This week we celebrate the Feast of St Francis. St Francis is among the most beloved and most familiar of all the saints of western Christianity.
He remains as popular today as he was in his lifetime. His love of...
Emo v Rosenallis
Laois SFC Round 3 – In O’Moore Park at 3.30pm
Round 3 of the Laois SFC gets underway this afternoon as Emo and Rosenallis meet.
The throw in time has been brought forward due to a bereavement - hence...
Laois County Council is supporting Park-Ratheniska GAA in the GAA Green Clubs pilot initiative which aims to develop good practice guidance for Clubs focusing on five key areas to support sustainability challenges.
The Green Club Programme is a partnership between...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Maureen Delaney (née Rigney)
Ballaghmore, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois
Peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family.
Deeply regretted by her daughters Catriona and Angela, sons Flannan and Noel, sons-in-law Matty and Kieran, daughters-in-law Magda...
Camross 1-10 Abbeyleix 0-12
Laois MHC 'A' Final
Camross claimed just their third ever Laois Minor hurling title following a dramatic last gasp win over Abbeyleix in O'Moore Park this evening.
James Cuddy was their hero as his goal in the second...
Timahoe 3-17 O'Dempsey's 2-10
Laois IFC Quarter-final
Timahoe are through to this year's Laois IFC semi-final thanks to a 10-point win over O'Dempsey's this evening in Stradbally.
Sean Dempsey's side led for almost all the game as they booked their place in...
The volume of games is decreasing at the moment - but their importance is on the up.
The Laois minor 'A' hurling final takes place this evening with Camross and Abbeyleix doing battle in O'Moore Park.
Abbeyleix are in their third...
Laois GAA have confirmed that the consistent live streaming of matches on Laois TV from O'Moore Park is set to resume.
On Wednesday evening, the Minor 'A' final between Graiguecullen and Na Fianna Og was shown live.
While the streaming platform...
This looks like great craic!
On Thursday September 30, a group of TY students from Mountrath Community School headed for the bog.
Not to foot turf – but rather to take part in a Bogathon mud run in Lisduff Adventure Centre,...
Treo Nua in Knockmay, Portlaoise, has been granted €22,917 in COVID Stability funding.
The funding is being provided by the Government and administered through Pobal.
Covid Stability Funding supports are aimed at groups that provide critical services within the community which...
A local Senator and a Laois TD have called for the proposed 'extra Bank Holiday' to be added in next year.
Plans are at an advanced stage to have a day to recognise the contribution of frontline workers and to...
A huge plan to upgrade a significant portion of Portlaoise is set to get underway next week.
A brand new pedestrian crossing as well as footpath and roadway upgrades are on the way as part of a €680,000 plan known...
10 Laois community energy projects will receive grant funding under the Community Energy Grant Scheme.
The grants administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) provide for a range of improvements to existing buildings to drive energy efficiency and...
Abbeyleix v Camross
Laois MHC ‘A’ Final – In O’Moore Park at 7.30pm
The Minor hurling championship decider will see Abbeyleix and Camross meet in O'Moore Park this evening.
This is Abbeyleix's third final appearance on the trot and they will be...
Two Laois authors have been selected to appear in a fascinating new book on the GAA – written by people at the heart of the association nationwide.
‘Grassroots: Stories From The Heart Of The GAA’, is a treasure trove of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Noel O'Gorman
The Downs, Portlaoise, Laois / Carlow Town, Carlow
O'Gorman, Noel; The Downs, Portlaoise and formerly St Killians Crescent, Carlow. After a long career with Ordnance Survey Ireland and a sporting...
Now that local businesses are getting back to normal, Portlaoise Institute in collaboration with LOETB Enterprise support and Portlaoise FET will host a free Information Morning on October 20th from 10am-11am.
The aim of the Information Morning is to engage...
Arles-Kilcruise 2-11 Crettyard 2-6
Laois IFC Quarter-final
Ross Munnelly scored 1-7 as Arles-Kilcruise got the better of their neighbours Crettyard this evening in Annanough to book their place in this year's Laois IFC semi-final.
The meeting of the last two relegated sides...
Laois TD Brian Stanley has outlined the simply staggering amount of people who are sitting on a hospital waiting list in the county.
Speaking recently, Deputy Stanley explained how more than 15,000 Laois people are waiting on either an inpatient...
The students in Portlaoise CBS were treated to a very special visit last week.
Paralympic hero Gary O'Reilly, with his bronze medal dangling from his neck, was the guest of honour for a presentation and question and answer session with...
Earlier this week, it was announced that there will be no change to the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) for the month of October 2021.
This means that the EWSS will continue to operate in its current form during October...
In a special bonus edition of the Talking Sport Podcast, it is all about Minor.
Wednesday evening saw Graiguecullen and Na Fianna Og meet in Minor 'A' football final with Graiguecullen coming back from two points down at half time...
Laois County Councillors have voted to sell eight pieces of land totalling more than €60,000.
The decisions were made at Monday's meeting of Laois County Council in the Dunamaise Arts Centre.
Two of these were sold for €30,000 each and are...
The Laois football championships return this evening with another busy couple of days of action scheduled.
Neighbours Arles-Kilcruise and Crettyard do battle in the intermediate football quarter-final in the first game of the weekend on Thursday night while Timahoe and...
A HSE official is to be summoned to a meeting in Laois to discuss the ongoing issues surrounding the ambulance service in the county.
There have been a number of high profile incidents involving ambulances failing to show up to...
Graiguecullen turned in a powerful second-half performance to win the Laois MFC 'A' title in O'Moore Park on Wednesday night.
They trailed 0-8 to 0-6 at half time, but restricted Na Fianna Og to just 1-1 in the second half...
Arles-Kilcruise v Crettyard
Laois IFC Quarter Final - In Annanough at 7.30pm
One of the pre-tournament favourites will be out of the Intermediate football championship by the end of the night.
South Laois neighbours Arles-Kilcruise and Crettyard are set to meet in...
The local soccer season is firmly underway with games involving Laois teams over the last few weeks.
The CCFL is into week four and we have all the fixtures and results from week three below:
CCFL FIXTURES WEEK 4
Saturday October 2
All...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Garfield Chambers
17 Borris Meadows, Borris Rd, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 E4EH
Beloved partner of Nicola Mullhall, and much loved father of Saorise, Olivia, David, Shennelle and Garfield Jnr. Deeply regretted by his...
Graiguecullen 2-12 Na Fianna Og 1-9
Laois MFC 'A' Final
The Laois minor football final has a tradition of producing entertaining games over the years and it has also thrown up some unusual pairings.
This evening in O'Moore Park, Graiguecullen met their...
