Irish Water will undertake essential watermain improvement works to safeguard the water supply and increase water pressure to homes and businesses in Stradbally.
From Monday March 22, Irish Water, in conjunction with Laois County Council, will begin work on Church...
There have been nine further Coronavirus-related deaths and 525 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
7 deaths occurred in March, and 2 deaths occurred in February.
The median age of those who died was 76...
Killeshin FC have become the first Laois club to be presented with the FAI Club Mark award.
The FAI Club Mark is an award based on best practice in the governance, management and administration of a football club.
Clubs start their...
There’s no doubt about it, the stress of lockdown and lifestyle changes it has forced upon us have had a massive effect on wellness.
Common sense tells us that to live well we need a few things. Eating healthily, ensuring...
While Covid-19 has taken so much from us, it has also provided everyone with a chance to talk to some really inspiring and interesting people.
Pat 'Zoom' Critchley certainly fits that description and one Laois student has done a brilliant...
1 - Laois owners of Copper Face Jacks receive €21.69 million dividend – and announce plans to step back
The Laois owners of Ireland’s most well-known nightclub have received a dividend of €21.69 million – and confirmed plans to step...
The latest guest on the LaoisToday Podcast is Dr Colman Noctor, a Carlow-based child psychotherapist who writes a weekly column in the Irish Examiner and hosts his own podcast called Asking for a Parent.
Here he chats about his own upbringing in Wicklow...
Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 21-year-old Martin Cermak.
Martin has been missing from the Esker Hills area of Portlaoise since the morning of Friday March 19.
Martin is described as being 5’ 8” in height,...
Former O'Dempsey's and Laois footballer Leo Turley will be a guest on the latest episode of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast which is released on Monday.
The conversation begins with Leo's earliest sporting memories and brings us right up to...
This is absolutely brilliant.
A Laois GAA club have reached out to all of those over the age of 60 with a lovely gesture.
On St Patrick's Day, members of the Slieve Bloom GAA club called around to many people to...
A woman, pushing on in years, boasted to her pastor that she did not have an enemy in the world. He was very impressed.
What a wonderful thing to be able to say after all those years! And then she...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Annie Kehoe
Garrentaggert,Spink, Abbeyleix, Laois
Annie died peacefully at The Regional Hospital Portlaois. Deeply regretted by her nephews, niece, brother-in-law, neighbours, relatives and friends.
Funeral arriving at St.Lazarian's Church, Knock for Funeral Mass...
The SVT Activity and Wellness Hub, in Stradbally Vicarstown and Timahoe, enjoyed huge success with a novel event on St Patricks Day.
All local clubs, groups, teams and workplaces were invited to pick a 10 person team, each to run...
Six students from Portlaoise CBS have qualified for the heats of the Irish Film Festival's Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year for 2021.
Sean Stafford, Jack Aherne, Ben Delaney, Kieran O Donnell, Ivan Okonkwo and Sean Maher's film 'Living with...
There have been a further 10 Coronavirus-related deaths and 507 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
16 of today’s cases are in Laois meaning the county’s 14-day rate rises to 83.8 from 76.7 yesterday.
9...
The 'crisis' in the school dental service in Laois has gotten worse - Laois TD Brian Stanley says.
According to the Sinn Fein TD, the latest figures he has obtained from the HSE show there has been a 77% reduction...
The League of Ireland 2021 season gets underway this evening with two games in the Premier Division down for decision.
For the last number of years, there has been Laois interest splattered across a range of teams - and this...
There is deep sadness in Rathdowney today following the news that Hannah Finane has passed away.
Hannah, who would have been 101 in May, passed in the tender care of the doctors, nurses and staff of Portlaoise Regional Hospital.
Hannah Finane is...
A Laois secondary school recently held an 'Inspiring Women's Week'.
International Women's Day was on Monday March 8 - but a group in Scoil Chriost Ri in Portlaoise decided to extend the celebration for the entire school week.
The Spreagadh Committee,...
The internal battle in Fine Gael for the Laois County Council seat vacated by Tom Mulhall has been reduced to two candidates following the decision of former councillor James Daly to withdraw from the race.
The Emo-based Tom Mulhall resigned...
The average price of farmland sold in Laois in 2020 increased to almost €14,000 an acre, according to the Irish Farmers Journal annual Land Price report.
The figures which are published this week show that the average price of farmland...
Zach Tuohy will begin his 11th Australian Rules season tomorrow morning (Irish time) when Geelong begin their 2021 campaign away to Adelaide.
With Covid under relative control in Australia, the new AFL season will begin as normal this weekend with...
Portlaoise Panther's Men's team have a new head coach ahead of the 2021/2022 season.
Dubliner Mick Thompson will be prowling the sidelines whenever action is permitted to resume.
The Covid-19 pandemic saw Basketball Ireland cancel the National League this year -...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Hannah Finane (née Phelan)
Mooreville, Rathdowney, Laois
Hannah Finane (née Phelan), Mooreville, Rathdowney, Co. Laois. March 18th 2021. Peacefully in the tender care of the doctors, nurses and staff of Portlaoise Regional...
Two new classrooms are on the way to The Heath National School following an announcement of additional funding today.
Sean Fleming, Minister of State in the Department of Finance confirmed the announcement by Minister for Education Norma Foley.
This funding is...
There have been a further no Coronavirus-related deaths and 582 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
5 of today’s cases are in Laois meaning the county’s 14-day rate drops to 76.7 and remains below...
It would take more than a pandemic to stop schools marking the very important occasion of St Patrick's Day.
The annual parade in Timahoe village was sidelined again this year due to Covid 19.
But the children of Scoil Mhuire Fatima...
With St Patrick's Day parades all over the country cancelled again this year, one Laois village managed to buck the trend and have their first one ever - and all keeping within the Covid restrictions.
The village of Arles never...
A new car parking regime is set to come into force in a Laois town later this year.
Mountrath is to be subject to ‘time limited’ parking, rather than paid-parking, which will see motorists being allowed to park there for...
With a bit of luck this will be the last St Patrick's Day we'll have to spend locked down with nowhere to go.
But many Laois families again got into the spirit of the day.
From wearing green to having their...
