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'...
A third of all adults aren’t sleeping. Sleepless nights result in miserable days after as you’re never at your most efficient when you’re fatigued.
Alongside the one in three of us who say we regularly suffer sleepless nights, two-thirds of...
Laois 2-14 Galway 0-23
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Qualifier Round 2
The Laois minor hurlers will reach the All-Ireland semi finals with a draw or better against Clare next week following defeat by Galway today.
Declan Qualter's charges battled bravely against the...
The Laois football team to take on Westmeath in the opening round of the Tailteann Cup shows seven changes from the side knocked out of the Leinster championship by Wicklow last month.
There are first championship starts for goalkeeper Danny...
After the buzz of their Leinster final appearance against Offaly, the Laois minor hurlers are back in action today when they host Galway in the All Ireland quarter-final round robin series.
Laois were disappointed with their performance and loss against...
1 - In Pictures: A selection of images from Shine 2022 at Emo Court
What a day!
The crowds flocked to Emo Court in their thousands on Saturday for Shine 2022, the inaugural one-day trade-fair style event that had over 100...
This Sunday sees the launch of ‘Rosc’, the 6th studio album by Goitse, supported by Sásta, in the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise.
"It has been over two years in the making and we just can't wait to get it out...
Anything that you have to control, controls you.
There are many variations to this story, but it’s quite instructive.
In South America, Africa and Asia, the natives have devised a very effective method of trapping monkeys.
The plan is deceptively...
Long-serving Laois footballer Colm Begley has officially announced his retirement from the county game, ending an association that stretches back 17 years to 2005.
Though Begley had informed this year's management prior to the start of the season that he...
Having only been set up last year as a social outlet due to Covid, Clonaslee Badminton Club are now closing in on success in their first season.
They play in the South West Leinster Grade 7 final next Tuesday in...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sheila Barton (née Moore)
Cooloultha, Galmoy, Kilkenny/Laois
Sheila Barton (nee Moore), Cooloultha, Galmoy, Co. Kilkenny. May 26th 2022. Peacefully at home. Sadly mourned by her family Charlie, June and her partner Joe,...
Graiguecullen 4-8 Ballyfin 1-5
Laois Ladies Football Division 2 League Final
Graiguecullen claimed the Laois Ladies football Division 2 league title this evening when they proved too strong for Ballyfin in Barrowhouse.
Graiguecullen opened the game with the first score of the...
Borris-Kilcotton 3-21 The Harps 0-16
ACHL Division 1A
A ruthless final 20 minutes from Borris-Kilcotton saw them to a 14-point victory over The Harps in Knockaroo this evening.
The game couldn’t have started much worse from a Borris-Kilcotton standpoint as they had to...
The Laois ladies football team to take on Sligo on Sunday in the opening round of the All Ireland intermediate championship shows two changes from the side beaten by Wexford in the Leinster semi-final three weeks ago.
Joyce Dunne from...
A tractor run is leaving Mountrath mart this Sunday, May 29 at 2 pm.
The run is in memory of Trevor Wallace who died a year ago.
The aim of the run is firstly to remember Trevor who had a huge...
It would take the council's full annual budget for retrofitting just to retrofit the 30+ houses in St Brigid's Place, with this Portlaoise estate now bumped down the list to 2023 before the works will be done.
At the recent...
Portlaoise Institute in partnership with Medicall Emergency Medical Training will be working together in the 2022-23 academic year to facilitate specialised bespoke Paramedic skills focused workshops to the students on the full-time Pre-Paramedic Skills course at Portlaoise Institute.
The four...
Students from a number of primary schools around Laois were front and centre in the Dunamaise Arts Centre at an event organised by Laois County Council back in early 2005.
The Arts and Architects in Schools project displayed a number...
It was just so thoroughly enjoyable, engaging, and educational.
An ecologically sound, environmentally friendly immersive experience which proved especially enjoyable for the students and staff who wholeheartedly embraced the event at Shanganamore National School, Barrowhouse.
The Last Beekeeper, Reading Aloud project...
It was another busy week on the golf courses around the county.
See below the recent results from Mountrath, The Heath and Portarlington.
If your club would like to have your results included, please email info@laoistoday.ie.
MOUNTRATH
Colgan Sports Summer Series Open on...
The first outing of the revamped Portlaoise CBS Past Pupils Golf Society proved a huge success recently.
The John Duggan Memorial Cup was the prize up for grabs as more than 70 golfers teed it up in The Heath Golf...
Questions have been raised over when a new courthouse will be constructed in Portlaoise.
These come following an inquiry from Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan.
The site for the new building is to be at Kylekiproe which was purchased at...
The Laois minor hurlers are set to begin the All-Ireland campaign at home to Galway on Saturday.
Declan Qualter's charges were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster final almost two weeks ago.
However, that was not the end of their campaign...
