Government grants worth €14 million for projects delivering best practice in the design, construction and management of energy-efficient buildings are now available for businesses.
Successful applicants will be in the design phase of planning capital projects for new or existing...
Part 2 of the LaoisToday Podcast interview with former GAA president Liam O’Neill.
In today’s episode, he reflects on his three years as GAA president as well as his views on some of the big issues. Was it a good...
A review of the current parking laws in Portlaoise town centre is to be carried out.
Fine Gael Cllr Thomasina Connell requested that alternatives to the current layout and laws be examined in Laois's county town.
At present, there is 40...
There has been high praise for two Laois Gardai who's swift actions ultimately saved a life.
Sergeant Ingrid Moore and Garda Michael Kenneally were on duty yesterday evening when they were alerted to a car driving erratically on the N77.
When...
Laois County Council is to pilot two temporary salt/grit drop off points in rural areas of the Portlaoise Municipal District in a bid to combat icy roads.
During periods of severely cold weather, trucks will be dispatched to spray main...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
May they rest in peace.
Thomas (Tom) Dunne
Tolerton, Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Ballickmoyler, Laois
Thomas (Tom) Dunne, Tolerton, Ballickmoyler, Co. Carlow, passed away peacefully, on January 20th, 2021, at Droimnin Nursing Home, Stradbally, Co Laois.
He will...
There have been a further 51 Coronavirus-related deaths and 2,608 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
49 of these deaths occurred in January. There have been 532 deaths so far in January.
45 of the new...
€377,468 has so far been granted to 162 businesses across Laois and Offaly in 2020 through the Trading Online Voucher Scheme.
The Trading Online Voucher Scheme is designed to help support small and micro-business to develop their online presence.
As part...
Laois Gardai arrested and charged a man following a harrowing incident in a Portlaoise shop.
Last Friday, a man armed with a hammer, entered a shop in the town and threatened staff.
He eventually fled the scene with a sum of...
A Laois County Councillor has called for safety works to be carried out on a busy Laois road, highlighting a near miss between a car and two pedestrians - a mother and her baby.
Cllr Thomasina Connell made the plea...
Covid-19 vaccines arrived at a Laois nursing home, which has been battling a Coronavirus outbreak since the turn of the year, this morning.
The Covid-19 outbreak began in Droimnin Nursing Home in Stradbally on December 30 and the first sad...
A new survey has placed Laois in 21st place in a list of the best counties in the Republic of Ireland to live in.
Using a specific criteria, only Cavan, Meath, Kildare and Offaly came out worse than Laois -...
Anyone who had paid their membership to Portlaoise Leisure Centre when it closed last year will have the remaining time honoured when the facility reopens in 2021.
Confirmation of this came yesterday when Labour Councillor Noel Tuohy put forward a...
A Laois parish priest has explained how the loss of a traditional Irish funeral has exacerbated the grief that is being experienced by the families of the people who have died.
In the past week alone, Fr Paddy Byrne has...
A Laois County Councillor has called for action to be taken to solve what he says are 'ongoing anti-social behaviour' problems at the site of a former Laois shopping centre.
The old Centrepoint site on the Mountrath Road was the...
There was a huge Laois involvement as a horse called Slade Runner romped to its first ever win in Dundalk last night.
Winless in 14 races, Slade Runner was purchased by the Portlaoise Racing Syndicate recently and this was just...
Coffey named on GAA U-20 football team of the year
Laois U-20 football captain for 2020, Ronan Coffey, has been named on the GAA's team of the year.
The Portarlington wing forward was instrumental as Laois reached the Leinster U-20 final...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
May they rest in peace.
Margaretha (Margaret) Lalor (née Beusse)
12 Ash Trees, Stradbally, Laois
Margaretha (Margaret) (nee Beusse) Lalor. 12 Ash Trees, Stradbally and Formerly Holm-Seppensen, Nordheide, Germany. Peacefully, with her husband Jerry and her son...
Who doesn’t love a new car?
The look, the new car scent and that first drive. Stephen Butler is the Sales Manager for Joe Mallon Motors in Portlaoise, and in this week's episode of the Midweek Podcast, we talked...
There have been a further 61 Coronavirus-related deaths and 2,488new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
Of the deaths reported today, 58 deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 83 years and...
Laois County Councillors in the Portlaoise Municipal District have called for a indoor sports facility to be built in the town.
In 2019, Laois County Council purchased a prime parcel of land in close proximity to Portlaoise town centre for...
A full investigation has been called for into how works, being carried out on behalf of Irish Water, resulted in tarmacadam getting into a Laois sewage system and caused problems for a number of a home owners.
Sinn Fein Councillor...
Concerns have been raised over Bus Eireann's decision to cancel a key route that connects Laois from Limerick to Dublin Airport.
The Expressway Route X12 is due to cease operation from the end of January - with the company citing...
Laois GPs have asked people not to contact doctor's surgeries at the moment to be placed on a list for the Covid-19 vaccine.
In a statement issued today by Dr Michelle Byrne on behalf of the Laois Faculty of the...
€47,723,693 has been allocated to youth organisations around the country by the Minister for Children Rodrick O'Gorman.
The Laois-Offaly wing has received €427,253 which is the smallest of any body.
Our neighbours Kilkenny and Carlow received €1,279,273 while Kildate and Wicklow...
The family of Dean O'Farrell, a young Laois man who lost his brave battle with cancer recently, have launched a fundraiser in his memory.
A serving member of the Defence Forces in the 2 Brigade Ordinance Group at the Customs...
A Laois man's online comedy sketch has proved to be a big hit in recent weeks.
'Lulu's Variety Show' is a series of short clips where Lulu gives his own twist on a range of different topics.
Emo's Louis Deacy, who...
The campaign to have a life-saving defibrillator fully operational in a Laois village has moved a step closer.
The civils works for the power supply to the new defibrillator power supply have been completed in Ballybrittas.
As soon as the ESB...
Laois athlete Nessa Millet has been selected on two 2021 National relay squads.
Millet has been chosen on both the National senior Women's 4x400m relay and also the National senior mixed 4x400m squad.
The St Abban's athlete has made tremendous progress...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
May they rest in peace.
Joan McEvoy (née Cole)
Tullore, Ballyroan, Laois
Funeral arrangements later.
Sheila Fitzpatrick (née Barnes)
Cappinaclare, Mountrath, Laois
Sheila Fitzpatrick, (neé Barnes), Cappinaclare, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Died 19th January 2021, peacefully in the loving care...
