The Government has given approval to commence construction on the new extension to Portlaoise College.
This new extension and refurbishment works will consist of a construction studies room, art room and a special education needs classroom.
Laois Minister for State at...
The Heath Golf Club recently unveiled their revamped driving range with an official opening.
Men’s Captain Emlyn O'Reilly, Club Captain Ber Fitzpatrick, President Bernie Aldritt, Fr Sean Kelly, Rev Alec Purser, Minister Sean Fleming, Ann Marie Maher, Caroline Myers (LSP),...
Young Laois people are being warned to be vigilant while being out this weekend after what has been described as a 'frightening' increase in suspected of spiking cases.
These suspected spiking cases have involved people's drinks being spiked and also...
Mountmellick v Park-Ratheniska
In O'Moore Park at 7.30pm
It's a day of destiny for the Mountmellick and Park-Ratheniska footballers as they meet in the Laois intermediate football final this evening in O'Moore Park.
The two teams have been in excellent form in...
The action continues to ramp up - and so too do the volume of our Talking Sport Podcasts.
This is our third one of the week and this time it is all about Ladies Football.
Saturday evening at 7pm will see...
Camross 2-8 Naomh Eamann 3-4
Laois Camogie U-16 Championship Final
Camross claimed the U-16 Laois Camogie championship title following a dramatic encounter with Naomh Eamann on Wednesday evening.
In absolutely horrific conditions in the Centre of Excellence, Camross staged a remarkable second...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Noel Conroy
6 Courtview, Stradbally, Laois
Noel died suddenly at his residence .He is sadly missed by his loving wife Virginia, sons Liam and Michael, daughter Mary, brothers Ger and Shaunie, sister...
It is all systems go as a Laois author gears up to launch his first ever children's book on Friday morning.
‘The Last Beekeeper’ by Johnny Renko, the pseudonym for journalist and former Senator, John Whelan will be launched by...
A Laois GAA club are set to host a 'spooky' Halloween Walk for all the family this weekend.
Crettyard GAA are encouraging all of the family to come and join in the fun on Sunday October 31.
At their GAA grounds,...
He's not too keen to dwell on it but if the Mountmellick footballers were to win tomorrow night's intermediate championship final, a special place in the club's history would have to be reserved for Gordon Lalor.
A classy player who...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the government to include two Laois fire stations in government improvement plan.
The Laois TD says that Rathdowney and Stradbally are badly in need of capital funding.
However, when he questioned Housing...
When Kieran Kelly took on the Park-Ratheniska manager's job at the start of 2020 he knew they were in a place they really shouldn't have been.
Relegated from intermediate in 2014, they'd been beaten in the 2016 junior final as...
Three Laois rugby players have been selected on Ireland U-18 and U-19 squads.
The Ireland U-19, U-18 Clubs and U-18 Schools squads, have been assembling in Dublin this week for their first training camps of the 2020/21 season.
Castletown's Jim Peters...
Halloween is fast approaching and while it is set to be a fun-filled occasion for many people, it can also be a difficult time for our furry friends.
Yet with a little advance preparation, there are a variety of...
This looked like a great month - and what a brilliant initiative!
Wellbeing and the promotion of positive mental health has always been a key element of life in Clonaslee College and this was clearly evident during the month of October.
Students...
The Laois SFC semi-finals take place this Sunday in O’Moore Park with two really interesting contests ahead.
Portlaoise take on Ballyroan-Abbey in the first game at 2pm with champions Portarlington meeting Emo at 3.30pm.
Here we look at the remaining four...
A Laois secondary school hosted a very successful Intercultural Day before the mid term break.
Portlaoise College has students from over thirty different countries and relished the opportunity for students to demonstrate their pride of their home countries and to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bernard (Brian) Smyth
The Cutcheen, Cloncannon, Mountmellick, Laois / Cavan Town, Cavan
Bernard (Brian) Smyth, The Cutcheen, Cloncannon, Mountmellick, Co. Laois (formerly of Cavan Town, Co. Cavan) died 27th October 2021, peacefully...
It's a busy week for the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast Production team with three preview episodes available.
Today we look forward to Friday night's intermediate football final between Mountmellick and Park-Ratheniska, which takes place in O'Moore Park at 7.30pm.
We hear...
Laois Library Service have a series of Parent Talks in the coming weeks which will be hugely informative and helpful to parents around the county.
This series of Parenting Talks has been organised by Laois County Library Service and Offaly...
Portlaoise 29 Dundalk 7
Leinster U-17 League
There was a second win in a row for Portlaoise in the Leinster League when they played host to Dundalk.
The win was all down to the work that was done in the first half...
Women attending maternity services in the Portlaoise and Mullingar Hospitals can avail of dose 1 and dose 2 vaccines at special walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics that have been set up.
The clinic in Portlaoise will be in at then Laois...
With so much to discuss this week, we have split our football podcast out into THREE different episodes.
Our first looks forward to this weekend's senior and junior championship semi-finals as well as discussing the new Laois minor football managerial...
The death has occurred of Seamus Fleming, a native of The Swan, suddenly, at the age of 72.
Mr Fleming was stationed as a Garda Síochána in Monaghan for many years where he lived with his family and ran a...
The death has occurred of Portarlington doctor Oonagh McKeagney who was aged in her early 90s.
Mrs McKeagney, a native of Galway, and her husband Charles, who was also a doctor and originally from Tyrone, came to Portarlington in the...
The school community in Scoil Bhríde, Mountrath were in celebratory mode recently as they received their Active School Flag.
This was a huge achievement for all involved and a testament to the work and commitment of the Active Flag Coordinator in...
A Laois County Councillor has called for bollards to be erected on cycling lanes near two Laois secondary schools to prevent cars from parking on them.
Fianna Fail's Catherine Fitzgerald put down a motion calling for bollards, similar to those...
Laois TD Brian Stanley says that the wait for flood relief works in Mountrath cannot continue any longer.
The Sinn Fein TD was speaking as Met Eireann released a yellow rainfall warning for Laois for localised flooding from 5am today...
Park-Ratheniska 1-13 Barrowhouse 0-8
2006 Laois JFC 'A' Final
The Park-Ratheniska footballers go in search of intermediate championship glory this Friday night in O'Moore Park when they take on Mountmellick in this year's county final.
If they win it will round off...
Last Saturday, October 23, the U-15 footballers of Ballylinan headed for Croke Park to represent Laois at the John West Féile Experience.
The event took as part of the competition’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
On arrival at Croke Park, the players and...
