After a gap of three years, the Killeen Community Carol service will return this Thursday, December 22, in St Abban's church in Killeen.
The Killeen Community Carol Service began in 1995 as a local children's performance and later developed into...
The death has occurred of Fr Denis Murphy, the popular parish priest of Doonane of the past 26 years.
Fr Murphy, originally from Goresbridge in Kilkenny, was a popular member of the Crettyard community, which comes under the parish of...
This time of year, households are inevitably hit with an assortment of different ailments associated with the Winter months.
Hopefully, for most, these will be mild and pass quickly but our local pharmacy can be a place we begin...
Long-serving Laois hurler Willie Dunphy has committed to the county cause again for the 2023 season while the likes of Rathdowney-Errill duo Ross King and Paddy Purcell are on board once more and Borris-Kilcotton's Aaron Dunphy has returned after...
Laois GAA are to consider installing a synthetic all-weather pitch, improved floodlighting and the construction of a stand in the Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise.
A recent executive meeting of Laois GAA heard that a potential future development of the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Fr Denis Murphy
Carlow/Crettyard, Laois/Goresbridge, Kilkenny
Doonane, Crettyard, Co Laois and formerly Upper Grange, Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny.
Died peacefully surrounded by his loving family.
Pre-deceased by his parents John and Margaret, brother Eamonn and...
Laois Chamber Alliance are recruiting for a Tourism Development Executive!
This is an exciting opportunity to work with Laois Chamber Alliance, developing and promoting tourism for Laois.
Role: Tourism Development Executive
Location: Laois Chamber Alliance Office, Portlaoise
Reporting to: CEO of Laois Chamber Alliance
The Tourism Development Executive will...
Backup Power Solutions are Hiring Field Service Engineers.
Established in 2007, we have offices in both Portarlington and Newtownards.
Our engineers look after our large client base which is dispersed across all 32 counties.
We are a small team who work with...
The New Year's Day walk in Timahoe has long been a reliable date in the diary - and after a couple of years off, it's returning in style this year.
For years it was a great fundraiser for the Irish...
Youthreach in LOETB’s Portlaoise Further Education and Training Centre held a Christmas Market on December 8, raising over €2,500 for Pieta House in the process.
Students sold many handcrafted Christmas decorations and home baked goods.
From wooden reindeer, pyrography...
Laois is one of the counties set to benefit from a €169m funding boost from the EU Just Transition scheme.
Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon and parts of Kildare and Tipperary will share the fund.
Laois/Offaly TD, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, said...
Fresh from helping Ireland win bronze at the European Cross Country championships in Italy last week, Mary Mulhare was closer to home on Sunday morning as she once again won the Laois women's senior race.
This year's senior men's and...
A book on the history of the Holy Cross Church in Killeshin and its community was recently published by well-known local author Pat Whelan.
The church is in Killeshin which is part of the parish of Graiguecullen/Killeshin and the launch...
Residents in Killenard have been left continuously frustrated over unpredictable power outages in the area.
The issue was a raised at a recent meeting in Laois County Council, with local councillor PJ Kelly asking the council get involved to rectify...
A proposed change to the Laois senior football championship for 2023 could see the introduction of a new 'B' grade for the eight teams that don't make the quarter-finals.
And the proposal that will go to the clubs for the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Rita (Margaret Mary) Brophy (née Bolger)
Limerick Street, Roscrea, Tipperary / Mountrath, Laois
Rita (Margaret Mary) Brophy, (née Bolger), Limerick Street, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, and formerly Fr. O’Connor Crescent, Mountrath, Co.Laois, Died...
Clonaslee United 3 Abbeyleix Athletic 1
CCFL Division 1
Clonaslee United eased past Abbeyleix Athletic on Sunday morning with a comfortable 3-1 home win.
Bob Downey on the left wing was the star of the show, scoring two goals – one a...
Blackrock 27 Railway Union 7
AIL Women’s Division League Final
Portlaoise women Emma Hooban and Eimear Corri lined out for Blackrock College to win the AIL Women’s Division, defeating Railway Union in the final at Energia Park in Donnybrook on Saturday...
Forest Fest, the indie boutique festival in Emo, which will be held in July 2023, has added a folk and trad programme, 'The Forest Fleadh' to its schedule, with the legendary Paul Brady the highlight act.
‘The Forest Fleadh’ will...
Thomasina Connell, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, has given birth to a baby boy.
The Portlaoise-based Fine Gael councillor shared the news on social media over the weekend - an historic occasion making her the first member of Laois County...
A head cold is an umbrella term which encompasses all those annoying symptoms that we come to expect at some point during the winter months.
For the most part, the symptoms are mild, and the worst can be over...
Christmas is a time for reflection, so we at Laois Today have decided to look back on all the major rugby action from around Laois.
The first half of the 2022/23 season has thrown up plenty of memorable highs and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Pat Holohan (née O'Neill)
Twoomey Park, Mountmellick, Laois
Pat Holohan Twoomey Park, Mountmellick Co. Laois. Died December 16th, in the company of her loving family, at The Regional Hospital, Tullamore. Deeply regretted...
St Pauls Killarney 74 Portlaoise Panthers 59
Women's Division 1 22-23
Portlaoise came into today's game top of the Women's Division 1, with a 100% record of eight wins from eight.
That record is gone, however, thanks to a classy performance from...
Christmas came early in Clonaslee and Kinnitty this year - as a very special guest made an appearance.
Clonaslee High Nelly Club rounded off a successful year of giving back.
In keeping with the club's ethos of coming together to help,...
Laois County Council and LEAF Ireland are planting four Na Coillte Beaga (little woodlands) in three schools and one Education Centre in Portlaoise.
This project is part of an overall plan because Portlaoise has been designated a Decarbonisation Zone.
800 native...
1 - Deep sadness in Laois town as teenager passes away following brave cancer battle
There is deep sadness in Mountmellick this week following the news that a teenage boy has passed away following a cancer battle.
14-year-old Eoin Coss was...
A Laois dad has raised more than €6,500 for a charity that greatly helped his teenage daughter after she was involved in a serious accident.
In July 2021, Jessica Dunne, daughter of Paddy and Yvonne, was involved in an accident...
We are about to celebrate Christmas once again. I'm sure for the vast majority, this Christmas, will be greatly enhanced as we live in a post pandemic world.
It's hard to believe that just two years ago Christmas began a...
For the fourth year running, the Laois ladies senior football championship got a different winner.
Following on from St Conleth's success in 2021, Portlaoise re-emerged this year.
They went all the way back to the final where they dethroned the champions...
