cotter)
Raheenabrogue, Ballyroan, Laois
Catherine Devoy (nee Cotter) Raheenabrogue, Ballyroan, Laois died the 7th April 2023 at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise after a short illness bravely borne. Peacefully surrounded...
Portlaoise AFC 2 Usher Celtic 1
FAI Cup Preliminary Round
Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk or Derry City could be making their way to Portlaoise this summer!
That is after Darren Rogers' Portlaoise AFC defeated Usher Celtic in Rossleighan Park this evening.
It is a...
Crettyard 0-7 Arles-Killeen 0-8
ACFL Division 3 Round 2
Sub Brendan O'Shea was Arles-Killeen's hero as his late point gained them a first win of Division 3 of the league.
It inflicted a first defeat upon their hosts Crettyard who had beaten...
There were two ACHL fixtures this evening and they produced high scoring and entertaining encounters.
Ballyfin hosted Abbeyleix in their postponed ACHL Division 2 game from last weekend and Slieve Bloom travelled to Mountmellick to kick off Division 3.
Ballyfin 3-14...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the information released this week by the Irish Dental Association (IDA) 'clearly shows the extent of the problem with waiting lists in Laois'.
The IDA says that the outsourcing of Child Dental...
Laois 4-14 Antrim 1-19
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Round 3
Laois minor hurlers are through to the quarter finals of the Leinster Championship after a nail-biting victory over a strong Antrim side in Abbotstown this afternoon.
Justin Duggan hit 3-5 for Laois...
The Laois minor hurlers have travelled to Abbottstown to take on Antrim this afternoon with throw in at 2pm.
Damien Carter's charges are here in Dublin to face the Ulster men and if they do not win, their season will...
Portlaoise 5-12 Killeshin-Crettyard 0-5
Feile Football Final 2009
Portlaoise triumphed against Killeshin-Crettyard to win the Feile final in 2009 by 22 points.
There were a number of players on show who have gone on to establish themselves at senior club and county...
"I have witnessed people charged with serious crimes kicking out or jostling into other who are there to seeking help from the courts."
A meeting in Laois has heard how the conditions that people seeking justice in the county are...
Only a win will do for the Laois minor hurlers as they travel to Abbottstown to take on Antrim this afternoon at 2pm.
Damien Carter's charges head to Dublin to face the Ulster men and if they do not win,...
This crazy busy week of GAA action continues and we have two huge games this weekend.
On Saturday, the Senior hurlers begin their campaign in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
They travel to Tullamore for a Round 1 clash at 3pm in...
The Laois U-20 hurlers made it two wins from two in the Leinster championship against Carlow last night.
Below, we take a more in-depth look at how they did it:
1 - Man of the Match - Bobby Murphy
When a side...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mateusz Orlowski
Esker Hills, Portlaoise, Laois
Mateusz Orlowski, Buttercup Avenue, Esker Hills, Portlaoise, 1st April 2023, after a brief illness, aged 6. To the inexpressible grief of his parents, Ewa Skalska and...
Laois 3-27 Carlow 0-15
Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship Round 2
The Laois U-20 hurlers made it two wins from two as they enjoyed a convincing win over Carlow this evening.
Ollie Hally's charges had 21 points to spare over their neighbours as...
The Laois U-20 hurlers will be hoping to take a giant step towards the Leinster championship preliminary quarter finals when they take on Carlow this evening.
Carlow will travel back to O'Moore Park where they will be aiming to get...
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise Maternity Services has announced two exciting new developments in maternity care for women of the midlands.
A Community Midwifery-Led Clinic and Parentcraft Antenatal Education for expectant mothers have both been launched at The Portlaoise Family Resource...
Katie Moore, Seán Kiernan, Pierce Milner and Ronan Crowley represented Emo NS, Laois and the Leinster Region at the National Finals of the Credit Union Schools Quiz.
The quiz had over 80 teams from all across the country competing in...
The Laois Arthouse in Stradbally is running an exhibition called 'Spontaneous People/Spontaneous Paintings'.
This two-person exhibition which opened recently, brings together works by artists Diana Chambers and Seamus Morton.
The exhibition is curated by Dominic Thorpe and opened on Saturday April...
The average price for farm land in Laois fell by 8% in 2022, the first time since 2018 that it showed a decline.
According to the recent Land Price Survey in the Farmers Journal, the average price was down over €1,000 an...
