A Laois community activity hub is seeking to set up and establish their own junior parkrun.
Rathdowney-Errill Activity Hub are hoping to establish the event this year and are looking for volunteers to make it happen.
Junior parkrun is a series...
The consistently high number of daily Covid-19 cases is impacting all facets of life - and sport is no different.
The Combined Counties Football League resumed from its Christmas break last weekend - but only a handful of games actually...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John Patrick (Pat) Byrne
Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home, Portlaoise, Laois / Arbour Hill, Dublin
John Patrick Byrne (Pat), Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home, Portlaoise and formerly of Viking Road, Arbour Hill, Dublin, on...
Midland Hardware in Rathdowney are seeking to hire a Digital Media Sales person.
Reporting to the Shop Manager, Duties include:
Dealing with customers queries online
Following up with online sales quotations and queries
Daily social media & Website Maintenance
Photography
...
Laois senior football manager Billy Sheehan has named his starting 15 for Wednesday's Round 2 O'Byrne Cup clash with Meath.
The sides comprises mainly of the players who played some part in the defeat against Wexford on Saturday.
But there are...
Over 1,000 students are set to take part in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2022 as it launches online tomorrow at 8am.
And Laois will be represented among them as students from Heywood CS are competing.
TY students Madeleine...
The Government are set to introduce a 'double' Bank Holiday this year and add an extra permanent one in 2023.
So said Tanaiste Leo Varadkar who was speaking to RTE this afternoon.
According to the Fine Gael leader, the government is...
Portlaoise CBS 0-7 Gorey Community School 4-14
Senior Schools South Leinster ‘B’ Football Championship Semi Final
Portlaoise CBS' South Leinster campaign is over after they were well beaten by Gorey Community School in Wexford this afternoon.
A dreadful start to the game...
One of the most accomplished names in independent local radio is announcing his retirement after more than four decades in the industry.
Albert FitzGerald is stepping down as Group Managing Director of Tindle CI Broadcasting, bringing to an end a...
The death has occurred of Sheila Heydon-Hughes, mother of local Kildare South TD and Junior Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon.
Minister Heydon, who has been a Fine Gael TD since 2011, serves the constituency of Kildare South an area that...
Alpha Wireless is looking for an exceptional Supply Chain Manager to join our team in Ballybrittas.
The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services and managing suppliers. The successful candidate will be able to...
A Civils company, based in south Laois near Athy in Kildare, requires two workers for an immediate start.
Experience in site work would be an advantage, but reliability and the ability to work with a small team is paramount...
Nine new sites will be for sale so people can build their own homes in Castletown village - according to Laois TD Sean Fleming.
Laois County Council have prepared an outline plan for the land in Castletown, which is in...
Brother Gerald Macken sadly passed away on January 2 in what was his 90th year.
Originally from Ballaghaderreen in Roscommon, Gerald had a strong association with Castletown where he first came to in 1946 to join the De La...
After a one year Covid-19 enforced absence, the most prestigious college football and hurling competitions are set to get underway this week.
The Sigerson Cup will commence tonight with the Fitzgibbon Cup beginning a week later.
Across the two competitions, a...
Portlaoise GAA have launched plans to develop its facilities in Rathleague, under the brand identity 'TOWN25'.
The initiative was approved by members at the club's recent AGM and will see a new clubhouse, walking track and floodlights constructed along with...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Anne (Nancy) O'Neill (née Sydes)
Huntsgrove, Ashbourne, Meath / Portlaoise, Laois
Nancy, peacefully in the wonderful care of the staff at Dunboyne Nursing Home, in her 98th year. Predeceased by her husband...
An Independent TD for Laois-Offaly has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to clarify the progress his department is making in assisting farmers to reduce the 'spiralling costs of chemical fertilisers'.
Deputy Carol Nolan...
Gardai in Laois are appealing for information following the theft of an antique water pump from a garden.
The antique water pump reported stolen from a garden in Knockanina, Mountrath between Christmas Day and Saturday January 8.
Gardai are appealing for...
There is deep sadness in Borris-In-Ossory today following the news of the passing of Pat 'Paddy' Campion.
Mr Campion died peacefully at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise on Saturday January 8.
Mr Campion was a hurley maker at Campion Hurleys...
Each year at Portlaoise College, they award two students with a Scholarship Bursary worth €1,000 each which goes towards their third level education fees.
This Scholarship Bursary has only been made possible through the hard work of the school's excellent...
A Laois mam and daughter were among the many men and women who graduated from IT Carlow recently.
Mother and daughter Kathy and Niamh Sims from Spink lifted their hats and donned their scrolls.
Kathy graduated with a Batchelor of Arts...
The Laois hurlers made a losing start to 2022 in Rathdowney on Sunday afternoon but they were far from disgraced as they put in a very competitive display against Wexford.
Seamas ‘Cheddar’ Plunkett’s charges were in this one right until...
And so the 2022 season is up and running - though defeat was the order of the day for both the Laois hurlers and footballers over the weekend.
The footballers were beaten 6-10 to 0-13 by Wexford in Shelmaliers on...
Portlaoise RFC 24 Kilkenny RFC 17
Leinster U-14 League Premier Division
Portlaoise U-14s carried their strong league form into a new year with a hard-fought win away to Kilkenny on Saturday last in tough under-foot conditions.
The early exchanges were even as...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Andrew O Reilly
Connolly Street, Mountmellick, Laois
Andrew died peacefully at The Regional Hospital Portlaois. Deeply regretted by his loving family. The complete obituary notice and arrangements will be published on Monday...
Emo National School, Emo, Portlaoise is now enrolling Junior Infants for the 2022-2023 school year.
Applications are open between January 14th and January 28th, 2022.
Application forms are available to download from the school website at the following link: https://www.emons.ie/enrolment-2022-2023/ or on...
The All Ireland Inter Firms competition is one of the GAA competitions that flies under the radar somewhat but various Laois teams over the years have done well in it, least of all in 2012 when CJ Sheeran's of...
Portlaoise Panthers 49 Singleton Supervalu Brunell 37
U-20 Women’s National Cup Semi-final
Portlaoise Panthers beat Singleton Supervalu Brunell 47-39 in the U-20 Women’s National Cup semi-finals, earning them a spot in the finals at the National Basketball Arena in two weeks...
Laois 1-16 Wexford 1-28
Walsh Cup Round 1
The Laois hurlers made a losing start to 2022 in Rathdowney this afternoon but they were far from disgraced as they put in a very competitive display against Wexford.
Seamas 'Cheddar' Plunkett's charges were...
