It’s another busy week of action in the Laois GAA world as the top level championship action gets underway.
It is all about football this week as the Senior, Intermediate and Junior A competitions get underway.
Check them all out below:
TUESDAY,...
The past weekend saw the opening rounds in all grades of the Laois hurling championship.
On yesterday’s Talking Sport Podcast, we discussed the senior grade following wins for Clough-Ballacolla, Borris-Kilcotton, Rathdowney-Errill and Camross.
Today we turn our focus to the two...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
James (Jimmy) O’Leary
Ballintogher, Ballybrittas, Laois
Suddenly at his residence. Beloved husband of the late Eileen. Deeply regretted by his loving family Hubert, Annette, John and Caroline, brother Hugh, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren,...
Clough-Ballacolla 5-23 Clonad 1-12
Laois IHC Round 1
Clough-Ballacolla's second team have been knocking on the door of the intermediate championship for the past couple of seasons - and they made an impressive start to this season's campaign thanks to a...
Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-15 Na Fianna Og 1-6
Minor 'A' Football Championship Round 2
Stradbally Parish Gaels made it two wins from two games as they defeated Na Fianna Og in Stradbally tonight.
Following a hard-fought win over Ballylinan last week, the...
The Laois Senior Hurling Championship got underway last week with games across the county.
We already reviewed the clash between The Harps and Camross which took place on Thursday night.
So this Podcast will focus on the three games that took...
Michael Timmons has been named as the man who died tragically in a drowning incident at Derryounce Lake in Portarlington on Saturday.
Mr Timmons was aged in his early 60s and from Portlaoise.
Mr Timmons, who was single, is survived by...
Dancers from Ratheniska and Portlaoise Comhaltas are looking forward to competing in the All Ireland Fleadh in Mullingar following huge success at Fleadh Cheoil Laighean (Leinster Fleadh) which was held last weekend in Portlaoise.
This year's Leinster Fleadh was hosted...
Laois Chamber CEO, Caroline Hofman, caught up with Laois Chamber member Roger McDermott, General Manager with Enva.
They are a Corporate Member of Laois Chamber and a leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, with a site in Portlaoise.
Tell...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
James (Jimmy) O'Leary
Ballintogher, Ballybrittas, Laois
Suddenly at his residence. Beloved husband of the late Eileen. Deeply regretted by his loving family Hubert, Annette, John and Caroline, brother Hugh, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren,...
After weeks of build-up and an exciting Division 1 league campaign, the Senior Hurling championship got underway.
Four matches took place with two in each group and while the results went the way they were expected to go, there were...
The Irish Prison Service has opened a new campaign for the position of 344 Recruit Prison Officers in the Irish Prison Service.
The Irish Prison Service intends to recruit up to 144 Recruit Prison Officers in 2022 with an additional...
Met Eireann have announced a Status Yellow weather warning for Laois as some very high temperatures have arrived.
The mercury is set to head for the mid 20s today and could even reach 30 degrees here tomorrow.
The heat is to...
Borris-Kilcotton 1-19 Ballypickas 2-13
Laois IHC Round 1
Ballypickas earned promotion back to the Intermediate hurling championship in 2021 after being relegated the season previous, as they defeated neighbours Abbeyleix in the Junior ‘A’ hurling championship final.
They faced off against Borris-Kilcotton’s...
Three Laois girls had the time of their lives on Saturday as they danced live on RTE on the Up for the Match programme ahead of the All Ireland hurling final between Limerick and Kilkenny.
Kate Sheridan, Chloe Nī Lochlain...
On this week’s Property Watch we look at five homes currently for sale in the Stradbally area.
Among the properties featuring this week is a massive 3243.81 sq.ft residence on the outskirts of Stradbally town.
In each instance you can click...
New research has shown the significant potential for Laois from the use of rooftop solar panels.
The study by MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, based in University College Cork (UCC) found that domestic...
The plight of those seeking to buy a house in Laois was raised in the Dail recently by Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley.
According to the Deputy, the percentage of young people under 35 who can buy their own home...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of the 2018 Leinster club intermediate final
Rathnure 1-13 Portlaoise 1-6
1998 Leinster Club SHC Final
20 years from the last time the Portlaoise hurlers reached a provincial decider, Eamonn Fennelly's men are on the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Holohan
Watercastle, Durrow, Laois
Peacefully at the Sacred Heart Nursing Home Crosspatrick. Deeply regretted by her brother Liam, sister-in-law Mary, niece Emma, cousins, relatives and friends.
Funeral arrangements to follow.
Brigid (Breda) O'...
Colt-Shanahoe 1-16 Mountmellick 1-10
Laois IHC Round 1
Colt-Shanahoe made a winning start to their intermediate hurling championship campaign this evening in Mountmellick in a game that was non-descript until injury time - when tempers flared, a melee broke out and...
The Harps 3-17 Mountrath 3-15
Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship Group B Round 1
The Harps got off to a great start in the first round of the Intermediate championship as they narrowly defeated Mountrath in Durrow this evening.
Three goals in the...
Rathdowney-Erill 3-19 Portlaoise 1-12
Premier IHC Group A Round 1
Rathdowney-Erill finished impressive 13 point winners over Portlaoise in Trumera this evening.
Rathdowney-Erill's second team never looked troubled throughout this game as they led from the opening minute right until the last.
Portlaoise...
Clough-Ballacolla 3-24 Castletown 0-14
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Group A Round 1
County champions Clough-Ballacolla began their quest for three in a row with a routine victory over Castletown this evening.
With Stephen Maher on flawless form in front of goals, they...
There is deep sadness in Laois tonight following the news that a man drowned in the county today.
The tragic incident occurred at Derryounce Lake in Portarlington this afternoon.
At around 3.30pm, emergency services were called to the lake.
A man, aged...
Borris-Kilcotton 0-21 Ballinakill 0-18
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Group B Round 1
Borris-Kilcotton are off to a winning start in the 2022 SHC as they battled past a brilliant Ballinakill side in O'Moore Park.
The defeated county finalists for the last two...
The weather is starting to hot up and so too is the hurling action with a plethora of games down for decision today.
We have a double header of action from O'Moore Park and then three more games around the...
The SVT Activity and Wellness Hub is set to add another string to it's bow this summer.
The Stradbally, Vicarstown and Timahoe based group is already very active every week with walking, running, cycling and paddling.
This summer the Laois County...
1 - Friends and family rally around Laois man in Maynooth as family go through unimaginable grief
A fundraising night was held in Maynooth last week for a Laois man and his family who have become deeply embedded in the...
Portlaoise are a tough outfit to understand in recent years.
They have had some massive wins at this grade but have never been able to return to Senior hurling since their relegation in 2019. That year saw Abbeyleix win the...
