In the latest edition of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast, Steven Miller, Alan Hartnett and Billy O'Loughlin look ahead to this weekend's Laois SFC and JFC finals.
Champions Portarlington are seeking to win a second senior final in three months...
A Laois woman living in Australia is set to take part in a charity boxing match next month with all funds raised going to a charity in memory of her late Dad.
Ballylinan native Kelly Farrell who lives in Sydney...
The need for the Mountmellick bypass and the improvement of infrastructure on bus routes in Laois was raised in the Dáil this week.
Laois TD Brian Stanley made the case for both while speaking on the floor of the house.
In...
2021 has been a magical year for two Laois brothers who won three GAA championships between them with three different clubs.
Micheal and Sean Downey who hail from Spink in Laois played on three teams that went all the way...
Ballyroan 1-4 Barrowhouse 1-3
1979 Laois IFC Final
This Sunday in O'Moore Park, Ballyroan-Abbey and Barrowhouse will battle it out for the Laois Junior 'A' football title in the curtain raiser to the senior decider between Portlaoise and Portarlington.
Barrowhouse, who were...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Maureen Rochford (née Delaney)
Emmet Street, Mountmellick, Laois
The death has occurred of Maureen Rochford, Emmet Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois in her 100th year (27th January 1922 - 9th November 2021), peacefully...
People First Credit Union are reminding members to stay away from the clutches of local Money Lenders this Christmas and take a loan from the Community Lender you can trust, your local Credit Union.
Many of us get caught up...
Laois Heritage Office and Laois County Library Service have commenced work on the Ronnie Mathews Archive Collection.
The collection, acquired earlier this year by Laois County Council, was compiled by the late Ronnie Mathews, a well-known and highly respected local...
An Bord Pleanala have refused planning permission to construct a wind farm near the Laois-Kildare border.
Ummeras Wind Farm Ltd (Statkraft) proposed to build five 169m high turbines in an area between Monasterevin and Rathangan on the border.
Kildare County Council...
Over the summer, Mary Ahern, a valued member of the Portlaoise Institute team, retired after many years of service in the teaching profession.
A good Offaly woman, Mary grew up on the Tipperary-Offaly border in the townsland of Ballybrit outside...
There was a fantastic atmosphere in Shanganamore National School this morning following a visit from some very special people.
Members of the Barrowhouse football team visited the 112 boys and girls.
Goalkeeper Dara Phelan alongside midfielders TJ Burke and Martin Murphy...
Laois County Council intends to deliver 612 new homes over 2022 and 2023.
This detail was unveiled by Chief Executive John Mulholland at Monday's Council Budget meeting.
The Council’s current housing programme is on course to deliver over 1,092 homes in...
The price of renting a home in Laois has increased in Quarter 3 of 2021.
The average rent price in Q2 of 2021 was €1,084 and it increased by €24 to €1,108 in Q3.
Rents were on average 7.6% higher in...
In this special Talking Sport episode, we're joined by Anna Geary, the former All Ireland camogie-winning captain who is now an RTE presenter, coach on Ireland's Fittest Family and pundit on the Sunday Game.
She chats widely about being involved...
Portlaoise 0-7 Portarlington 0-5
1991 Laois SFC Final
Given the size of the two towns and their respective proud histories, Portarlington and Portlaoise have only met twice previously in county finals.
Portarlington won the 1959 final, their third of that decade, but...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Gerard O'Rourke
3 The Green, Clonaslee, Laois
Gerard O’Rourke, 3 The Green, Clonaslee, Co. Laois. Died on the 8th of November 2021, peacefully in the excellent care of the staff at the...
It was smiles galore as Laois Marlins returned to competitive swimming for the first time in 18 months.
Not since March 2020, prior to Covid-19, have the boys and girls swam competitively.
But all of that thankfully changed over the last...
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that the situation where Portlaoise Hospital is being blocked from providing full services to Type 1 Diabetics needs to be resolved.
According to the Laois TD, insulin pump clinic services for adults cannot...
A food producing plant in Laois is to benefit from €4.3 million in government funding.
It was announced this afternoon that Dawn Meats, which operates plants in Rathdowney and Charleville in Cor, is to receive €4,366,495 to provide for capital...
It was a fantastic feast of hurling in O’Moore Park on Sunday as the domestic calendar at adult level came to an end.
We had two titanic tussles with the Premier IHC and SHC finals down for decision.
Ballinakill and Clough-Ballacolla...
For the first time in over 20 years, the Timahoe New Year's Day Walk didn't take place in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic lockdown.
Sadly and coincidentally its main organiser Johnny Dalton, who had raised thousands of euro over...
Laois County Councillors voted to confirm an expenditure budget of almost €89 million at a meeting of Laois County Council yesterday.
The revenue for this expenditure will be gathered from Local Property Tax, Commercial Rates Government Grants of and Goods...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, says the HSE has assured her that there will be no change to services currently provided at Portlaoise Hospital.
Deputy Nolan had sought an explicit guarantee that there are no plans in place to...
Brendan Hickey from the Graiguecullen club will referee this Sunday's Laois SFC final between Portarlington and Portlaoise in O'Moore Park.
It will be a first men's final of any sort for Hickey to take charge of in Laois - though...
After a remarkable weekend of hurling action, the focus this week quickly switches to football.
The Senior and Junior football championship finals will take place in O'Moore Park this Sunday.
On the same day, the Ladies IFC and JFC competitions will...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Markey) Coss
Twoomey Park, Mountmellick, Laois
Patrick better known as Markey Coss, Twoomey Park, Mountmellick. Died November 5th 2021. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Mary and daughters Patricia Catterall (England),...
It was hurling county final day in O'Moore Park and the enigma that is Buff Egan was in attendance.
The eccentric Kerry man made the trip from Munster up to Portlaoise and was treated to an absolute cracker.
Clough-Ballacolla and Borris-Kilcotton...
Avondale House in Rathdrum Wicklow was the venue for last Sunday's Athletics Leinster Juvenile and Senior/U-23 Cross Country Championships.
The birthplace of Charles Stewart Parnell was looking magnificent in the autumnal sunshine, and there were some fine athletics performances among...
Laois County Councillors voted to approve the Laois's biggest ever budget at a meeting this morning.
€88,337,000 will be spent in a range of different areas to run the county next year.
Four main areas will be used to fund this...
On November 4, the Cabinet approved the Climate Action Plan which details the measures which will be implemented to ensure we stay within the carbon budgets set out by the Climate Advisory Council.
This is a moment of huge...
