Monday evening marked another special day for Clough-Ballacolla Camogie Club as they fielded their first ever minor team.
The club was only formed in 2016 and will field in the Laois junior championship once again later this year.
The minors travelled...
Last week, the Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland, Marcel Fortuna Biato visited Rath National School in Laois.
Mr Biato was there after staff and students in the school made a generous donation of around €1,300 to people in a city in...
Laois football manager Mike Quirke is hoping to put his side's disappointing league campaign behind them when they take on Westmeath in the Leinster championship quarter-final this coming Sunday in O'Connor Park in Tullamore.
Laois lost all four games to...
Laois County Council are to investigate the costs associated with live streaming all public meetings.
The matter came before Monday's monthly meeting of the Council which was held in the Dunamaise Arts Centre.
Fine Gael Councillor Aisling Moran put forward the...
We're in the middle of the summer now and the GAA action continues thick at fast.
Three of our county teams are set for action this week while there are also a host of club games.
The U-20 hurlers are out...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Teresa Murphy (née Egan)
Kenmare, Kerry / Laois
Teresa Murphy (nee Egan) (Kenmare, formerly of Scarteen Park and late of Tinnahinch, Co Laois). On the 28th of June, 2021, passed away peacefully...
After a busy weekend on the inter county front, tonight saw underage matches take centre stage.
There were matches taking place in all four groups of the U-13 football championship.
All 'A' and 'B' teams are placed in the same competition...
The death has occurred of Portlaoise man Jim McCormack in South Africa.
Mr McCormack, who moved to South Africa with his wife Esther in 2017 to be close to his daughter Aisling, her husband Duane and their family, passed away...
Laois ladies star forward Mo Nerney heralded manager Donie Brennan and the impact of the younger players in the squad following Sunday's dramatic win over Kildare in the Division 3 league final.
The Timahoe player, who top scored once again...
Laois County Council has elected its youngest ever chairperson as Conor Bergin took the role this afternoon.
The 27-year-old Borris-In-Ossory native becomes the youngest since William Aird who was aged 30 in 1925 and is the grandfather of current Councillor...
The 8th annual Embrace FARM (Farm Accident Support Network) Ecumenical Remembrance Service took place in Abbeyleix on Sunday.
This is a farming organisation which was founded by Brian and Norma Rohan, a farming family from Shanahoe in 2014.
Brian and his...
Laois minor goalkeeper Conor Brown has been nominated for the Electric Ireland Minor Football Player of the Week.
The Portlaoise man played a starring role in a dramatic encounter in O'Moore Park on Saturday.
He was assured on his kick-outs throughout...
The Laois ladies celebrated Division 3 football league success following a dramatic encounter with Kildare in Baltinglass yesterday.
Mo Nerney was the hero once again as her last gasp point proved crucial.
The Timahoe footballer kicked a point with 42 seconds...
Gardai are appealing for witnesses to an assault in a Laois town to come forward.
The incident occurred in Fr Breen Park in Abbeyleix on Sunday at around 2pm.
This is the sports area that is shared by Abbeyleix GAA, soccer...
It was another busy weekend of local GAA action with pride of place undoubtedly going to the Laois ladies footballers who claimed the Division 3 National League title with a thrilling win over Kildare on Sunday.
In an epic battle...
The price of house in Laois has increased dramatically year-on-year once again, the latest survey from DAFT.ie has found.
In Laois, prices in the second three months of 2021 were 18% higher than a year previously.
However, when compared with the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paddy Holohan
Brockview, Mountmellick, Laois / Kilkenny
Brock View Mountmellick and formerly Ballyragget Co.Kilkenny. Died unexpectedly on June 26th 2021. Deeply regretted by his wife Bridie, his sons Kieran, Rory, Barry and...
Another week of GAA action has come to an end and it concluded on a very positive note for the Laois ladies.
They tasted Division 3 league success by defeating Kildare in dramatic circumstances in Baltinglass.
On the domestic front, there...
Crettyard 3-10 Clough-Ballacolla 1-3
2020 U-13 'C' Football Championship Final
Crettyard claimed the 2020 U-13 'C' Football Championship title in style with an emphatic thirteen point victory over Clough-Ballacolla at the LOETB Centre of Excellence on Sunday morning.
This is the second...
Laois 2-10 Kildare 3-6
Ladies National Football League Division 3 Final
Mo Nerney was Laois's hero once again as her last gasp point sealed the Division 3 league title in dramatic circumstances in Baltinglass this evening.
The Timahoe footballer kicked a point...
The Laois ladies footballers are in action this afternoon in the Division 3 National Football League final.
They take on Kildare in the Baltinglass GAA grounds in Wicklow with a double prize for the winners - a league title and...
You can always trust Alf Harvey's brilliant archives to deliver.
This week we take a trip down memory lane to 2007 when he visited Scoil Bhride in Mountrath.
The occasion? A Green Flag presentation and he duly captured the wonderful atmosphere.
Fourteen...
In recent years there have been more and more Dacias visible on our roads and in this part of the country the team in Joe Mallon Motors have been selling them at a steady pace, alongside the more established...
When you sit down and chat with David Maher and John Carey, the two men behind the hugely impressive new garden centre in the town, the most striking thing is their energy and enthusiasm.
And as you listen to them,...
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...
Cheddar Plunkett's second coming as Laois hurling manager hasn't been the fairytale we all hoped it would be and his first championship match back in charge ended in a 20-point loss to Wexford in Nowlan Park yesterday evening.
It means...
The Laois ladies footballers go in search silverware against Kildare this afternoon at 4pm.
Baltinglass in Wicklow is the venue as Donie Brennan’s charges aim to claim the Division 3 National League title.
After a couple of difficult years, the Arles-Killeen...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Jack O'Connell
Coolroe, Ballybrittas, Laois/Roscrea, Tipperary
Late of Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea County Tipperary. Peacefully surrounded by his family in the loving care of the staff of Oghill Nursing Home, Monasterevin. Deeply...
Sarsfields 7-12 Timahoe 7-10 - After extra time
2020 Laois U-16 'A' Ladies Football Final
What an absolute fantastic game 2020 U-16 'A' ladies football final in Annanough on Saturday evening where extra time was needed before Sarsfields eventually got the...
The Laois minor footballers advanced to the Leinster quarter finals following a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Wexford this afternoon.
Mark Bates' charges will now face Louth in the quarter finals on July 10 - the latter overcoming Westmeath today.
This...
