Running from March 1-5, Local Enterprise Office Laois will host Local Enterprise Week which will feature a series of virtual activities designed to support the ambitions of aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners.
The week will be a good opportunity...
For many particularly over the last year, Laois County Library Service has continued to be a lifeline for a diverse range of people and communities within the county including, the young, students, parents, retired, elderly, and so many more....
Two Laois students are calling on everyone to get active in aid of local homeless charity PATH.
Sadhbh Dunne and Cara Phelan, who are both fifth year students in Scoil Chriost Ri, are hoping to achieve the Pope John Paul...
There have been 33 further Coronavirus-related deaths reported today and 744 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.
The median age of those who died...
In 2020 when the pandemic first began, Laois artist Annie Holland set out to create a new body of work titled 'Coping with Covid'.
The previous year, the same artists worked on 'Children of the Free State' which was an...
A brand new pedestrian crossing has been confirmed for a Laois town.
According to Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley, Mountrath is to get a new pedestrian crossing.
This will be at the point where Shannon Street meets the Market Square in...
The number of dairy cows in Laois has increased by almost 21,000 since 2011 which at 71.28% is the highest increase of any county in the Republic of Ireland.
According to figures released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)...
Anna May McHugh from the National Ploughing Association is the headline speaker of a very busy Laois Chamber of Commerce virtual event which is taking place tomorrow.
Supporting Business Together is a big event, one that will run from 9am...
Ireland is set to majorly ramp up its vaccination programme in the coming weeks and months.
Yesterday, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed the locations for 37 vaccination centres across Ireland for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
The Midlands Park Hotel in...
Arles NS – a co-educational national school situated in the scenic village of Arles under the patronage of the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin – has begun accepting applications for enrolments for their Junior Infants intake of 2021
You can...
Limerick Institute of Technology’s Director of Industry Engagement Seamus Hoyne has been appointed LIT’s new Dean Flexible and Work Based Learning.
A native of Ballacolla in Laois, Seamus is respected throughout Europe for his work in renewable energy and energy...
A new speed limit, increased pedestrian crossings and new cycles lanes are some of a proposal to improve infrastructure in a Laois town.
The plan for Portarlington has been submitted to Laois County Council by Green Party representative John Holland.
Mr...
An application by Ballinakill and Ballypickas to enter a combined team in the Laois senior hurling championship in 2021 has been refused by Laois GAA, given the pressure on fixtures and the shorter time frame expected to be allowed...
Work is underway to ensure Ballyfin homes and businesses will be connected under the Government’s plan for high speed broadband.
So says Fine Gael Councillor Conor Bergin, who represents the Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District.
According to Cllr Bergin, he contacted National Broadband...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Br. Cyril (Jerry) Collins
De La Salle Brothers, Castletown, Laois / Kiskeam, Cork
Br, Cyril (Jerry) Collins, De La Salle Brothers, Miguel House, Castletown, Portlaoise Co. Laois and formerly of Doon, Kiskeam,...
We’re back with the latest instalment of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast.
Host Alan Hartnett is joined by Steven Miller where they look back at all the sports news from the last week.
The pair begin with Laois GAA’s decision to...
There have been a no further Coronavirus-related deaths reported today and 821 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
This is the first time since December 21 that no new deaths have been reported to...
Gardaí have today seized Cannabis with an estimated value of €192,000 following a joint intelligence led operation conducted with the Revenue Customs Service.
This came following the search of a vehicle in the Portlaoise area - understood to be in...
Anyone with information is being asked to come forward following vandalism in a Laois playground.
On Saturday evening, damage was done in the children's playground in Portarlington.
This is located near the leisure centre in the town.
Local Councillor Aidan Mullins posted...
Downey's Auto Stop in Portlaoise have been honoured with the Ford Chairman's Award for the ninth time.
The Ford Chairman's Award is the most prestigious accolade a dealership can be awarded by Ford and is presented to dealers who deliver...
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network, says that surveying works in several areas of Laois are well underway.
In Laois, there are 12,510 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes,...
€12.6m has been allocated for the maintenance and renewal of the road network in Laois.
This is a very substantial allocation and it will allow major improvement and restoration works to be carried out on a large number of roads...
Person wanted for part-time or full-time work on a mixed beef-tillage farm in the Rathdowney/Cullohill area.
Preferred candidate must be comfortable working farm machinery and working with cattle.
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Contact 086 8428194 for further information. Phone calls only no texts.
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Entries have been sought for the third staging of the Laois-Offaly Garda Youth Awards.
The awards celebrate outstanding young people between the ages of 13 and 21.
Laois-Offaly Gardaí, along with Supermac's, recognise that a lot of good work is being...
In every General Election there are countless stories from the hundreds of candidates all over the country.
One that really caught the attention in the run up to last year's polling day was the news that Sinn Féin's candidate in...
Laois GAA's County Board meetings will no longer be open to the media, following a decision made recently to hold them 'in camera'.
The decision ends a long-standing arrangement going back generations where the media were welcome to attend and...
A Laois singer is set to appear on a popular RTE One TV show this afternoon.
Mountmellick native Emer Dunne will star on the Today Show with Daithi O Se and Sinead Kennedy.
They feature a 'live from your place' segment...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Paddy) Murphy
Spa Hill, Mountrath, Laois
Patrick (Paddy) Murphy, Spa Hill, Mountrath, Co. Laois. – Feb 14th 2021 (peacefully) at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Deeply regretted by his loving wife...
It seems a long time since any of us have been able to dress up and go to an event.
So these photos from a Portlaoise Rugby Club Dinner Dance 21 years ago in 2000 will surely feel like a...
There have been a further 17 Coronavirus-related deaths and 788 new cases according to figures released by the health authorities this evening.
13 of the cases today are in Laois meaning the county’s 14-day rate drops below 300 again to...
