Following a hiatus as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Laois Jobs Fair returned to the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise on Tuesday...
Portlaoise College has always had a strong community spirit consisting of management, staff, students and parents.
Sinead Walsh is the Chairperson of the Parent's Council...
Eddie Kinsella’s Laois U-20 footballers begin their Leinster championship away to Kildare this evening.
Laois are seeking to reach a third final in four years...
St Abban’s athletes were spread among a variety of different colleges as they competed in the University Track and Field Championships held in IT...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Helena (Lena) McEvoy
Trumera, Mountrath, Laois
Helena (Lena) McEvoy, Trumera, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died (peacefully) on the 13th...
Abbeyleix Tidy Towns hosted the Laois Federation of Tidy Towns Seminar recently.
The well-attended event kicked off with a tour of the village and community...
The Government has decided to nominate Newbridge based solicitor Andrew Cody for appointment as an Ordinary Judge of the District Court.
President Michael D Higgins...
St Fiacc's girls U-13 and U-15 teams were crowned Carlow soccer league winners in the last week.
Four years ago, the Graiguecullen club put a...
A SDLP Northern Ireland Assembly election candidate, who is originally from Laois, was the victim of an assault while on the election trail.
Elsie Trainor,...
Five nurses and midwives at Portlaoise Hospital have been named as winners of the first ever HEART Awards.
H.E.A.R.T stands for Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect...
Ireland’s newest music and arts festival, Forest Fest at Emo is hitting all the right notes with fans for its exciting, entertaining, and eclectic...
Laois County Council has contracted with Ardain Developments Limited for the provision of a 94 space Public Carpark at Railway Street in Portlaoise.
The site,...
The volume of our Podcasts has decreased to one per week at present but we have another jam-packed show here.
It is a huge week...
The Republic of Ireland U-19 Women's team finished second in their qualifying group but it was not enough to seal a place at this...
Residents of a Laois housing estate say they are 'living in fear' following a spate of random acts of vandalism that have taken place...
Foróige Portlaoise UBU Youth Service is looking for adults who are interested in supporting Foróige to come forward.
Foróige Portlaoise UBU Youth Service is located...
Earlier than ever before, the Leinster senior hurling championship is set to get underway this weekend.
After a shortened Covid season last year, the competition...
St Aengus were crowned CCFL Division 3 champions following victory at the weekend.
They faced Stradbally Town B in a game where victory would guarantee...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael Nicholas Boran
Ballinagall, Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Ballickmoyler, Laois
Michael Nicholas Boran, Ballinagall, Ballickmoyler, Carlow, passed away...
Laois U-20 football manager Eddie Kinsella has named his starting team for Thursday's clash with Kildare.
It contains six of the team that were beaten...
The first ever Festival of Flight held to celebrate the rich history of aviation and exploration in Laois has been a resounding success.
The events,...
Portarlington will be holding its annual spring clean from 10am to noon on Saturday April 23.
It is the largest of its kind in the...
Laois County Council and Cellnex have recently delivered new infrastructure to Vicarstown that will transform connectivity for consumers and businesses in the area.
The new...
Garda 0 Portlaoise RFC 56
Leinster Women's Rugby Paul Cusack Plate Semi Final
Portlaoise senior women travelled to Westmanstown on Sunday and secured a spot in...
EirGrid has awarded €103,675 to six community groups and not-for-profit organisations near the Laois-Kilkenny Reinforcement Project.
This is the first of three phases of funding...
*The images contained at the bottom this article are distressing but we have published them to show what can happen when livestock are attacked...
A fourth Laois student has received a UCD Entrance Scholar Award earlier for academic excellence.
Sarah Graham sat her Leaving Cert in St Leo's College...
The Midlands Basketball juvenile finals took place over the weekend and Portlaoise Panthers enjoyed incredible success.
Eight of their boys teams made it to semi...
It’s another busy week of action on the Laois GAA club scene with games across the county in both codes and at adult and...
Portlaoise 25 Arklow 12
Leinster Rugby U-14 Cup semi final
On a dry, sunny afternoon in Tullow, Portlaoise faced an Arklow side they had beaten last...
