Global music stars Bono, The Edge and Hozier are among those to have invested in recent months in the Wicklow Wolf craft brewery founded by Mountmellick native Quincey Fennelly.
The Wicklow Wolf Craft Brewing Company, which was founded by Fennelly...
Over €1 million in funding has been announced this morning for the historic Market House located in the square in Portarlington.
The landmark building was taken on a long-term lease by Laois County Council last year and €1,094,880 in funding...
Players, past and present, recently came together in a Laois GAA club to raise much needed funds for a local charity.
The hurlers and footballers of Clonaslee-St Manman's held their own internal fundraiser for Laois Hospice and handed over a...
Laois County Council has advertised the position of Retained Firefighters in the following locations: Abbeyleix, Durrow, Portarlington and Rathdowney.
Have you ever considered joining the Fire Services? Do you think you have what it takes? Do you tick all the...
The Laois senior hurlers and footballers will find out their Leinster championship opponents tomorrow morning when the draws are made on RTE Radio 1.
The GAA are holding the various provincial draws across RTE Radio and TV this Monday and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paul Burgess
Clonoghill, Coolrain, Laois
The death has occurred of Paul Burgess, Carraway House, Clonoghill, Coolrain, Co Laois, and formerly of Kent, England suddenly at his home. Deeply regretted and will be...
There has been one further Coronavirus-related deaths and 269 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
Of the cases notified today:
133 are men / 131 are women
70% are under 45 years of age
...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on April 27, 2017.
The Laois Rose selection night is always one of the social highlights of the year and this year should be no different.
A packed room in the Portlaoise Heritage Hotel,...
Donal Brennan, Director of Services at Laois County Council, has urged the public not to use unlicensed waste collectors.
Mr Brennan was speaking at this week's Borris-Mountmellick Municipal District meeting as a discussion came up in relation to illegal dumping...
An asking price of over €425,000 on a house is way above the average in Laois but there is still a market out there for properties of that value.
In this week's Property Watch we take a look at five...
Mountmellick councillor Paddy Bracken has hit out strongly at Laois County Council over their decision not to install a suitable loading bay for businesses in a busy part of the town.
Cllr Bracken had a motion at this week's Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick...
Timahoe 1-12 Annanough 1-6
2000 Laois IFC Final
The year 2000 was a memorable one for Timahoe GAA club as they claimed a unique double of intermediate football and junior hurling success.
Having had a comfortable win over The Harps in the...
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...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paul Burgess
Clonoghill, Coolrain, Laois
The death has occurred of Paul Burgess, Carraway House, Clonoghill, Coolrain, Co Laois, and formerly of Kent, England suddenly at his home. Deeply regretted and will be...
The SVT Hub in Stradbally, Vicarstown and Timahoe was very busy once again last weekend.
Following on from the successful St Patrick's Day event, a challenge was designed to get people back on their bikes.
Clubs and groups were asked to...
There have been four further Coronavirus-related deaths and 420 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in April.
The Department of Health no longer provides a county-by-county breakdown of cases...
The government is being urged to urgently protect community post offices in the wake of further warnings from the Irish Postmasters’ Union that more closures are inevitable in Laois unless state intervention is put in place.
Senator Fiona O’Loughlin, who...
Sometimes the only way to move forward is by stepping back. Anxiety and depression are, as we have already discussed, very frequently linked to the flight-fight-freeze response.
Often they are the subconscious way of dealing with perceived danger.
We’ve all done...
Portarlington based business owner Barry Lambkin has been providing homeless charity Depaul with vital PPE equipment as the charity continues to protect the most vulnerable people during Covid-19.
Essential supplies provided by Medichem included items such as hand sanitisers, antiviral...
1 - Strong Laois connection to winning Grand National horse Minella Times
While Minella Times won the Aintree Grand National in the famed green and yellow colours of JP McManus, it was previously owned and trained by John Nallen, the...
Rural Vagabonds Freewheeling Café had only been finding their feet when the pandemic pulled the brakes on their project one year ago.
Portlaoise native Eric Maher, and his business partner Conor Henegan from Mayo, opened their brand new business in...
Laois's longest serving hurler reckons he has 'unfinished business' as he enters his 15th consecutive season representing the county.
Borris-Kilcotton defender Matthew Whelan made his debut in 2007 and he will be available to play under new manager Cheddar Plunkett...
IT Carlow and Laois Gaels are teaming up for a webinar which will be posted next week.
This free webinar is aimed at any potential students of IT Carlow and will take place on Monday April 19 at 6.30pm.
A very...
Tommy Tiernan has inched ahead of Ryan Tubridy in the battle for RTÉ’s weekend viewers after his most recent show clocked up 12,000 more audience members than the chat-show host.
I really enjoy the show. Tommy is a remarkable listener,...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John Carroll
Newtown, Ballyroan, Laois
The death has occurred of John Carroll, Newtown, Ballyroan, Co Laois, peacefully in his home, in the loving care of his family, after a long illness bravely...
A Laois rugby player is in line for a Women's Six Nations appearance this weekend.
Emma Hooban, from Portlaoise, has been named on the bench for Ireland's clash with France on Saturday at 2.15pm.
The Leinster hooker did not make the...
There have been 11 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 420 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
Of the deaths reported today, 3 occurred in April, 1 occurred in March, 2 in February and 5 occurred in...
Declan Hanrahan, a suckler and beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, has been re-elected vice-chairman of the IFA livestock committee.
Hanrahan is the current livestock representative for Laois and was re-elected today following a postal vote of the IFA livestock committee.
He originally...
Wouldn't this just rot you.
Just weeks before they are due to welcome back juvenile members, a Portlaoise Athletics Club facility has been destroyed by vandals - who smashed windows and ransacked their club portacabins earlier this week.
Although nothing was...
It's not unusual for a local council meeting to develop into a row over roads - but at this week's Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick District meeting the councillors turned on each other rather than the usual target of the council officials.
The Mountmellick-based...
