Laois 0-17 Louth 2-16
Leinster SFC Quarter Final
Laois are out of the Leinster championship after they were beaten by Louth in Newbridge this afternoon.
Justin McNulty's charges conceded two second half goals as they went down by five points in the...
Ballyfin 3-15 O'Dempsey's 3-13
ACFL Division 2 Round 2
Sean Moore helped himself to 1-11 as Ballyfin picked up their second win in the Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 2 away to O'Dempsey's this morning.
Having beaten Clonaslee-St Manman's in their opening...
Ballybrittas Utd 4 Cloneygowan Celtic 2
CCFL Division 3 Shield Semi-Final
Having already won Division 3A, Ballybrittas United remain on course to add more silverware this season after advancing to the Division 3 Final.
Ballybrittas were on neutral ground to face Cloneygowan...
North Meath 27 Portlaoise 22
Leinster Metro League Division 9 Final
Portlaoise Seconds were in Kells for the Leinster League Division 9 Final against North Meath in an epic encounter on Saturday.
The Laois club stayed in the fight right until the...
We are live from Newbridge as the Laois senior footballers take on Louth in the Leinster quarter final.
Whoever wins will go on to play Kildare in the Leinster semi final.
Laois and Louth are set to meet in the Leinster...
Borris-Kilcotton 2-15 Castletown 1-17
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1 Round 2
Castletown let a valuable victory slip through their grasp as Borris-Kilcotton overturned an eight-point deficit with 14 men to claim victory in O'Keeffe Park early this afternoon.
The wins sees...
1 - Iarnród Éireann accused of ‘total lack of respect’ as Portlaoise Train Station left without toilets ‘for months’
Iarnród Éireann have come under fire for “a total lack of respect” shown to Laois customers.
That is according to one local...
Portlaoise Panthers 70 Limerick Celtics 81
Men's Basketball Division 1 Final
There was heartbreak for Portlaoise Panthers last night as they were beaten in the Men's National League Division 1 final.
In a packed National Stadium in Tallaght, the Panthers came up...
As PT Barnum famously said, no one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.
Mountrath Community School’s Transition Year students recently put on a spectacular production of The Greatest Show, drawing packed audiences for every performance.
The musical is...
Leinster SFC Quarter-final - Laois v Louth
In St Conleth's Park in Newbridge at 3pm
Laois and Louth meet in the Leinster football championship this afternoon for the first time in 12 years where the prize for the winners is a...
These days of bright blue skies, and spring blossoms, make it easy to identify with the Easter message. In this Jubilee Year of Hope, Easter reminds us we belong to such a positive and wonderful reality.
Despite the turmoil of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Condon Eddie (Ned)
Tallow, Waterford/Portlaoise, Laois
Estonia and formerly of Barrack Street, Tallow, Co. Waterford and Portlaoise, Co. Laois. On 6th April, 2025, unexpectedly, Eddie (Ned), predeceased by his parents Peggy and...
Laois 0-14 Offaly 1-25
Leinster U-20 HC Tier 1 Group 1 Round 3
Laois suffered a second consecutive defeat in Group 3 of the Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship after Offaly proved to be far too strong in O'Connor Park, Tullamore, this...
Laois 0-14 Roscommon 1-6
Camogie - Division 3A National League Final
If ever a team deserved to come out on the right side of a tight and tense camogie final, it was this Laois camogie group.
Beaten in three finals last year...
Laois 2-19 Carlow 1-9
Leinster MHC Round 2
Two Daniel Jones goals in the second half helped the Laois minor hurlers pick up their second win in the Leinster championship in Dr Cullen Park this afternoon.
Playing in Tier 2 of the...
It is an incredibly busy week of GAA in Laois and we have three game this Saturday.
Over the next four hours, we will bring you updates from a league final and two championship games.
Two of the matches throw in...
16 schools in Laois are set to benefit from an expansion of the Hot School Meals Programme.
The schools named cover a broad section of the county, with both rural and urban schools listed.
The 16 Laois schools included are as...
Laois v Roscommon
National Camogie League Division 3A Final in Kinnegad at 1pm
The Laois camogie team are set to contest their fourth final in 12 months as they return to the Division 3A National League final.
Roscommon will be Laois's opponents...
The Laois minor and U-20 hurlers continue their Leinster campaigns with games away from home this afternoon.
The minor hurlers are in action at 1pm in Dr Cullen Park while the U-20 hurlers are off to O'Connor Park.
Glen McEvoy's minors...
Laois band, The Mere Mortals, are back recording and playing live music.
It has been quite some time since the group first released their unique style of music and to celebrate their return to the Portlaoise stage, they are announcing...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Denis Cullen
Ballyfermot, Dublin/Mountrath, Laois
Father of his cherished sons Stephen and Christian. Denis will be sadly missed by his brothers and sisters, Brian, Don, David, Barry, Owen, Eilish and Mel, by...
A new book, 'The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 - Laois', authored by Dr Cormac Moore, was launched at a recent event in Portlaoise Library.
This book is part of a series looking at this revolutionary period of Irish history in each...
It was a real who's who of Fine Gael, past and present, in the Killeshin Hotel on Thursday night as the Laois branch of the party held a retirement dinner in honour of long-serving local TD and former Minister,...
The plight of a special needs school in Laois has garnered national attention once again, with representatives from the county raising the matter in both the Dáil and the Seanad this week.
Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley and Sinn Féin...
A weekend filled with the very best in traditional Irish music returns with Portlaoise TradFest 2025 from Friday, May 2, to Sunday, May 4.
This highly anticipated festival will bring a host of renowned artists, lively sessions, enriching workshops and...
There were 189 new cars sold in Laois during March, up a remarkable 39% from the 136 sold in the same month of 2024 according to figures released by the Society for the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
That percentage figure...
Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack has called for "urgent action" to be taken on "long-delayed" flood relief schemes in Laois.
During a Seanad statement on flooding and the wider impact of climate change, Senator McCormack highlighted the "ongoing frustration" of...
Portlaoise Panthers' Xabi Arriaga is hoping his side can make history on Saturday when they contest the National Basketball League Division 1 final.
From Bilbao in the Basque Region of Spain, Arriaga has played a massive role this year for...
Laois Intermediate Road Championships
Just one week on from the Laois Senior Road race in Ballyroan, the Laois Intermediate Road Championships was held in Killeen on Sunday, hosted by St Abban's AC at the home of St Abban himself.
Rebecca Condell of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Vincent Andrew Keating
Spink, Abbeyleix, Laois/Castlecomer, Kilkenny
Vincent Andrew Keating Spink, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois and Formerly of Crutt, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
Peacefully at Tullamore Regional Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.
Predeceased by his...
