Midlands Park Hotel are delighted to offer the locals of Laois a chance to enjoy an array of dining options with that special lady in your life this Mother’s Day.
Enjoy a sweet treat with Mum with a special edition...
With the Government discontinuing the lower VAT rate and a return to the 23% rate this month, Renault is introducing the new ‘RENAULT VATBACK & MORE’ offer, giving Joe Mallon Motors customers up to ‘€1,500 VATBACK and more’ this...
Mountmellick Library is set to host a free virtual mindfulness event for those aged 12-14.
'Mindfulness for Teens aged 12 -14 years' will be hosted by Patricia Kavanagh.
It will be held over Zoom on Saturday March 6 from 11am to...
The health authorities have announced 39 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 462 new cases.
10 of these deaths occurred in March, 12 occurred in February, 13 in January, and 3 occurred earlier than this. One further death is under investigation.
The median...
Laois Cricket club is one of 26 sports clubs from around the country who have been chosen to receive funding under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative.
The initiative saw a fund of €130,000 being made available by Valero Energy,...
Laois LGBTI+ Project has announced the launch of their new service which is aimed at supporting adult LGBT+ people in Laois.
The group will shortly begin running online groups during Covid-19 restrictions.
These intend to create and distribute awareness materials and...
The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise has received funding €125,000 from the Arts Council.
This was announced today as the Arts Council granted funding to a number of Arts Centres throughout the Country.
Due to COVID-19, Arts Centres throughout the country...
There has been a total of 64 Covid-related deaths in Laois in the past year, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The figures up to February 19 show that there have been a total of 3,882...
Gardaí have arrested three men following a number of searches carried out in the Portarlington area yesterday.
The searches were conducted as part of an investigation into organised crime, drugs and firearms trafficking across the Midlands area.
The operation was led by the...
Rory O'Connor (AKA Rory's Stories) is the man behind one of Ireland's most successful social media pages with his comedy Facebook account having over 700,000 followers.
The proud Meath man shot to fame a number of years ago with his...
Finalists The Harps and Portlaoise lead the way in our list of nominations for our 2020 Laois premier intermediate club hurling team of the year.
While the championship has yet to be completed, we have selected 45 nominations from the...
A petition launched to urge Laois County Council to construct a footpath near a Laois school has gathered almost 500 signatures.
Faith Quille started the petition in a bid to force the council to solve a problem that has been...
Laois footballer Colm Begley says he would like to finish his inter-county career on a positive note after an injury hit couple of seasons.
A host of persistent niggles have seen him rarely feature for the county team over the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Liam Bennett
Kilbride, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully at Naas Hospital. Previously in the loving care of the staff of Oghill Nursing Home, Monasterevin. Loving husband of the late Lucy. Deeply regretted by his...
Thomasina Connell & Co Solicitors currently have a vacancy for a Personal Assistant/Secretary.
This is a busy and responsible full-time position in a fast paced legal environment. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Principal Solicitor and based in our office in Monasterevin...
Fifty Seven Ladies Boutique in Athy and Durrow are showing how much they value Irish Mammies by bringing back their brilliant Mother's Day Voucher deal again this year.
Mother's Day is Sunday, March 14, and if you buy your mother...
The Roads Policing Unit of Laois Gardai have been very active over the last few days.
Late on Tuesday night, they arrested a motorist who was driving on the M7 at a speed of 65kph faster than the limit.
They said:...
The health authorities have announced 25 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 566 new cases.
5 deaths occurred in March,13 occurred in February and 6 in occurred January or earlier.
11 of today’s cases are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate...
Three major County Council led projects planned for Portlaoise and Portlaoise, that had been delayed due to Covid-19, are set to get underway this month.
Surfacing and public lighting works at Junction 17 National Enterprise Park began today.
While two more...
On January 24 this year, Ray McGill passed away in the loving care of the staff of Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget in Kilkenny.
Mr McGill was from Emo Park in Ballybrittas and was a keen cross country runner - enjoying...
Gardai are investigating after an incident of 'criminal damage' occurred in Portlaoise last night.
Shortly after 11pm, a device, believed to be a pipe bomb, was thrown at a house in Hillview Drive.
A car outside of the house caught fire...
Welcome to episode 11 of the Midweek Podcast with LaoisToday.
We have yet another jam-packed line-up on the podcast this week:
Mountmellick woman Joan Fennelly is currently preparing to swim across the Bristol Channel. This follows on from her epic swim...
A new playground has moved a step closer for a Laois village as planning permission has been lodged.
After a long campaign and combined efforts by community and voluntary groups in Borris-in-Ossory for many years, a new playground is finally...
Three Laois intermediate football clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2021 season.
Former Laois manager Sean Dempsey is set to be very busy whenever action resumes as he will take charge of Timahoe once again.
Dempsey stepped in late last...
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2000 Whitely Cup Quarter Final
The latest edition of our Remember the Game segment features a game from 21 years ago.
In March 2021, Clonaslee and Highfield of Offaly clashed in the quarter final of the Whitely Cup.
The...
Participants of Community Employment and TÚS schemes in Laois whose contracts were due to finish over the period since last October will now benefit from a further extension up to July 2.
So says Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan who...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Katie Dowling (née Delaney)
Sentry Hill, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois
Katie Dowling (nee Delaney, Barney, Errill) Villa Marie Nursing Home, Roscrea and formerly Sentry Hill, Borris-in Ossory and Bordwell Ballacolla. February 28th 2021. Peacefully...
The midlands is at the bottom of the league regarding personal disposable income, compared to all other regions in the country.
Laois and Offaly fare particularly poorly according to the most recent data from the Central Statistics Office.
According to Sinn...
The health authorities have announced 14 further Coronavirus-related death and 329 new cases - the lowest number of new cases reported on a single day since mid-December.
3 deaths occurred in March, 10 in February and 1 in November.
Just 1...
Gardai in Abbeyleix are appealing for information after a dog and three pups were stolen from a farmyard.
This occurred on the Laois/Carlow border recently.
The pups are only three weeks old and they were stolen along with their mother.
Gardai are...
