Laois TD Brian Stanley says his party have brought forward to legislation aimed at tackling 'bogus self-employment'.
This is an issue which the Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Sinn Fein's Stanley, has focused on recently.
Bogus self-employment arises where employers wrongly...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paddy Carrigan
Capoley, Portlaoise, Laois / Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny
Carrigan Paddy, Capoley, Portlaoise and late of Ballyfoyle Co. Kilkenny. April 7th 2021. Peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Dearly loved husband...
Brophy Timber Services Ltd is a timber harvesting, general haulage, mechanical engineering company based outside Mountrath in Co Laois.
We carry out maintenance and repairs on our fleet which includes timber harvesting machinery, trucks and trailers.
We manufacture many components which...
Bright Space Project Art is all around us and we have never needed its mood-boosting qualities more than we do now.
After a whirlwind year of uncertainty and sacrifice since the darkest depths of the spring shutdown, students from St...
For the second time in recent weeks, a fire has broken out on the site of a former Laois shopping centre.
The blaze broke out on the Mountrath Road on the site of the old Centrepoint Shopping Centre in Laois.
The...
There have been five further Coronavirus-related deaths and 423 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
4 of these deaths occurred in April, and 1 in February.
With six new cases announced today, Laois now has a...
A Laois man has been elected as President of Macra na Feirme - the Irish rural youth organisation.
Errill native John Keane takes over from Thomas Duffy who comes to the end of his two-year term as president next month.
Keane...
Laois Hire Services has been sold for a fee of €11.2 million.
Founded in 1989 by Michael and Maureen Killeen, the company was originally sold to London-listed tool hire company HSS Hire in 2005 for around €5 million.
Laois Hire represented...
A Laois man has been appointed as the Managing Director of a prestigious international property development group.
Ballymore recently announced that Abbeyleix native Patrick Phelan will head up the company's operations in Ireland.
Linda Mulryan-Condron, daughter of CEO and founder Sean...
More than 23,000 Covid-19 tests have taken place in Laois since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March of last year.
Latest figures from the HSE show that in the last 13 months, 23,294 tests have taken place in the county.
The...
Taoiseach Micheal Martin gave elite inter-county GAA the green light to resume from April 19 - and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association are first out of the tracks with a fixture list for the national league.
Last year, the Laois...
The wheels are in motion for the establishment of a brand new group aimed at representing Laois people with physical disabilities and impairments.
Raheen native Leo Kavanagh, a long time advocate for people with disabilities, is the driving force behind...
Laois 1-14 Wexford 1-8
2004 National Football League Division 1B Round 7
The Laois footballers staved off potential relegation to Division 2B 17 years ago this week thanks to a six point win over Wexford in O'Moore Park.
Laois were reigning Leinster...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Kealey
Capoley Lane, Portlaoise, Laois
Kealey Mary, Capoley Lane, Portlaoise, April 5th 2021, peacefully, in the loving care of the Staff of St Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick. Beloved sister of Bridget, Kathleen,...
Laois business Finline Furniture were very much to the fore on this year's hugely popular RTE Home of the Year programme.
Jen Sheehan's stunning 19th century cottage in Ranelagh in Dublin scooped the coveted title of Home of the Year...
Collective training sessions haven't been considered by the Laois senior footballers during this latest lockdown, according to manager Mike Quirke.
The Kerry man was speaking in an interview with LaoisToday last week to mark his recent announcement again as a...
There have been 9 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 443 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
3 of these deaths occurred in January, 2 in February, 3 in March and 1 in April.
This is the first...
This is brilliant.
Members of a Laois Irish Dancing school have come together, virtually, to create a brilliant video which was released on Easter Sunday.
It features about 35 local Irish Dancers between the ages of 4-18 from The Buggie School...
A man has been arrested and charged following a hijacking incident on Easter Sunday.
The victim of the hijacking managed to escape the vehicle when it entered a petrol station in Portlaoise - enabling him to to sound the alarm.
The...
Established Laois hair salon business for sale as going concern.
Situated in an urban setting with a large catchment area.
Ideal for anyone wanting to expand their business or wanting a head start to owning their own salon. This is a...
Funding for roof repairs for Ballyfin National School has been approved by Education Minister Norma Foley.
So says Laois TD Sean Fleming who has welcomed the development.
This funding is approved under the Emergency Works Scheme for 2021 and Minister for...
The sixth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and one of the most travelled people we have ever interviewed is up next.
This Portlaoise native has called Spain, the United Arab Emirates and Chile her home...
John O'Loughlin has been representing Laois competitively since 2005 when he first lined out for the county's minor hurling team when he was still U-16.
Sixteen years later and he is still as proud as ever to pull on the...
€223,800 for 'badly needed' road resurfacing works in the Killasmeestia area around Borris-In-Ossory will be carried out in the next few weeks
According to local Fine Gael Councillor Conor Bergin, a section of the L-1612 road between the Green Roads, Borris-In-Ossory...
A new pharmacy could be on its way to Laois's main town after planning permission was lodged recently.
Heffernan Pharmacy are looking to set up in Portlaoise.
They are hoping to set up a shop on the Mountrath Road - at...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Kealey
Capoley Lane, Portlaoise, Laois
Kealey Mary, Capoley Lane, Portlaoise, April 5th 2021, peacefully, in the loving care of the Staff of St Vincent's Hospital, Mountmellick. Beloved sister of Bridget, Kathleen,...
Bracken's Gala on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise are recruiting a FULL TIME CASHIER for their busy shop and forecourt.
The ideal candidate will have excellent customer service and an interest in retail. Experience preferred.
To apply
Please email CV to brackensgala@gmail.com.
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This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on April 12, 2017.
You’re constantly told that your schooldays are the best days of your life.
You never actually believe that when you’re in school but there is massive nostalgia attached to where...
There have been no further Coronavirus-related deaths announced today by the health authorities - with 320 new cases confirmed.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) haven't published county-by-county figures in recent days.
Today's announcements come as The Irish Times report that...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in August 2020.
As a county, we're obviously not Kerry or Kilkenny or Dublin. We don't have countless All Irelands to our name.
But we have had some great days in Croke Park.
From a Leinster...
