As the Laois ladies gear up for their Intermediate All-Ireland final today, we took a look at the management team behind the players.
This will be Laois’s first time to play in Croke Park since the memorable senior triumph...
Laois SFC - Ballylinan v St Joseph's
In O'Moore Park at 7pm
Nine days later that originally scheduled, Ballylinan and St Joseph's do battle in the Laois senior football championship in O'Moore Park this evening.
Postponed due to a bereavement in the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael Brophy PC
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Clonsilla, Dublin/Mountrath, Laois
Formerly of Roskelton, Raheen, Mountrath, Co Laois. Michael died peacefully in the excellent care of the management and staff of St Francis Hospice...
In a LaoisToday first, our Talking Sport Podcast has been recorded on a Saturday evening.
The All Ireland ladies football final, a Bank Holiday weekend and Alan's Holiday's meant we had no other choice!
Alan was at all four senior games...
Abbeyleix 1-14 Portlaoise 0-8
Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Round 2
Abbeyleix made it two wins from two in Group A of the Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship with a nine point win over Portlaoise in a game played in terrible conditions on...
Ballyfin 1-18 Slieve Bloom 0-11
Premier IHC Round 2
A goal from Eanna Lyons with less than 30 seconds on the clock set Ballyfin on their way to a 10-point win over Slieve Bloom in this evening's Premier IHC clash in...
Mountmellick 3-15 Clonad 1-11
Intermediate Hurling Championship Round 2
Mountmellick got back on track in the Intermediate hurling championship following a ten point win over Clonad this evening.
Damien Carter's charges were impressive throughout with brothers John and Jarlath Connolly to the...
Mountrath 2-13 Ballypickas 1-12
Intermediate Hurling Championship Round 2
Mountrath held on to beat Ballypickas by four points at home this evening in the Intermediate Hurling Championship in dire conditions.
Both teams lost their opening round fixtures with Mountrath falling to a...
Rathdowney-Errill 2-23 Borris-Kilcotton 0-12
Senior Hurling Championship Group B Round 2
Rathdowney-Errill are through to the Senior hurling championship semi finals following a very easy 17 point win over Borris-Kilcotton.
Jimmy Dunne's side were in charge from the start and continued their...
Clough-Ballacolla 1-19 Camross 0-15
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Group A Round 2
Clough-Ballacolla are through to the semi finals of the Laois Senior hurling championship following a seven point win over Camross.
Declan Laffan's charges were far from perfect - firing 19...
Castletown 3-17 The Harps 2-13
Senior Hurling Championship Group A Round 2
A Ryan Mullaney inspired Castletown got the better of The Harps once again in Round 2 of the Senior championship in a soaking O'Moore Park.
Trailing at half time, Mullaney...
With the Laois ladies football team being represented in the All Ireland intermediate final in Croke Park on Sunday, all of the club hurling action has been scheduled across Friday and Saturday.
It has meant two busy evenings – with...
The early days of Laois ladies football were a lot different to what we know now.
Back in the early 1970s, there was very little choice for girls who wanted to play team sport.
But after playing illegally with a team...
Portlaoise Garda Station are holding an open day today from 12pm-3pm with a sensory hour from 11am-12pm.
The event is set to give a real insight into the various roles of An Garda Síochána.
A variety of local and specialised Garda...
Time seems to be moving extremely quickly. It's hard to believe that August has arrived.
This is a wonderful time of year when harvest begins to be gathered, a time which evokes a deep sense of gratitude, that what has...
With the Laois ladies football team being represented in the All Ireland intermediate final in Croke Park on Sunday, all of the club hurling action has been scheduled across Friday and Saturday.
It has meant two busy evenings - with...
Tomorrow is a proud day for any Laois club that has a representative on the ladies football panel heading for Croke Park for the All Ireland intermediate final.
Indeed there's a great spread of representatives from around the county -...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Loretta Moran (née O’Hara)
Ballinagar, Ballylinan, Laois, R14 K579/Carlow/Athy, Kildare
(Formerly of 79 St. Killian’s Crescent, Carlow). Peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Sadly missed by her loving husband John,...
Clough-Ballacolla 0-18 Colt-Shanahoe 0-15
Laois IHC Round 2
The Intermediate hurling championship continued this evening as Colt-Shanahoe took on Clough-Ballacolla in a very close game.
Both teams had winning starts in their first round and were looking to continue their winning ways...
Borris-Kilcotton 0-14 The Harps 0-19
Intermediate Hurling Championship Group A Round 2
The Harps secured a place in the knockout stages of the IHC after a fine second half performance saw them pull away from a tiring Borris-Kilcotton in Borris this...
Trumera 2-17 Rathdowney-Errill 2-17
Premier IHC Round 2
Adam Kirwan gave Trumera’s championship hopes a shot of life with a last gasp equalising goal deep into injury time against Rathdowney-Errill in the far away land of Timahoe this evening in the...
Clonaslee St Manman’s 1-20 Camross 0-9
Premier IHC Round 2
Clonaslee St Manman’s made it two wins from two in Group B as they got the better of Camross in Mountmellick this evening.
Clonaslee St Manman’s had been knocked out of the...
Rosenallis 0-19 Ballinakill 2-12
Senior Hurling Championship Round 2
Rosenallis took a giant step towards another Senior hurling championship quarter final following a dramatic win over Ballinakill tonight.
Things looked bleak for the men in green when Cha Dwyer smashed in a...
St Joseph's 0-11 Graiguecullen 0-7
Junior Football Championship Round 1
St Joseph's are top of Group A of the Junior A football championship after a four point victory over Graiguecullen in Kellyville this evening.
This was a hard fought win over a...
Clough-Ballacolla 1-25 Abbeyleix 0-6
Laois MHC 'A' Round 5
Hurling in Clough-Ballacolla is on a real high these days and the club took a giant step towards reaching another Minor 'A' hurling semi-final this evening when they proved far too strong...
It's a hurling weekend once again - with games on this evening and tomorrow evening in all three of the top grades.
Ballinakill and Rosenallis is the only senior game on Friday evening and with both sides having lost their...
As the August bank holiday approaches the HSE is encouraging the public to consider all care options before attending Emergency Departments (EDs) in the need to protect them for those patients who need urgent and emergency care.
This year, hospitals...
The death has occurred of Loretta Moran, from Ballinagar, Ballylinan, wife of former long-serving Laois Fine Gael county councillor John Moran and mother of current councillor Aisling Moran.
Mrs Moran, who was originally from Carlow, had been sick for the...
From crunching the numbers to having her cake and eating it, Sarah Walsh followed her passion in opening Miscellany Cakes.
Today (Friday, July 29), she is reopening the premises at 56 Main Street, Portlaoise, having taken a hiatus while...
July and August are very busy times for farmers as corn has to be cut and straw from the fields has to be baled and taken away.
However, when it is on its journey from the field to where ever...
