Unrelenting weather conditions meant that only three of the scheduled nine games involving Laois teams went ahead this weekend.
Luckily, there was still plenty of goals and drama on offer.
Division 1
Abbeyleix Athletic 2 Gallen Utd 0
Abbeyleix put in easily their...
Laois 1-8 Roscommon 2-8
Camogie Minor 'B' All-Ireland Championship
The Laois Minor camogie team begun their All Ireland campaign with a shock home-defeat at the hands of Roscommon on Sunday afternoon.
There was an air of expectation around this fixture, but Hazel...
Antrim 3-18 Laois 1-18
NHL Division 1
The Laois hurlers will have to face Westmeath in a relegation playoff after losing to Antrim in Corrigan Park in Belfast this afternoon.
The winner of this game was assured of top tier hurling again...
The Laois hurlers are in Belfast today to face Antrim in Corrigan Park in a vital game in Division 1 of the National Hurling League.
It has been a tough start to the season with Laois suffering three defeats from...
The first Laois GAA club silverware of the year was handed over on Saturday afternoon as the Stradbally footballers claimed pre-season Kelly Cup competition.
Stradbally were 3-11 to 1-9 winners over Killeshin in the final in tough weather conditions, rounded...
A Laois farm family is enjoying an enthusiastic response to its fresh milk vending machine located at the Solas Eco Garden Centre, Portarlington.
Micheál Finlay, his wife Cora and his father Liam, run the dairy farm at Lea, Portarlington which...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Josephine (Josie) Kearney (née Mooney)
Woodlawn Drive, Clonbullogue, Offaly/Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of St Michael’s Park, Portarlington, County Laois. Unexpectedly at her residence. Predeceased by her brother Larry and granddaughter Sasha. Deeply regretted...
The National Hurling League has been getting plenty of bad press these past couple of years.
Though it was always a secondary competition, it has been downgraded even more in recent seasons following the introduction of the round robin-based provincial...
Stradbally 3-11 Killeshin 1-9
Kelly Cup Final
Stradbally were crowned Kelly Cup champions for the first time since 2016 as they defeated Killeshin in Crettyard this afternoon.
In miserable conditions with constant rain and driving wind across a very heavy pitch, three...
Eighteen acres of agricultural land at Cashel, Ballyroan, sold for for €325,000, or €18,055 per acre, at an online auction on Friday afternoon.
Hennessy Auctioneers were the agents for the parcel of land, which is located on the R427 Stradbally/Abbeyleix...
This week saw the next generation of Irish up-and-coming eco-conscious creators, innovators, and fashion designers at the 2023 Regional Finals of Junk Kouture, the world’s largest sustainable fashion competition for youth.
1,200 designs made from 100% recycled materials by post-primary...
Alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatope were flying around the library at Rath National School last week as students and staff celebrated the occasion of World Book Day.
Organised by teacher Sinéad Murphy with the enthusiastic support of principal Tommy Fitzgerald the...
It's hard to believe, three years ago, a national lockdown commenced, as we endured the fear and anxiety, that's part of a pandemic.
That's why this year 2023, there is so much expectation and joy associated with our national Patron...
Kelly Cup Final - Killeshin v Stradbally
In Crettyard at 4.30pm
The first Laois GAA silverware of the season will be decided in Crettyard this afternoon as the footballers of Killeshin and Stradbally face off in the Kelly Cup final.
The competition...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Josephine (Josie) Kearney (née Mooney)
Woodlawn Drive, Clonbullogue, Offaly/Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of St Michael’s Park, Portarlington, County Laois. Unexpectedly at her residence. Predeceased by her brother Larry and granddaughter Sasha. Deeply regretted...
A Laois TD has called on the government to tackle energy bills after two of his constituents received huge bills.
Speaking in the Dail, Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley told how one pensioner in my constituency, who lives alone, received...
€94,450 has been allocated for conservation repairs to eight historic structures in Laois.
This funding includes work to repair thatched buildings, gable end walls, roofs and windows on a number of historic buildings in the county.
€15,000 is to be spent...
The Leinster Juvenile 40x20 handball finals were played last weekend with Laois represented in four finals.
Two of these finals were scheduled for St. Brigid’s, Monavea providing Annie Grant, Michael Brennan and Darragh Brennan with home court advantage in their...
Gardai are appealing for information following a dangerous driving incident.
This occurred in Borris-In-Ossory and the surrounding area in a period of half an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
A car, pictured above and below, was driven in an erratic fashion on...
Laois student Christopher Carew was an award recipient at the recent UCD Awards Ceremony.
The Portlaoise native was awarded the Dillon Memorial medal for outstanding academic achievement over the last four years of his Under-grad Medicine Degree.
The medal was presented...
A Laois village is undergoing a serious regeneration at present with a series of exciting projects happening.
Clough, located in South-West Laois, is experiencing a real renewal at present - beginning with the reopening of a pub.
Mary's Bar is the...
The famed Sam Maguire trophy has passed through Laois on numerous occasions in the years.
Mostly on its way to Kerry though after their various All Ireland triumphs.
Borris-Kilcotton GAA club sponsors Midland Tyres brought the Sam Maguire to Laois for...
Balbriggan 29 Portlaoise 33
Leinster U-18 Rugby Premier League
Picture this, 75 minutes on the clock, referee calls last play, Balbriggan scrum half goes blind side and delivers a beautiful pass to the tall, strong No. 8, no Portlaoise defence, and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Josephine (Josie) Kearney (née Mooney)
Woodlawn Drive, Clonbullogue, Offaly / Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of St Michael's Park, Portarlington, County Laois. Unexpectedly at her residence. Predeceased by her brother Larry and granddaughter Sasha....
The 2022 GLAS (Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme) balancing payments have commenced this week.
Under the payments, farmers in Laois will receive over €315,000, a Laois TD has confirmed.
The Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) provides payments to farmers to help tackle...
A Laois TD has moved to reassure those concerned by the news surrounding Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise.
Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he has received assurance from An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Minister of State for Special...
Over 60 local entrepreneurs and business people attended the 2023 International Women’s Day lunch yesterday.
This took place in the Midlands Park Hotel and was hosted by Local Enterprise Office Laois and Laois Chamber Alliance.
The event kicked off with an...
Road users are being urged to exercise extreme caution this morning as heavy snowfall has hit the county.
Most of us have woken up to a fairly thick blanket of white stuff - with more snow still falling from the...
A Laois secondary school student has scooped a national award at a recent ceremony in Croke Park.
Henry Ncube of Dunamase College was named the winner of 'My ETB Creative Multimedia Learner Competition'.
This was at the ETB Excellence Awards on...
A call has been made to increase the grant provided through Local Authorities for the replacement of defective septic tanks.
Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, Thomasina Connell, has called on Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, to...
