The Laois hurlers will be shown live on TG4 for their two of their National Hurling League games.
The Irish-language station today announced the games they will be broadcasting live over the next couple of months.
Laois's opening game away to...
Laois County Councillors agreed to sell land valued at €30,000 at Monday's monthly meeting.
The matter of 0.108 hectares of land at Castletown, Laois in the townland of Churchfield came before the Councillors.
They were asked to approve the sale of...
Laois TD Brian Stanley has called for cross party support for a Sinn Fein Bill that will come before the Dail on Wednesday.
The party has teamed up with the University of Students of Ireland to draft legislation aimed at...
Gardai have been called to Portlaoise Leisure Centre on several occasions this year to deal with incidents of littering and trespass.
Director of Services Donal Brennan informed Laois County Councillors of the ongoing problem at this week's monthly meeting.
It was...
From this week underage sport around the country is allowed to resume and all over the past number of days you'll have noticed social media posts from the various clubs outlining their training schedules for their different age groups.
For...
This year is the 50th anniversary of the first ever Feile football, hurling and camogie competitions and plans are afoot for the competition to go ahead this time.
Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic meant that neither competition was played.
In the...
A young Laois girl has been named FBD Farm Safe Schools Regional Champion for Leinster.
Clodagh George, a fourth class student in Arles NS, was nominated because of her wonderful knowledge of Farm Safety.
Clodagh’s great love of farming and knowledge...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Josephine (Jo) Bracken (née Egan)
Capparogan, Clonaslee, Laois / Durrow, Laois / Ballinasloe, Galway / Navan Road, Dublin
Joesphine (Jo) Bracken (nee Egan), Capparogan, Clonaslee, Co. Laois. Formerly of Durrow, Co. Laois,...
A Laois County Councillor has brought forward a proposal aimed at changing the bye laws in the county to give Gardai more powers to stamp out sulky racing.
Fine Gael Councillor Aisling Moran has been pushing this issue for the...
There has been one further Coronavirus-related death and 437 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
With less than five new cases announced today, Laois now has a 14-day incidence rate of 99.2.
Of the cases notified...
Planning permission to build a brand new playground in Borris-In-Ossory has been approved.
The matter came before members of Laois County Council this afternoon and, following proposal by Cllr Conor Bergin and seconding by Cllr John King, it was approved...
There were warm welcomes this morning as Laois's newest County Councillor was officially co-opted.
Fine Gael's PJ Kelly replaces Tom Mulhall as the sixth Councillor in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
Mulhall was successfully elected in 2009, 2014 and 2019 but stepped down...
The death of Mick Keogh has marked the end of an era in the O'Dempsey's GAA club as the hugely popular local man made a huge contribution to the club over a long number of years.
He was heavily involved...
Gardaí and Crimestoppers have today launched another appeal for information in relation to the murder of 56-year-old William Delaney who went missing on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
William was a Tipperary native who lived in Portlaoise where he had a...
It's probably because of the distance between here and there but sometimes it's easy to underestimate how big a deal Zach Tuohy is in Australia.
The Portlaoise man has carved out an incredible AFL career, first with Carlton in Melbourne,...
The good weather over the weekend gave everyone a chance to get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine - but the manner in which some people caused considerable problems in one part of Laois.
Not for the first...
Speed limits on rural Laois roads was again raised as an issue of concern at the most recent Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District.
A motion from Cllr Aisling Moran called for a review of speed zones around the county.
"Some of the roads...
A busy secondary school and a widely-used playground located side by side in Rathdowney will obviously lead to safety concerns when they're both on the side of a busy road.
That's the case in the town where local councillor John...
With the publication of the National League fixtures last week, the Laois hurlers and footballers now have a clear picture of what the next couple of months are going to look like.
The hurlers begin their Division 1B campaign away...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Síle O’Connor
Ashbrook, Clonaslee, Laois
Native of Charleville Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family and friends. Predeceased by her daughter Helena (Conroy), her brother Michéal...
There has been one further Coronavirus-related death and 429 new cases announced by the health authorities today.
Of today's cases the media age is 29 while 78% of today's cases are under the age 45.
As of 8am today there are...
Though the rule is gone 50 years ago this month, the infamous GAA Ban is still remembered in the association.
Introduced in the early 1900s to prohibit its members from playing the "foreign sports" of rugby, soccer, cricket and hockey,...
Tomorrow Laois County Council will welcome its newest member with the co-option of PJ Kelly to the Fine Gael seat previously held by Tom Mulhall.
It will be a proud day for Kelly and his family though one tinged with...
The Ógra units of Fianna Fáil in Laois and Offaly are holding a special online event to mark the 95th anniversary of the party's founding on Sunday, May 16.
The Laois-Offaly constituency has been a hotbed of Fianna Fáil activity since the...
There have been many things over the past year worth complaining about but one collective positive is that the travel restrictions have focussed people on enjoying the positive things that are on their door steps.
How often in the past...
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...
With every announcement in relation to the 2021 GAA season - be it training dates, inter-county league fixtures or championship draws - there's an instant query from club players: when do you think we'll be back?
With inter-county GAA deemed...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Síle O'Connor
Ashbrook, Clonaslee, Laois
Native of Charleville Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Died peacefully at home surround by her loving family and friends.
Funeral Arrangements Later
Michael Keogh
Derryvilla, Portarlington, Laois / Ballybrittas, Laois
Formerly of The...
'Young mothers don't feel safe walking at night' - So says Sinn Fein Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley.
She made the comment at a recent meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District where she brought up the ongoing issues associated with the...
There has been five further Coronavirus-related deaths and 461 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
The Department are no longer providing a county by county breakdown at the weekends. So we do not know how...
