There is massive weekend of National League Basketball ahead in St Mary's Hall in Portlaoise.
Portlaoise Panthers Men's and Women's teams are set to play three games over a 48 hour period.
Friday night sees Fr Matthews Basketball club come to...
From today, the HSE will operate walk-in booster COVID-19 vaccination clinics for healthcare workers and people aged 60 to 69.
This will only be available to people who have already completed their primary course of COVID-19 vaccine.
The centre in Laois...
A Laois TD has called on the government to provide a recognition bonus package to the frontline healthcare staff.
Independent Cathal Berry says there people have been working tirelessly since the start of the pandemic.
This issue was previously highted by...
PJ Kelly from the Timahoe club is set to be elected unopposed as the next chairman of Laois GAA.
Current vice-chairman Tom Clear from Clough-Ballacolla and Kieran Leavy from Portarlington had been nominated but both have withdrawn from the race,...
A Laois TD has called on the government 'to focus less on punishing ordinary people through increasing carbon taxes and focus more on how we can meet our climate targets through providing alternatives for workers and families'.
Sinn Fein TD...
After a 20-month Covid-19 enforced shutdown, Irish dancers from Laois descended upon to INEC in Killarney where they excelled at the World Championships.
Almost 50 dancers from three Laois schools joined others from all over the world at the start...
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) needs to hire 82 Census Enumerators to deliver and collect census forms to and from every home in Laois next year.
Enumerators can earn up to €3,200 for working 10 weeks part-time, between February 28 and May 6.
Enumerators will...
This week's Talking Sport Podcast is a real Pick and Mix of the local GAA scene.
With six Laois teams in Leinster club championship this coming weekend, we look ahead to all of those games - as well as reviewing...
With the National Sports Campus unavailable due to its hosting of the European Cross Country on December 12, the National Cross Country was moved to Santry Demesne on Sunday last.
Despite a sharp change in the weather, the first race...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Martina Bergin
Boley, Abbeyleix, Laois
And Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget, peacefully, in the presence of her family, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. Predeceased by her mother Kathleen. Deeply regretted by her daughters...
Members of the Portlaoise Men's Shed recently took up a new musical instrument - the ukulele - as part of Music Generation Laois' Musical Memories project.
Well-known Portlaoise musician, David Harte, visits the group, who are based at the Equestrian...
For the second year, a live animal charity crib is set to officially open in Portlaoise this weekend.
From Sunday, a live animal crib in Kelly’s farm, at Bloomfield Cross in Portlaoise, will be operation.
Those behind the project are currently...
Laois County Council engaged a mosaic artist, Aidan Byrne of Make Mosaic to devise and facilitate a unique mosaic piece with young people in Portlaoise to discourage inappropriate use of graffiti on public spaces.
The resultant piece has been installed...
Laois County Council should oversee maintenance on the historic Ridge graveyard in Portlaoise and not leave it to volunteers.
Cllr Thomasina Connell proposed at the recent Portlaoise Municipal District that the council "carry out maintenance to the Old Cemetery (the...
Two Laois Bernese Mountain Dogs have secured their place at world-famous Crufts dog show in London next year.
Fiona Stafford-Byrne from Castletown, who competes under the kennel name Danganroe, recently saw two of her dogs qualify for the prestigious event.
Her...
The Love Laois 2022 Calendar - which has been jointly produced by Laois County Council, Laois Chamber and Laois Tourism - was officially launched in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise this week.
All proceeds from the sale of this calendar...
Clough-Ballacolla Camogie club was one of just four clubs nationwide to be selected to take part in a brand new Club Development Award initiative.
Over the entire club season the committee, coaches and three young players (Clodagh Duggan, Tírna Bergin...
Trips to see Manchester United and Chelsea are among the prizes available at a Laois GAA club's Monster Raffle.
Colt-Shanahoe GAA club are running a raffle which will take place on January 2.
Tickets are €10 and there are a serious...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Martina Bergin
Boley, Abbeyleix, Laois
And Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget, peacefully, in the presence of her family, in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. Predeceased by her mother Kathleen. Deeply regretted by her daughters...
The Christmas market returns to Portlaoise town centre this Sunday, November 28, from 11am to 5pm.
Main Street, Church Street, Railway Street, Bull Lane (to Browns Fruit & Veg), will be closed to all traffic for the duration of the...
Durrow should be a hive of activity this Sunday, November 28, for the Laois Artisan Food and Craft Market.
Showcasing the best of Irish artisan food and crafts, there will be live music and entertainment from Ray Sullivan and the...
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.
Doireann O'Connor from Ballyroan will be on the sixth...
Knockbeg College 1-10 Scoil Mhuire Clane 0-16
Leinster Senior School’s Football Championship Round 2
Knockbeg College face an anxious wait to see if they will qualify for the knock-out stages of this year's Leinster School's Championship following a narrow defeat to...
A huge fundraising event is being held in Abbeyleix this weekend to help raise money for a young mother Roxy Phelan who has been going through treatment for cancer since 2017.
From Rathdowney, Roxy is the mother of two young boys,...
The latest edition of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast features an indepth interview with outgoing Laois GAA chairman Peter O'Neill.
O'Neill is stepping down as Laois GAA chairman despite having the option of staying on for another year if he...
A Laois man sold a Limousin heifer for a record €18,000 at the Carrick-on-Shannon sale in Leitrim yesterday - having won the category at the prestigious Winter Fair show on Sunday.
Sean Ramsbottom from Timahoe sold the February-born 433kg Limousin...
After a lifetime spent serving her country, this Laois woman has continued in that sphere - but now does it a little closer to home.
Joan McCabe-Breen, originally from Swords in Dublin but now living in Portarlington with her husband...
Laois County Library has commenced its third Historian-in-Residence programme with the appointment of Terry Dunne to the role.
The aim of the residency is to reflect national policy on commemorations at a local level, bringing to life the experience of...
And it's yet another busy week of Laois GAA club action.
The U-20 hurling and football championships at 'A' and 'B' level continue at pace and all going according to plan we should have the first finals at the age...
Portlaoise RFC 55 Naas RFC 14
Leinster U-14 Rugby League Round 3
On a fine morning in Kildare, Portlaoise U-14s continued their good run of form as they turned in an impressive performance to see off Naas and make it three...
