Portarlington 2-9 Portlaoise 2-8
ACFL Division 1A Final
A late Ronan Coffey free was the difference as Portarlington withstood a ferocious second half Portlaoise comeback to claim Division 1A glory tonight.
This was a much changed Portarlington side as seven of the...
The last league competition from 2021 is up for grabs in O'Moore Park tonight as Portlaoise and Portarlington are set to meet.
Nine days after winning their first Laois SFC title since 2001, Portarlington go in search of their first...
The organisers of Electric Picnic have called on Laois County Council to reverse the decision not to grant a licence for this year's festival following comments made by Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan today.
Dr Holohan said he would not...
Laois TD Cathal Berry says he is pleased that his calls to send the Irish Army Ranger Wing to Kabul have been listened to.
The Independent TD, from Portarlington, had been calling for the elite wing of the Defence Forces...
The SOLAS Farmers’ Market in Portarlington had a celebrity visitor last Saturday when leading garden designer Diarmuid Gavin dropped by.
David Maher of SOLAS (www.ecogardenshop.ie) explained: “I had emailed Diarmuid back in June after the SOLAS eco garden shop and...
After the excitement of the Tokyo Olympics, the Paralympics is set to commence in the morning.
The Laois athletes, swimmer Nicole Turner and handcyclist Gary O'Reilly, will be taking part over the next two weeks.
Just like the Olympics, the Paralympics...
Less than two weeks after the 2020 Laois SHC concluded, the 2021 edition is set to get underway on Thursday evening.
The competition begins with the clash of Camross and Rathdowney-Errill on Thursday night.
Friday's game between The Harps and Clough-Ballacolla...
It was an historic day at the Portlaoise Rugby Club AGM on Wednesday August 18 as a woman was elected Captain of the Rugby Club for the first time ever.
Amy O'Callaghan from Portlaoise, was elected as Rugby Club Captain...
The information in this article was based on correspondence from the HSE on August 23. We have since learned that not all pharmacies are offering the vaccines as stated here. The advice, however, is to contact the pharmacy in...
The Bob O'Keeffe Cup currently resides in Clough-Ballacolla - but its stay could be very short as the 2021 championship campaign gets underway on Thursday night.
The victors tasted success less than two weeks ago as the delayed 2020 competition...
Nine days after winning their first Laois SFC title since 2001, Portarlington go in search of their first Division 1 league title since 1989 tonight.
Martin Murphy's charges are riding the crest of a wave following glory but Kevin Fitzpatrick's...
The Laois GAA fixture calendar is set to go into overdrive this week with the commencement of the 2021 top tier hurling championships.
The Senior, Premier Intermediate, Intermediate and Junior 'A' competitions will all commence over the coming days.
There is...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sr Rosarii (Noreen) Fennelly
Presentation Sisters, Bridge Street, Mountmellick, Laois / Stradbally, Laois
FENNELLY, Sr Rosarii (Noreen), Presentation Sisters, Bridge Street, Mountmellick and ‘Shalom’, Nursing Home, Kilcock, formerly of Bawn, Stradbally, Co....
A fantastic week of outdoor activities for women took place all over Ireland recently.
The SVT Activity and Wellness Hub (based in the parish of Stradbally), with the support of Laois Sports Partnership, were delighted to organise and deliver an...
The sun shone brightly as Stradbally Town celebrated 25 years in existence on Sunday.
The club was formed in 1996 when Stradbally United and Stradbally Celtic merged together.
The club has gone on to win plenty of titles in the Combined...
Gardaí are again appealing for information from the public in relation to the disappearance of Fiona Pender on August 23, 1996.
They are making the appeal on today's date, which is the 25th anniversary of her disappearance.
Fiona was last seen...
A Laois GAA club's senior championship opener has been postponed following a number of positive Covid-19 cases.
The Harps, who won the 2020 Premier Intermediate championship on Friday August 13, were due to begin their 2021 Senior championship campaign on...
The 2020 Laois SFC finally came to an end last Sunday with Portarlington winning their first title since 2001.
It was a championship that took 13 months to complete and even we struggle to remember some of the games that...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has called for a definitive commitment from government that it will not impose any mandatory cuts to the national herd as part of its efforts to reduce agri-based emissions.
Deputy Nolan was speaking after...
The Portlaoise parish made a profit of over €300,000 in 2020, despite the various Coronavirus-related restrictions.
Income - from their basket collections, shrines, lotto, development fund and rental - came in at €532,458, down from almost €567,965 in 2019, but...
Treacy's of The Heath has long been a welcome home for a variety of vintage car and tractor enthusiasts.
Between the Laois Vintage Rally and the Gordon Bennett Rally, the famous hostelry on the old main road to Dublin has...
Following the last quiet weekend on the GAA front for the foreseeable future, we have a very special interview for Monday's edition of the Talking Sport Podcast.
Ballyfin's Will Reilly, Laois's newest Irish rugby international, joins Alan Hartnett to discuss...
The public consultation on the draft interventions proposed for the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan is being extended by one week.
The EU’s common agricultural policy is a partnership between agriculture and society, and between Europe and its farmers.
Minister Charlie McConalogue...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Anna Marie O' Brien (née Malone)
59 Hillview Drive, Portlaoise, Laois
Deeply regretted by her husband Paddy,and her sons and daughters, Rosie, John, Christopher, Maggie, Darren, Frances, Tiffany, Gabby and John Patrick,...
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The Harps 1-9 Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe 1-6
U-13 Hurling Championship Final
The Harps withstood a ferocious Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe comeback to claim U-13 'A' hurling championship glory in the Centre of Excellence this morning.
Four first half points from Eoin Delaney and 1-1 from Jay Brophy...
A recent Daft.ie study showed that rents in Laois have increased by 8% in the second quarter of this year - while it also noted that there were only 55 homes available to rent in the "midlands counties" on...
The death has occurred of Donnchadh Ó Riordáin, the former principal of Mountrath Vocational School.
Donnchadh passed away peacefully at home in Clonincurragh, Mountrath, on Friday in the loving care of his family.
Mr Ó Riordáin was a native of Dromahane...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday on May 2, 2021.
While we may not have the mountainous landscape of Kerry or Galway or quick access to the sea, there is no shortage of beautiful walking routes in Laois.
And one of...
