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...
Booth Concrete have recently applied for planning permission for a new quarry in Abbeyleix close to their existing base in Ballymullen outside the town.
It's the company's second time to apply on the 8.5 hectare site having initially submitted plans...
The Clough-Ballacolla GAA club have experienced incredible times over the past decade or so.
In 2009 they claimed a first ever senior hurling triumph under that name though the area has a rich hurling heritage and Ballygeehan were lords of...
Over various generations, few clubs can have endured as much heartache at intermediate level as the Ballinakill hurlers.
In the 1970s they lost four finals in a row at the grade before winning it in 1974.
In the 90s they extended...
What a great day of hurling in O'Moore Park.
The Laois senior hurling final was an epic for the ages as Clough-Ballacolla saw off Borris-Kilcotton in a thrilling clash to win the Bob O'Keeffe Cup for the second time in...
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...
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),...
Stephen 'Picky' Maher will take his place in the Laois GAA history books as the first person ever to captain a team to win two senior championships in the same year.
And he's in exalted company as someone who's lifted...
Borris-Kilcotton 2-21 Clough-Ballacolla 1-25
Laois SHC Final
Clough-Ballacolla came back from seven points down at half time to claim back-to-back Bob O'Keeffe Cups in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
Declan Laffan's men have now won two senior championships in a matter of months...
Ballinakill 2-14 Ballyfin 1-14
Laois Premier IHC Final
Ballinakill will feast at the top table of Laois hurling once again next year after they were crowned Premier IHC champions in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
Goals in either half from Gearoid Lynch and...
It may be later than usual but Laois hurling championship final day is here at last.
For the second season running, Borris-Kilcotton and Clough-Ballacolla meet in the Laois senior hurling final. Indeed it's their second county final clash since they...
1 - Second Laois woman set to feature on popular new RTE singing game show
Another talented Laois woman is set to feature on RTE this Saturday as she goes in search of glory in a new reality singing competition...
There's nothing like a bit of old TV footage to bring nostalgia to the fore.
And that was certainly the case in Portarlington this week as a one-minute clip from the iconic RTE programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly was re-published across...
Laois SHC Final - Borris-Kilcotton v Clough-Ballacolla
In O'Moore Park at 3.30pm
The Laois hurling final should return in all its glory in O'Moore Park this afternoon when neighbours Borris-Kilcotton and Clough-Ballacolla do battle for the Bob O'Keeffe Cup.
In what is...
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 last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the...
Ballinakill v Ballyfin
Premier IHC final in O’Moore Park at 1.30pm
A place in the 2022 Laois SHC will be on the line when Ballinakill and Ballyfin get hurling finals day underway this afternoon.
These two met in Round 1 of the...
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), Alice...
Ballyroan-Abbey were massive 11-12 to 5-1 winners over Courtwood-Emo in the opening round of the Laois U-20 football championship in Courtwood on Saturday afternoon.
Corresponding minor champions in 2018, as well as in 2020, Ballyroan-Abbey bring a strong team into...
Rachael has done it! Laois will have a representative in the grand final of a popular new RTE singing game show.
Rachael Farrell from Mountmellick is one step away from winning €25,000 after she won the third episode of Last...
St Brigid's 1-12 O'Moore's 1-10
Laois Intermediate Camogie Championship Semi-final
St Brigid's looked dead and buried deep into injury time in Castletown this afternoon but for the last puck of the game that saw them reach their third straight final.
There was...
Camross 5-21 The Harps 0-1
Laois Intermediate Camogie Championship Semi-final
Camross are through to the Laois Camogie Intermediate final following a routine victory over The Harps in Abbeyleix this afternoon.
Anthony Coffey's charges were in command from the throw in and ran...
A range of tax measures due to be formalised in legislation will reduce the cost of living for people across Laois by putting €415 on average back into the pockets of workers, TD Charlie Flanagan says.
Deputy Flanagan said the...
Christmas, the time of year we are all supposed to love. If we don’t, or at least if we reveal it, we’re likely to be condemned as a Scrooge.
Many of us enjoy the gift exchanging, the seasonal foods, the...
Almost 190 Laois homes in seven housing estates are to be retrofitted by the middle of 2022.
Laois County Council was approved funding for two retrofitting schemes recently.
157 houses in six housing estates will see improvements carried out under the...
Many situations in this pandemic world present themselves as almost impossible: coping with stress, keeping going under pressure, addressing tough health issues, coping with death (our own and others) and facing our fears.
I had to go in for dental...
This Sunday in O'Moore Park as the Ballyfin hurlers do battle in the Premier Intermediate final, they'll hear their final words of encouragement from Enda Lyons and Brendan Connolly, two men who've been involved with most of these players...
The Laois camogie championships will kick into gear this afternoon as the competition reaches the semi finals.
There are just four teams at the top grade of camogie in Laois - and this is called Intermediate because it corresponds to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael Rice
Derrymore, Portarlington, Laois / Abbeyleix, Laois
Formerly of Tonduff, Abbeyleix. Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at the Regional Hospital Tullamore. Sadly missed by his wife Angela, son Nigel, daughters...
