Two of the many QQI Level 5 courses offered at Portlaoise Institute include Engineering Technology and Computer Science.
These STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) courses are at the heart of a very wide variety of jobs and professions....
DAWSON MODULAR INSTALLATIONS Ltd. is looking for experienced skilled General Operatives to join its busy cleanroom and modular room installation team.
The successful candidates will be based on our various sites at pharmaceutical plants.
The role will include the construction and...
It was a relatively busy Sunday on the GAA front with games involving Laois teams in the county and outside.
In Clane, the Laois Camogie U-16s missed out on an All-Ireland final place when they lost out to Meath.
They trailed...
Clough-Ballacolla 0-8 Abbeyleix 1-17
ACFL Division 1A Group B Round 3
Abbeyleix enjoyed a comfortable win over Clough-Ballacolla to book themselves a semi final spot in Division 1.
Abbeyleix will top the group if The Harps fail to defeat Rathdowney-Errill this evening...
Portlaoise 3-5 Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-4
2000 Laois U-12 'A' Football Championship Final
Two professional soccer players, four future Laois senior footballers, an elite golfer and a multi-millionaire film star - this was some team!
Stradbally Parish Gaels went into this game...
Timahoe is a very proud rural community and at the very centre of that is the famous Round Tower in the village, home of the St Mochua monastic site way back in the seventh century.
In 2005 the local schoolchildren...
A fundraiser has been launched in aid of a young Laois boy who has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
Cathail Dooley, who only turned four years of age last week, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia.
Cathail...
Since taking on the Laois hurling manager's role for the second time, it's been a tough run of games for Cheddar Plunkett.
As the only Liam MacCarthy Cup manager in his first season, in the middle of a global pandemic...
There are a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on LaoisToday in the last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the...
The European Athletics U-23 Championships are underway at present and a Laois athlete has qualified for a final.
Ruby Millet of St Abban's will go in the Long Jump final following a brilliant performance in Estonia yesterday.
Millet, who is coached...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Gerry Brennan
St Brigids Place, Portlaoise, Laois
The death has occurred in Glasgow, Scotland, of Gerry Brennan, after a short and sudden illness. His funeral arrangements will be announced later. Funeral will...
Today's action saw the Laois hurlers clinch a vital win over Antrim to guarantee their Liam MacCarthy status for 2022.
While the minor footballers bowed out against Louth which saw their Leinster campaign come to an end.
There was also domestic...
A food and crafts market will take place tomorrow - July 11 for the first time in Annanough GAA grounds.
The Vicarstown Canal Artisan Foods and Crafts Market is hosted by Community Hall Vicarstown, Annanough GAA and Vicarstown school/church.
The market...
The Laois senior hurlers have saved their season by defeating Antrim in Parnell Park this afternoon.
Seamas 'Cheddar' Plunkett's charges went into the game without a win in 2021 but that has now been put behind them.
It was a dramatic...
Laois 2-27 Antrim 2-21
All-Ireland Hurling Qualifier Preliminary Round
Laois are through to the first round proper of the All-Ireland Qualifiers following a dramatic victory over Antrim in Parnell Park this afternoon.
Cheddar Plunkett's men had lost every game they played this year...
Among the biggest events in life are your own wedding and becoming a parent. The former is more of a gradual process.
You meet somebody you like, you fall in love, you develop a relationship, possibly moving in together along...
Survival and a shot at an extended season are up for grabs as Laois and Antrim clash this afternoon.
Parnell Park is the venue as the Laois hurlers look to preserve their Liam MacCarthy Cup status for 2022.
If they win,...
Laois 1-7 Louth 4-7
Leinster Minor Football Championship Quarter-final
Liam McArdle scored four goals as Louth knocked Laois out of the Leinster minor football championship in Stabannon this afternoon.
Laois trailed for much of the game and fired too many wides at...
A place in the Leinster minor semi finals is on the line in Stabannon this afternoon.
The Laois minor footballers are out against Louth at 12pm in the rural venue.
Manager Mark Bates named his starting 15 last night and it...
1 - 16 potential internal candidates for the vacant Laois football manager’s job
The news that Mike Quirke would not be seeking a third term in charge of the Laois senior footballers was confirmed earlier this week.
After a miserable 2021, the...
A documentary film about a Laois town has been selected to feature at the prestigious Galway Film Fleadh.
During the first lockdown in 2020, Maurice O’Carroll created a short documentary film about Mountrath called ‘Mountrath Unlocked’.
Originally from Kerry, Maurice took...
Fifty Seven Boutique in Athy and Durrow is a long-established ladies boutique and gift emporium serving the people of Leinster and the midlands area for the past 18 years - and they have recently opened a pop-up sale shop...
It is a busy day on the GAA front with the Laois minors away to Louth and the senior hurlers facing Antrim.
Below, we look ahead to the latter.
When, where, what time?
The game throws in at 2.30pm in Parnell Park...
The Laois minor footballers are hoping to reach their fourth successive Leinster minor semi final when they face Louth in Stabannon this afternoon.
In each of the last three seasons, Laois have reached the final four - only to lose...
I was really disappointed for so many children and families who again were prohibited from celebrating baptisms, communions and confirmations.
Our churches continue to be greatly restricted and in limited use. This Pandemic has been hugely challenging for our Church....
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Teresa (Terri) Quinn
Bishopswood Road, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a determined battle fought with great courage and dignity. Loving daughter of the late George...
Tonight's GAA action saw hurling take centre stage at both adult and juvenile level.
At adult level the games that took placed focused on Division 1B and 2 of the hurling leagues.
In Division 1B Group A, Camross' second team cemented...
Laois minor football manager Mark Bates has named his starting 15 for Saturday's Leinster quarter final against Louth.
The O'Moore side have been forced into one change as Clonaslee's Cathal Lee misses out through suspension.
He was sent off in the...
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has criticised Minister Eamon Ryan for 'the chaos his lack of action and difficulties he has caused for those trying to learn to drive'.
The Laois TD's comments come as figures released to Sinn Féin...
‘Fadó Faces’, an outdoor drive-by art exhibition celebrating the lives and stories of older people in Laois, will take place next weekend.
The exhibition intends to celebrate these people through traditional portrait painting and digital art by a selection of...
