Arles-Kilcruise 3-13 Timahoe 1-10
Laois IFC Quarter-final
As they have done for the best part of 20 years, Ross Munnelly and David Conway led the way for Arles-Kilcruise as they got the better of Timahoe in the Laois IFC quarter-final in...
And so it all starts all over again.
After the incredible drama in O'Moore Park on Friday and Saturday we're back with another busy day of club football championship action in Laois today.
Indeed today is even busier - with seven...
Thomasina Connell, the current Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, says she would "relish" the opportunity to be a candidate for Fine Gael at the next General Election.
Cllr Connell contested the 2016 General Election for the party as a first-time...
There are a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on LaoisToday in the recent weeks. In each instance you can click through to the full...
It was a dramatic Saturday of GAA action with four games carrying huge significance down for decision.
Clonaslee-St Manman's and Ballyroan-Abbey progressed to the Senior quarter finals following wins over Stradbally and Ballyfin respectively.
Emo are safe for another year at...
Laois SFC Round 3 – Courtwood v Rosenallis
In O'Moore Park at 2pm
The final two quarter final places are up for grabs this afternoon and this game will get us underway.
Courtwood defeated Park-Ratheniska in Round 1 but lost out to...
There's nothing like a late goal to add drama and excitement to a championship match and over the weekend we've already had two of them.
On Friday night, Paul Kingston struck for Arles-Killeen in the fourth minute of injury time...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Emily Justin (née Gill)
Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, Laois
Peacefully surrounded by her family, in the care of the staff of Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin. Recently deceased by her husband of 58 years...
O'Dempsey's 1-11 The Rock 0-13
Laois IFC Relegation Final
Big Dan McCormack and the vastly experienced Peter O'Leary ran the show for O'Dempsey's as they got the better of The Rock in McCann Park in Portarlington this evening to send The...
Clonaslee-St Manman's 1-12 Stradbally 1-11
Laois Senior Football Championship Round 3
Cathal Lee was Clonaslee-St Manman's hero as he struck for a goal with 20 seconds to play to put his side through to their first ever senior quarter final.
It looked...
Ballyroan-Abbey 4-13 Ballyfin 1-13
Laois Senior Football Championship Round 3
Ballyroan-Abbey bounced back from their Round 2 defeat to cruise past Ballyfin in O'Moore Park this evening.
Padraig Clancy's side got on top early in the first half and were never in...
It is another busy Saturday of GAA action and it gets underway from 2pm today.
There are a total of four games down for decision in three different venues and we'll have updates from them all.
The action begins with the...
Emo 5-16 Ballylinan 2-8
Laois Senior Football Championship Relegation Semi Final
Emo have condemned Ballylinan to the Senior relegation final following an emphatic 17 point win in Stradbally this afternoon.
The opening quarter was even enough but Ballylinan lost Jamie Farrell to...
1 - From Laois to South Africa on their motorbikes – how two Portlaoise lads are undertaking the trip of a lifetime
It all began with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Bourman travelling from London to Africa by bike in a...
Gardai have launched an investigation after a menacing and threatening letter was sent to a Laois GAA player.
The letter was received by a Borris-Kilcotton player following a Senior hurling championship game against Rathdowney-Errill last month.
The letter, which was widely...
A small number of public figures are instantly recognisable by their first name. One of them is Brother Kevin, the founder of the Capuchin Centre in Dublin’s Bow Street who this week retired at the age of 87.
He founded...
Laois SFC Relegation Semi Final – Emo v Ballylinan
In Stradbally at 2pm
This game was originally part of a triple header in O'Moore Park but has been moved out to Stradbally and two hours earlier.
For the second successive year, Ballylinan...
A Laois woman has taken up the position of Secretary General of the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU).
Sharon Foley, from Ballylinan, whose appointment was announced in May, had previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Hospice Foundation since...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Theresa Nolan
Cuan Bhríde, Rathdowney, Laois
Theresa Nolan, Cuan Bhríde, Rathdowney, Co. Laois. August 18th 2022. In her 94th year and in the wonderful care of the nurses and staff of Ardeen...
Arles-Killeen 1-10 Killeshin 0-12
Laois SFC Relegation semi-final
An injury time goal from Paul Kingston, who scored all of his side's tally of 1-10, helped Arles-Killeen to a stunning victory over Killeshin in the Laois SFC relegation playoff in O'Moore Park.
Killeshin...
It is a pivotal weekend in the Laois Senior Football Championship and the action gets underway in O’Moore Park tonight.
It begins with the first relegation semi final as two neighbours collide – Arles-Killeen and Killeshin.
This will be the third...
A ‘Warming up Dialysis’ fundraising walk took place on Saturday August 13 in Clonaslee.
There was a great turn out on the evening with even the appearance of a few Vikings to add to the fun.
Up to 100 people took...
With two rounds played in the Senior and Intermediate football championships, we have compiled the list of all the scorers so far in the championships.
We will continue to update the standings as the year progresses to see who will...
Irish Women's Rugby history will be made this weekend - and two Laois players are set to play a part in it.
Ireland are about to commence their first ever summer tour for the women's team on Saturday.
They face Japan...
Sinn Féin TD and Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Brian Stanley, has welcomed the promised reforms of An Bord Pleanála.
The Laois TD's comments come after an independent review of An Bord Pleanala recommended referring the controversy to gardaí...
Carefree days of changing into playing kit behind open car doors and in ditches, and trips to Belfast and other parts of the country were recalled at a reunion of the Ballylinan camogie teams of the 1950s and ‘60s...
Stradbally is getting an upgraded water mains this summer and locals will be happy to hear the works will not disrupt the Ploughing Championships.
Irish Water is replacing approximately 2km of old water mains on the outskirts of Stradbally but...
In our latest LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast, we look ahead to this weekend's Laois intermediate football championship quarter-finals as well as the relegation decider.
Arles-Kilcruise and Timahoe meet in the standout fixture in the lower grades in the intermediate quarter-final...
Laois SFC Relegation Semi Final – Arles-Killeen v Killeshin
In O’Moore Park at 7.30pm
It is a pivotal weekend in the Laois Senior Football Championship and the action gets underway in O'Moore Park tonight.
It begins with the first relegation semi final...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Philomena O'Brien
Chapel Street, Mountmellick, Laois
Philomena O'Brien Chapel Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, died August 16th 2022, unexpectedly. Deeply regretted by her loving husband Christy, daughter Nora and son Declan, son-in-law John...
