The fourth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and Dean Fennelly is up next.
Originally from Abbeyleix, Dean lived in Ballinakill and Portlaoise before he departed for Australia almost five years ago.
Unemployed when he left, Dean...
A Laois solicitor was among the top 50 earners under the free Legal Aid system in 2020, according to new Department of Justice and Equality Figures.
The Portlaoise-based Barry Fitzgerald earned €170,437.43 last year in free legal aid fees, placing...
Three Laois junior football clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2021 season.
One of them, Park-Ratheniska, will be hoping that they will be intermediate by the time the actual 2021 campaign begins.
They are due to play Ballyroan-Abbey in the...
The Laois County Final of the Student Enterprise Awards 2021 will take place virtually on Wednesday March 24 at 12pm.
Students from seven secondary schools around Laois are participating in this years event – Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise College, Heywood...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bridie Hurley (née Fennelly)
19 Rossmore, Graiguecullen, Carlow / Wolfhill, Laois
Bridie Hurley (née Fennelly) of 19 Rossmore View, Graiguecullen, Carlow and formerly of Slatt, Wolfhill, Co. Laois, passed away peacefully, surrounded...
HFS Accountants based in Co Laois, have provided client focused accountancy, taxation and advisory services since 2009.
In 2020 HFS Customs launched and has grown rapidly in the intervening months.
They are currently seeking to hire a Tax Manager based in...
In normal times the Fine Gael delegates from around the county would have gathered in a hotel function room or a community hall.
There would have been excited hand-shaking and back-slapping, queues to register to vote, a nervous tension in...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on March 21, 2017.
Supermacs owner Pat McDonagh is to purchase 110 acres at Togher in Portlaoise from NAMA – and Laois County Council is to buy 76 of those acres from him.
Laois County Council...
There have been one further Coronavirus-related death and 520 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
Eight of the cases announced are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate has increased again, to 90.7
Of...
Gardai and forensics are carrying out a search of a house today in connection with the murder investigation of a missing Laois man.
William Delaney, who was 56 at the time, went missing on January 31 2019 in the Portlaoise...
A road in a Laois town faces six more months of closure as major flood relief measures are required.
Sinn Fein Councillor for Portarlington, Aidan Mullins, says that the Ballymorris Road, which has been closed for two months already, is...
Weronika Popko, a Third Year student in Portlaoise College, has been crowned the 2021 Individual Winner of the illustrious Leinster Junior Schools Debating Competition.
The Leinster Junior Schools Debating Competition is run by the renowned UCD Law Society and Literary...
Laois comedian Bernard O'Shea and members of the Gardai in the county will star in a new RTE TV show this evening.
Bernard's Working Comics airs on RTE 2 this evening at 9.30pm and will see the Durrow native at...
Portarlington band The Hearty Boys have just released their latest song and video called 'Bobby Sands, My Hero Today'.
The track began life in Golden Egg Studios in 2016 and has taken so many twists and turns since - and...
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois-Offaly, Barry Cowen is calling on the HSE and NPHET to increase detailed local communications to areas were Covid-19 cases are high.
Offaly has had the highest rate of Covid for a number of weeks with...
There has been a warm welcome from local politicians following the announcement of funding of €270,000 for the Slieve Bloom Outdoor Recreation Infrastucture scheme.
"This funding will support the expansion of outdoor amenities including the bike trail which will benefit...
Laois County Councillors in the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District have called for a number of smaller roads to be resurfaced.
Speaking at Thursday's meeting of the area, Fine Gael Cllr Conor Bergin asked for the L-1035 road at Bughorn, Camross, the...
We’re back with the latest instalment of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast.
Host Alan Hartnett is in the hot seat once again and this episode features a very special interview with former Laois and O'Dempsey's footballer Leo Turley.
Leo was first...
The Live Performance Support Scheme, a government initiative to assist the live entertainment sector during Covid 19 has opened for applications - and those eligible from Laois are being urged to apply.
The scheme is aimed at live performances that...
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called for full clarity around the HSE’s contract with the Citywest Hotel complex.
According to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, the HSE has paid €24,867,477 between March 23 2020 and February 28...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Lelia Carroll (née Cogan)
Station Road, Portarlington, Laois / Carrigaline, Cork
Formerly of Carrigaline County Cork. Lelia passed away after a short illness bravely borne in the loving care of her family...
You might have to go all the way back to 1993 for the last time The Heath's senior footballers won a county final but the club have invariably collected titles in various other competitions over the years.
Always enough to...
There is widespread sadness at the sudden death of Raef Scott from Ballyfin, a highly-regarded former teacher in Ballyfin College.
Late of Brindle Lodge, Esker, Ballyfin, Mr Scott passed away on Saturday surrounded by his loving family in the wonderful...
There have been two further Coronavirus-related deaths and 769 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
Ten of the cases announced are in Laois, meaning the county's 14-day incidence rate has increased again, to 85....
Fine Gael members in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District will convene on Monday evening for a virtual convention to hear from the candidates in the race to fill the Laois County Council seat left vacant by the retirement of Tom...
A new structure in Laois GAA could see clubs have their own full-time coaches from next year - with the salary part-funded by Laois and Leinster GAA.
And Laois GAA are organising a meeting with clubs tomorrow night, Monday, March...
On this week's Property Watch, we take a look at some of the homes currently for sale in Graiguecullen.
Though located within easy access of Carlow town, they are on the Laois side of the border.
The houses we select range...
As we make our way to the end of the Decade of Centenaries, we are reminded of events in our history that are widely known and also, we are left to explore events that many know little about.
This year...
Camross 1-5 Portlaoise 0-7
1985 Laois SHC Final
There's something about a five-in-a-row in the GAA world that has proven so difficult for so many teams to achieve.
And so it proved with the Portlaoise hurlers in 1985 when their fine team...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael (Mick) McEvoy
Rapla, Rathdowney, Laois
Peacefully, at Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. Predeceased by his parents Jack and Rita and his infant brother Sean. Sadly mourned by his brother Billy...
