Mountain View, Ballyhale in Kilkenny, was a new venue to host the Leinster Cross Country recently.
After having a very successful county championships, many St Abban's athletes travelled down with the hope of having a great race and earning themselves...
Progress is being made on the improvement of a number of the Group Water Schemes (GWS) throughout Laois.
According to Laois TD Sean Fleming, there has been some great work completed through the Rural Water Schemes in Laois to include...
With the Ballinakill hurlers in championship final action this Sunday, the local community have gone above and beyond to show their support.
The village is festooned in the maroon and white colours and good luck signs adorn the various approach...
There's nothing like a county final appearance to lift a community's spirits.
And in the small rural townsland of Barnashrone in the Ballyfin parish, the local primary school have put on a huge show of support for the local hurling...
The appointment of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Cardiology in Portlaoise Hospital will 'improve patient access and continuity of care for heart failure patients'.
So says Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Sean Fleming, who commented on...
The SOLAS garden centre has announced that in addition to its normal Farmers market each Saturday, it will be running a Christmas Craft Market for the four Sundays before Christmas.
David Maher of SOLAS explains: “We will be running a...
The Climate Action Plan 'includes low-cost, high-benefit measures that will bring down emissions, create new jobs and protect communities across the constituency'.
So says Laois TD Charlie Flanagan following the publication of the government's carbon cutting plan yesterday.
According to Deputy...
For the outsider observer looking on, it has been a bit different this year looking at the Ballinakill hurlers without the names of Eamon Jackman and Seamus Dwyer involved.
But when they were relegated from senior last year, it brought...
In this special edition of the Talking Sport Podcast we're joined by three members of the St Conleth's ladies football team that made history last weekend by winning the Laois senior final for the first time ever.
Aoife Kirrane, Niamh...
Portlaoise CBS 3-17 Scoil Dara Kilcock 2-12
South Leinster Senior 'B' Football League Round 2
Portlaoise CBS made it two wins from two in the South Leinster Senior 'B' football league with an eight point success over Scoil Dara Kilcock.
It was...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patricia Territt (née Brady)
Cherrygarth, Portlaoise, Laois
Predeceased by her loving husband Thomas, Patricia deeply loved Mother of Rosemary, Paula, June, Noel & Michael. Cherished Mother in Law to Vince, Michael, Mary,...
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Laois PPN hosted comedian and mental health advocate Rory O'Connor aka Rory's Stories for a talk recently.
“Rory’s Stories - An Unexpected Journey to Self-Belief” was part of Laois Connects, which promotes positive mental health.
It took place on Wednesday October...
A Laois mental health charity are set to host a live fundraising gig in Portlaoise on Friday evening.
SOSAD Laois are holding 'Monsters of Craic' in Kavanagh's Bar from 8.30pm.
The Monsters of Craic, with Ares Redemption & Saoirse Lawlor, intend...
Knockbeg College 3-12 Patrician Newbridge 2-13
Leinster Senior School's Football Championship Round 1
Knockbeg College produced a stunning late comeback to claim a valuable two point win over Patrician Newbridge in Crettyard this afternoon.
In a breathless encounter, Knockbeg looked home and...
Portlaoise College has been recognised by Trinity Access, Trinity College Dublin, for their ongoing work in creating a college-going culture in their school.
Portlaoise College was picked out of nearly 100 other secondary schools who partake in the programme each...
A young Laois student has won two prestigious awards for his outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics.
Abbeyleix native Eoghan Murphy is currently studying Theoretical Physics and Pure Mathematics at Maynooth University.
The 22-year-old, who is a past pupil of...
The 6th year prefects of St Fergal’s College, Rathdowney, successfully orchestrated a lucrative school fundraiser recently.
On Thursday October 21, in a bid to raise much needed funds for Temple Street Hospital - and in a bid to raise the...
It's fair to say that Declan Laffan is quite used to success.
With his home club Loughmore-Castleiney in Tipperary he managed their senior hurling and football teams for the best part of ten years, overseeing an historic double in 2013...
In this episode we look ahead to the Premier Intermediate hurling championship final between Ballinakill and Ballyfin.
Damien Carter joins Steven Miller to look ahead to the game and as a member of the Ballinakill team that won the 2014...
Knockbeg College 2-18 St Peter's 1-1
U-16 South-Leinster Football Championship Round 1
The Knockbeg Junior footballers got their championship off to a flying start recently with an impressive win over St Peter's of Wexford in Graiguecullen.
There was a strong wind travelling...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Jill Cooney
2 Erkindale Drive, Durrow, Laois
Cooney, Jill - Peacefully at St. James Hospital Dublin in the loving arms of her family. Deeply regretted by her sorrowing husband Noel, sons Darren,...
For the second time in under three months, Borris-Kilcotton and Clough-Ballacolla will do battle in the Laois senior hurling final.
The sides only met in August in the delayed 2020 final and now they face off again.
Clough-Ballacolla won that game...
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 that could see her win €25,000.
Rachael Farrell from Mountmellick will be in the third...
Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has welcomed the application for planning permission to the Laois County Council for a significant extension to the Portlaoise Hospital.
The HSE submitted plans to to build a two and three storey extension onto the...
Portlaoise 10 Coolmine 17
Leinster League Division 2A Round 3
Portlaoise's trip to the Showgrounds in Athy on Sunday proved to be a very frustrating outing. So much of their game was top class but some silly decision and equally silly...
Gardaí in Stradbally are investigating an incident involving a bogus caller in the area on Tuesday.
A suspicious man called to an elderly man and tricked him into buying a drill that he didn't really want.
He then followed him into...
Music Generation Laois’s annual Tionól for harp and pipes took place at the weekend from Friday, October 29, to Sunday, October 31, with events in Portlaoise, Stradbally, and online.
Young people from all over Ireland took part. Tionól, which means...
Local TD Patricia Ryan has called on the government to urgently deliver a fair pay allowance for student nurses and midwives.
The Sinn Féin TD for Kildare South, whose constituency also takes in Portarlington, Killenard and Ballybrittas has said that...
It's been a hectic couple of months for the Borris-Kilcotton hurlers and as they prepare for their third senior final in a row this Sunday, they know they don't want to be the team that lost two county finals...
