Barry Fitzgerald Solicitors, an ambitious and progressive legal firm based in Portlaoise, are seeking a Legal Secretary.
The role will be on a 5-day per week basis.
The firm was set up in January 2018 by the Principal Barry Fitzgerald and has...
Laois senior football manager Billy Sheehan has named his starting 15 for Wednesday's O'Byrne Cup opener against Longford.
The game throws in at 8pm in McCann Park in Portarlington and the team named shows seven full debuts.
Former Clare goalkeeper Killian...
The festive period marked the end of an era in the Courtwood area with the news of the death of Rich O'Connor on Christmas Day.
Rich was the last surviving member of his generation of the O'Connor family and was...
The lifetime contribution made by Portlaoise man John Delany to rugby both locally and nationally was recognised with a special award this week.
Johnny, as he's fondly known to all those he's come in contact with over the years, was...
The Midlands Schoolboy/girls League has recently completed the purchase of a 27-acre land holding outside Clara in Offaly.
The juvenile soccer league, which caters for children in Laois, says it has purchased the land for the purpose of constructing a...
The HSE has provided another update on the status of the out of hours GP service - MIDOC - in Laois.
At the end of last year, it emerged that the company behind the service was to cease trading and...
It was a sad start to the New Year for the Brazilian community in Laois and further afield, particularly Cork, as news of the murder of Bruna Fonseca (28) spread.
Labras, the Laois Brazilian Support Association, carries out ongoing training...
The brand new season of Operation Transformation appears on our TV screens on Wednesday night - and there is now added Laois interest.
This year’s show is being filmed entirely in Stradbally in the Malt House, owned by the Bradshaw family.
And...
With Christmas over and the New Year rung in, the Laois GAA season gets underway this week - kicking off a very busy schedule of games over the coming months.
The Laois senior footballers are first in action as they...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Paddy) Brennan
Patrick Street, Portarlington, Offaly/Portarlington, Laois
Suddenly at his residence. Predeceased by his parents James and Alice Brennan and brother DJ.
Deeply regretted by his loving wife Melanie, son James and...
A selection of photos from the first Forest Fest, a new three-day music festival in Emo, in July 2022.
All weekend the small picturesque village of Emo rocked to the soundtrack of Forest Fest, the new three-day music festival that...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on June 16, 2022.
It was a glorious day in St Francis Special School in Portlaoise as Education Minister Norma Foley officially opened the new building.
Back in July 2017, almost five years ago,...
This interview with Donie Brennan was initially published after Laois won the All Ireland intermediate ladies football final in Croke Park on July 31, 2022
From the time he was a teenager and a star man on exceptional Laois minor...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John McDonald
Ashfield, Ballickmoyler, Carlow/Ballickmoyler, Laois
John McDonald, Ashfield, Ballickmoyler, Carlow, Co Laois, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on December 30th, 2022, at Hillview Nursing Home, Carlow.
Beloved husband of...
Ahead of the National Ploughing Championships in September, we caught up with Kate Ramsbottom, the former anaesthetist who went down a different route in her retirement.
A former anaesthetist is injecting lots of creativity into her retirement.
Kate Ramsbottom from Ratheniska...
After the Laois ladies football team won the All Ireland intermediate final in such thrilling circumstances last July, they were greeted to a hero’s welcome when they returned to the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise that evening.
As the team...
When the sudden death of her father saw her drop her plans to work in New York to instead run the family business – McKeon Stone in Stradbally – alongside her brother James, Yvonne McKeon was undaunted.
At just 21...
In August of 2022, Caroline Allen interviewed Portlaoise man Kevin Kavanagh about his career and his very successful art gallery in London.
Commuting from Mountrath to the capital where his eponymous art gallery is a key part of the cultural...
Ahead of a 25-year reunion of the All Ireland-winning Laois minor footballers in October, we looked back at their glorious 1997 success.
This evening in Portlaoise, a group of lads in their early 40s will gather to drink a few...
Ahead of the return of the Electric Picnic in September, we caught up with Thomas Cosby, owner of the venue, Stradbally Hall.
“I missed it for the last two years, but it has come back with a bang and got...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John McDonald
Ashfield, Ballickmoyler, Carlow/Ballickmoyler, Laois
John McDonald, Ashfield, Ballickmoyler, Carlow, Co Laois, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on December 30th, 2022, at Hillview Nursing Home, Carlow.
Beloved husband of...
Local Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has described the out of hours GP service as an ‘interim solution only’.
Last night, Fianna Fail TD Sean Fleming announced that MIDOC services would ‘continue as normal’ in Laois following high level discussions.
MIDOC...
A book review from August where we looked at 'Unlocked', David McDonald's book about life as an officer in Portlaoise Prison.
For the vast majority of people who lived in Portlaoise over recent decades, little was known about the goings...
May was a proud month for the county as two Laois routes made their way into the '50 Best Irish Walks.'
There is a wide selection of great walking routes in Laois – and two of them have been included...
June saw the worrying reports emerge that crime levels in Laois have risen significantly.
There has been a significant rise in crime levels in Laois over the last 12 months, figures at a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee show.
Almost...
June saw Laois company, Salutem Insights Ltd honoured at the 2022 National Enterprise Awards.
Salutem Insights Limited were winners at this year’s National Enterprise Awards.
The awards, which took place at the Mansion House in Dublin, are in their 23rd year...
As one year ends and the next one begins, we often find ourselves looking back on the people we have lost.
Laois lost a number of great people over the last 12 months and below, we will remember some of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Dora (Doe) Flood (née Armstrong)
Portlaoise, Laois / Rathfarnham, Dublin
Flood (née Armstrong), Dora (Doe) (Portlaoise, Co. Laois and formerly of Rathfarnham) 29th December 2022 (peacefully), surrounded by her loving family in...
The out of hours GP service in Laois is to continue to operate as normal - Laois TD Sean Fleming has confirmed.
There has been outrage and upset across Laois in the last week when it was revealed that the...
Wonderful pictures of Ciarán Dunlevy's Portlaoise mural from back in June.
There has been a lot intrigue over the last few weeks as a beautiful new mural has gone up on a former Laois hotel.
Renowned mural artist, Ciarán Dunlevy, has...
