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...
A full house was on hand as Portlaoise RFC President Philip Bradley welcomed all present to the end-of-season awards at the clubhouse in Togher recently.
The ceremony brought the final whistle to a great season for the Youths' section where...
Timahoe 4-7 Scoil Bhride 2-1
Division 4B Hurling Shield
Thomas Tynan was deadly accurate in front of goal and Mark Hanley was instrumental in midfield as Timahoe NS won the first Cumann na mBunscol hurling final of 2022 this morning.
In the...
Based in Portlaoise, Laois Language Centre in collaboration with A-Level language school in Bilbao, in the North of Spain, was set up with the aim of delivering high quality language courses including Spanish, French, German and English as a...
Three different State departments and Laois County Council are tied up in a review of the bye-laws on the Control of Horses.
This, a meeting in Laois recently heard, has delayed any change to the laws that could protect young...
As the summer days get longer, temperatures (hopefully) begin to rise, and children are on their school holidays, John Fitzpatrick, Laois IFA chairman, describes how this time of year presents its own particular risks on farms.
He outlines the steps...
Laois senior football manager Billy Sheehan says he and his players are desperately disappointed following their season ending defeat to Westmeath yesterday.
A Round 1 Tailteann Cup exit brings the season down on another poor year for the footballers.
Laois looked...
It was another very busy weekend on the GAA front and we're back to review it all.
On Talking Sport this week, the lads look back at the end of another disappointing season for the Laois footballers.
Just like 2021, the...
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...
This Bank Holiday Sunday, June 5, will see a showcase of some of Ireland’s best up and coming DJs at the Gallows stage in Jeremiah Grant in Portlaoise.
The festival is Súil Charad - the eye of a friend.
With sounds...
It was a busy Sunday on the GAA front with across inside and outside the county involving Laois teams.
The senior footballers saw their campaign ended for 2022 by Westmeath in the Tailteann Cup.
But it was better news for the...
Rathdowney-Errill 1-24 Camross 3-18
ACHL Division 1A Round 5
There was late drama in Errill this evening when Tomas Keyes scored a goal to equalise with the last puck of the game for Camross against Rathdowney-Errill in their ACHL 1A clash.
The...
Rosenallis 1-18 Castletown 4-21
ACHL Division 1A Round 5
Castletown got their first league win of the year with a dominant victory away to Rosenallis early this afternoon.
The visitors had the wind in the first half and they took full advantage...
Laois 6-23 Sligo 0-8
All Ireland Ladies IFC Round 1
The Laois ladies football team romped to a facile win over Sligo this afternoon in the opening round of the All Ireland intermediate championship.
A goal from Erone Fitzpatrick after just two...
Laois 0-13 Westmeath 1-13
Tailteann Cup Southern Section Round 1
The Laois senior footballers saw their campaign for 2022 ended as they were knocked out of the Tailteann Cup by Westmeath.
This was an improved performance from the Wicklow defeat but ultimately...
It's a notable day in O'Moore Park this afternoon as the Laois senior footballers take on Westmeath in their first game in the new Tailteann Cup competition.
The Tailteann Cup is a new second-tier championship for the Division 3 and...
On this week’s Property Watch we take a look at some of the homes currently for sale around Laois for around €375,000.
As well as homes in Rathevan and Aghnaharna in Portlaoise, we also look at homes in Abbeyleix, Emo...
Tailteann Cup - Laois v Westmeath
In O'Moore Park at 2pm
After suffering relegation to Division 4 of the league and being dumped out of the Leinster championship by Wicklow on a day they conceded 5-15, the Laois footballers start out...
Ten years. How time really flies.
At the end of May in 2012, the Ballyroan and Abbeyleix Athletic Club hosted a 10K 'Heart of Laois' run which drew over 200 athletes of all abilities.
On the last Sunday of May, on...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sarah (Sally) Osborne (née Loughnane)
Fr. O'Connor Crescent, Mountrath, Laois
Sarah (Sally) Osborne (née Loughnane), Fr. O'Connor Crescent, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Died 27th May 2022, (peacefully) at her residence, surrounded by her...
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...
A series of workshops took place in the Laois Arthouse as part of the Bealtaine Festival this month.
It ran on Wednesday May 4, 11, 18 and at Laois Arthouse which is located in Stradbally.
The workshop titled 'Writing Your Story'...
