Mountrath 8-4 Errill 5-1
Division 2 Camogie Shield
Mountrath’s Mia Doheny was on fire as her side defeated Errill by nine points in the Division 2 Camogie Shield.
It was a masterful display by Doheny who finished the game with a tally...
Killadooley 3-13 Clough NS 3-7
Division 1B Hurling Championship
Killadooley proved too strong for Clough in the last final of Day 2 of the 2022 Cumann na mBunscol hurling and camogie finals.
The Kilcotton outfit had some fine performances with Ross Quinlan,...
The Rock 1-5 Emo 4-8
Division 4A Hurling Championship
Sean Maree was the difference as Emo came from behind to defeat The Rock in the Division 4A hurling final.
The heroics of JJ Reddin and Oisin McRedmond looked certain to bring glory...
Cullohill 4-2 Abbeyleix 4-4
Division 1 Camogie Championship
Abbeyleix were crowned Division 1 Cumann na mBunscol Camogie champions following victory over Cullohill.
This was a close game throughout but Abbeyleix took the scores early in the second half and that allowed them...
There is sadness in Rathdowney this week at the death of Michael Dillane, the former highly-regarded principal of St Fergal's College.
Originally from Ballylongford in north Kerry, Mr Dillane came to Rathdowney in 1957 as principal of the then Technical...
Mayo 9-7 Rushall 2-3
Division 3B Hurling Championship
Mayo National School completed a remarkable Cumann na mBunscol double in O'Moore Park on Tuesday.
Weeks after claiming football success, they showed they are just as good with the small ball against Rushall in...
Emo 0-1 Holy Family 2-6
Division 5 Hurling Championship
Holy Family proved too strong for Emo as they claimed the Division 5 hurling title in O'Moore Park.
The midfield duo of Darragh Keenan and Max Whelan were the difference as they were...
Six Laois clubs have shared almost €238,000 following appeals in the Sports Capital Grant scheme.
The news follows on from the announcement in February when a total of 55 Laois clubs were awarded funding totalling over €3.3 million.
Graiguecullen GAA are...
Abbeyleix 4-4 Holy Family 4-2
Division 6 Camogie Championship
Lara Gilnagh was Abbeyleix's match winner as they defeated Holy Family to claim Division 6 camogie glory.
The forward scored a brilliant hat-trick and was unplayable throughout as her side got the better...
Derrylamogue 5-4 Clonaghadoo 4-1
Division 3 Camogie Championship
Fourth Class forward Orlaith McEvoy was on fire as Derrylamogue defeated Clonaghadoo in the Division 3 camogie final.
Clonaghadoo had an Orlaith McEvoy too and she was also superb - scoring all of her...
Gardaí say they are investigating an "alleged incident of assault" at a minor football game in Laois on Monday night.
A minor football league match between Portarlington and Stradbally Parish Gaels in Portarlington last night was abandoned late on following...
Killanure 11-8 Derrylamogue 9-5
Division 3A Hurling Shield
There were goals galore as Derrylamogue and Killanure got Day 2 of the Cumann na mBunscol hurling and camogie finals underway.
There were 20 of them in total as Killanure just got the better...
Laois Comhaltas organization got into full swing last weekend with the start of the Fleadh Ceoil season.
The Fleadh was launched on Sunday, May 29, with Ceoil na nÓg at Colaiste Dún Masc.
County PRO PJ Phelan thanked LOETB for the...
Africa Day Laois took place on the grounds of Portlaoise Leisure Centre on Saturday last in glorious weather conditions where the large crowd were treated to musical performances as well as drama, storytelling and dance.
On the grass there...
The inter-county action may be coming to an end for 2022 (with the honourable exception of the minor hurlers who play Clare in an All Ireland quarter-final on Saturday) but there is a huge amount of club fixtures scheduled...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Pat) Phelan
Stacks Villas, Tralee, Tralee, Kerry / Laois
Patrick (Pat) Phelan, Stacks Villas, Tralee and Late of Aghaboe, Co. Laois. Died on 28th May 2022, in the care of the wonderful...
After a two year Covid-19 enforced absence, the Cumann na mBunscol are well and truly back.
We had football in April and today was Day one of the hurling and camogie finals in O’Moore Park.
A total of nine finals were...
A Laois County Councillor walked out of a meeting in County Hall this afternoon when he told his fellow elected members “they should be ashamed of ourselves” and “I’ve better things to be doing than listening to this bullshit”.
Portarlington-based...
Long-serving Laois footballer John O’Loughlin has announced his inter-county retirement.
O’Loughlin has represented Laois in each of the last 15 seasons, first making his debut for the county in 2008 in his first year out of minor.
He informed the management...
Castletown 5-3 Scoil Bhride Rathdowney 0-1
Division 1 Camogie Shield
Castletown claimed the Division 1 Camogie Shield title to make it a double for the school on the day following the success of their boys.
They had too much firepower for a...
Camross NS 7-11 Scoil Bhride Rathdowney 1-7
Division 1 Hurling Championship
Luke Hynes gave an exceptional performance from midfield as Camross NS claimed Division 1 Cumann na mBunscol glory this afternoon.
He was dynamite throughout the encounter as his side had too...
Ballyfin 7-2 Mountmellick 2-1
Division 4 Camogie Shield
Ballyfin are the Division 4 camogie shield champions following a convincing victory over Mountmellick in the final.
Emma Fitzpatrick and Jessica Horan were to the fore for the winners, with Fitzpatrick scoring four goals...
Castletown 7-11 Portarlington 1-5
Division 1B Hurling Shield
Castletown proved too strong for Portarlington as they claimed the Division 1B hurling Shield in style.
Luke Delaney was the star of the show as he was unstoppable in front of goal throughout.
The foundations...
Government must consider setting up a passport processing office in and for the midlands region.
That was the position put forward by Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan during a Dáil debate on the passport crisis affecting approximately 195,000 applicants.
Deputy...
Ardough 18-9 Borris 6-2
Division 3 Hurling Shield
One of the smallest schools in the country scored a stunning victory at the Cumann na mBunscol hurling finals.
Ardough National School, located on the Laois border with Carlow and Kilkenny, has just 14...
Ballyfin 8-6 Ballyroan 4-8
Division 4A Hurling Shield
Ben Heffernan, Conor Sweeney and Eoin O'Loughlin were to the fore as Ballyfin saw off the challenge of Ballyroan in the Division 4A hurling shield.
The trio all scored heavily as they just got...
Killenard 10-0 Ballyroan 6-8 (AET)
Division 4 Camogie Championship
A replay is required in the Division 4 camogie championship following a pulsating affair between Scoil Eoin Phoil Naofa Ballyroan and Scoil Naomh Eoin Killenard.
An absolute classic saw the teams level at...
Laois County Council have sold a further 3.78 hectares at the Junction 17 National Enterprise Park at Togher in Portlaoise with two businesses paying over €1 million for the sites.
Allwood Architecture Ltd, a specialised joinery business who already employ...
St Mary’s CBS Portlaoise official held their annual Awards night recently in the school.
A wide variety of awards were presented to Sixth years and to other recipients from various aspects of school life.
It the school's chance to formally recognise...
Scoil Bhride 8-0 The Heath 6-3
Division 5 Camogie Shield
Fatima Shan was in fantastic goal-scoring form as her first half hat-trick gave Scoil Bhride Knockmay the platform for glory.
They took on The Heath in a right good encounter that went...
