The Laois U-16 Ladies Football finals took place as a triple header in Annanough on Bank Holiday Monday.
The 'A', 'B' and 'C' finals were down for decision as Ballyroan, Park-Ratheniska and The Heath claimed glory.
The day began with the...
The fifth week of the Laois hurling championships has come to an end and another Team of the Week is here.
We had significant games in the SHC, Premier IHC, IHC and JHC over the weekend.
We are now down to...
The kindness of a Laois teenager has become an inspiration for a campaign that is trying to bring a hospice to the midlands.
Ruth Talbot, a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl from Laois, wished to use some of her Confirmation money for a...
Music Generation Laois’s annual Tionól for harp and pipes, the only harp and pipe festival in the world, takes place in Laois over the 29, 30 and 31 of October.
This year’s event includes a range of workshops with well-known...
The pandemic has taken so much away – but it has brought out the very best in some young Laois people.
Our series ‘Up and Coming’ is designed to highlight the great entrepreneurial spirit and creativity we’ve seen from Laois...
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the need for a local bus service for Portlaoise Town in the Dáil recently.
The improvement of local bus services is included in the programme for Government - and Deputy Stanley wants to see...
Mountmellick 1-12 Annanough 1-6
2006 Laois IFC Final
By the time Mountmellick reached the 2006 intermediate football final, there was a considerable burden on their shoulders.
Not only had the club no major silverware since they had won the intermediate title in...
Football goes centre stage again this weekend on the Laois GAA fixture list.
As well as the senior ladies final, we also have the men's intermediate final as well as the senior and junior semi-finals.
We also have the start of...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Br. Martin (Walter) Kearns
De La Salle Brothers, Castletown, Laois/Belfast, Antrim
Br Martin (Walter) Kearns, De La Salle Brothers, Castletown,Portlaoise, Co. Laois and late of Glanaulin, 141 Glen Road, Belfast. Predeceased by...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in March of this year.
It may be 30 years ago this month but the memories are still vivid.
On two Sundays in March of 1991, Portlaoise AFC played in the FAI Cup for...
Just over 20 years ago, Liam Ahearne took over as principal of The Rock NS between Mountmellick and Emo.
Then a two-teacher school, it has grown in the years since, but photographer Alf Harvey captured a selection of great images...
This piece was originally published in May of this year so references to bluebells will be out of date. But it's still a good walk at any time of year.
Last week, we focussed on a wooded area on one...
The club hurling season in Laois is really beginning to wrap up now though there are still two hugely significant games to be played in O'Moore Park on Sunday week.
For the second season running - though in the same...
On this week's Property Watch we take a look at some of the homes currently for sale around Laois for €400,000.
The homes featured include properties in Portlaoise, Killenard and Castletown and in each case you can click through to...
One of the annual staples of Mountrath life for many years was the wonderful musical put on by the girls in the Brigidine secondary school every autumn.
Colour, tradition, atmosphere - and always a couple of great nights entertainment.
For the...
With the Senior and Premier Intermediate hurling championship semi-finals down for decision over the weekend, as well as the finals of the Intermediate and Junior grades, we look back at some of the main talking points from the weekend.
Brilliant...
The Laois minor footballers will be managed by Conor Gorman from Clonaslee for the 2022 season.
Mark Bates had been in charge for the two Covid-disrupted seasons in 2020 and 2021 but stepped down after their Leinster quarter-final loss to...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Brigid Dempsey (née McDonald)
Jamestown, Ballybrittas, Laois / Drumcondra, Dublin
Formerly of the Big Tree, Drumcondra, Dublin. Peacefully, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Deeply regretted by her loving husband...
Clough-Ballacolla 0-24 Rathdowney-Errill 3-13
Laois SHC Semi-final
Clough-Ballacolla's defence of the Laois SHC goes on to the final as they came from behind to defeat Rathdowney-Errill this afternoon.
They had to do it the hard way too - losing a man to...
Borris-Kilcotton 0-21 Camross 1-10
Laois SHC Semi-final
Borris-Kilcotton are back in the Laois Senior hurling championship final for the third successive year following an impressive victory over Camross.
Ciaran Comerford's charges used the wind to build up a first half lead and...
The death has occurred of Paddy Fitzpatrick from Rosenallis, a highly-regarded former employee of Laois County Council, as well as renowned community man and a member of the famed Knights Showband of the 1960s and 1970s.
Mr Fitzpatrick worked for...
It's a hugely significant day for Laois club hurling with the senior championship semi-finals on in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
The Laois hurling title has been won by just four clubs since 2006 and that Big 4 of Rathdowney-Errill, Clough-Ballacolla...
It was a good weekend for Laois's small hurling clubs.
Ballinakill and Ballyfin qualifies for the Premier IHC final, Trumera won the intermediate and on Saturday afternoon in O'Moore Park, Ballypickas held off a late comeback from their neighbours Abbeyleix...
It's a big day of club hurling championship action in O'Moore Park today as the senior championship semi-finals are down for decision.
The four clubs that have won the last 15 championships between them are once again the last four...
Gardai are appealing for information after a trailer was stolen from a house outside Portlaoise late on Friday night.
A 2018 model Ifor Williams tipper trailer was stolen from a house at Sheffield Cross on Friday night.
It's believed the trailer...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Pat (Paddy) Fitzpatrick
Bloom’s House, Ballyhuppahan, Rosenallis
Fitzpatrick, Pat (Paddy), Bloom’s House, Ballyhuppahaun, Rosenallis. Formerly of Laois County Council, Mountmellick Development Association and The Knights Showband. Pat passed away peacefully under the...
Ballinakill 2-16 Portlaoise 1-12
Laois Premier IHC Semi-final
An impressive first-half performance laid the foundations for a comfortable Ballinakill win in the second Premier IHC semi-final this evening as they proved too strong for Portlaoise to set up a final clash...
Ballyfin 2-19 Camross 3-13
Laois Premier IHC
Ballyfin are through to the Laois Premier IHC final following a hard-earned three-point win over Camross in trying conditions in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
With a strong breeze blowing straight down the field towards the...
Abbeyleix 2-9 Ballypickas 3-11
Laois JHC 'A' Final
Ballypickas have made an immediate return to the Intermediate grade as they defeated neighbours Abbeyleix in the JHC final this afternoon.
Ballypickas led by nine points at one stage but Abbeyleix battled back to...
It's another busy day of action on the Laois GAA club scene with three big games down for decision.
First up is the Junior 'A' hurling final between neighbours Ballypickas and Abbeyleix.
Ballypickas will be seeking to make an immediate return...
