Joe Mallon Motors is fully open for servicing, maintenance and repair work and although the showroom is closed, we are open for business virtually under the revised level 5 restrictions announced by the Government.
Customers can continue to access the...
There have been a further63 Coronavirus-related deaths and 3,569 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
5 of these deaths occurred in November 2020, 1 of these deaths occurred in December 2020, and the remaining 56...
Here we go again. Schools across the country closed their doors to students after the Christmas break and are not set to reopen until February 1.
It’s a stressful time for parents, particularly those who have to work from home...
The Laois Chamber was only beginning to find its feet in early 2020 when the Coronavirus pandemic disrupted its early momentum.
Having only been officially launched in September 2019, they really announced themselves to the wider public with a hugely...
On this week's LaoisToday Midweek Podcast episode, host Paul Downey chats with Seamus 'Shay' Dooley and Peter O'Sullivan from Portlaoise Panthers about their search for a new home, somewhere they can call their own.
They chat about their frustrations...
There is deep sadness in Portlaoise and in the Irish Defence Forces following the passing of Dean O'Farrell.
Mr O'Farrell, from Dunmasc in Portlaoise, who was just 32, passed away following a battle with cancer.
He was a serving member of...
A Laois student was honoured as Accounting Technicians Ireland conferred membership to graduates in its first virtual conferring ceremony recently.
Therese Bowe, from Borris-in-Ossory, was among those conferred as a Member of Accounting Technicians Ireland as well as receiving her...
While the Covid-19 pandemic has taken much from us - one thing that it has allowed us all to do is explore the areas that we live in more closely than ever before.
With very little else to do during...
Laois farmers are allowed to spread slurry, chemical fertiliser and farmyard manure from today in line with EU nitrates directives.
The spreading of certain material is not allowed from September 15 with the ban lifted from today in certain parts...
The Public Accounts Committee, of which Laois TD Brian Stanley is the chairman, is to investigate following a government decision to increase the salary of a top civil servant role in the Department of Health by €90,000.
On Saturday, it...
A young student in Presentation Primary school in Portarlington recently underwent a bone marrow transplant but has used her time since returning to school to help develop an art project to present to the paediatric unit in Portlaoise Hospital.
Saoirse...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen Conroy (née O'Neill)
St. Brigid's Place, Portlaoise, Laois / Ballinakill, Laois
Kathleen died in the loving care of Droimnin Nursing Home, Stradbally. Deeply regretted by her daughter Mary,...
Centrepoint Carpets, which have been in business in Portlaoise since February 1990, may be closed to the general public - but they can accept orders and deliver, adhering to all current health guidelines.
One of the best known carpet and...
There have been a further 46 Coronavirus-related deaths and 3,086 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
2 of these deaths occurred in December 2020, and the remaining 44 occurred in January 2021.
40 of the new...
There can be few GAA players out there that have clocked up as many air miles in their quest to represent their club and county for as long as they can.
Cahir Healy's career though is one of the most...
Two more Covid-19 deaths have been sadly confirmed at a Laois nursing home.
Droimnin Nursing Home in Stradbally has been battling a Covid-19 outbreak since the end of December.
Six people had lost their lives to the virus since Monday of...
Two Laois businesses have announced that they will cease trading in the UK due to the fallout from Brexit.
FreeTV.ie and TheGardenShop.ie say they have indefinitely suspended shipping orders to the Britain.
David Maher, who the Director of both companies explained...
A Laois undertaker has opened up about how the Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed how we grieve in Ireland.
Liam Whelehan, who works with his Dad William and uncle Jim at Whelehan & Son Funeral Directors, also hopes that members...
The 'Support Our Steam Appeal' has been launched by one of the country’s oldest voluntary steam preservation societies - which is based in Stradbally.
Like for many voluntary organisations, 2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for all in the...
Gardai now have the power to prosecute breaches of travel restrictions under Covid-19 Regulations by means of a fine.
The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A-Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No.10) Regulations 2020 in accordance with the Health (Preservation and Protection and other...
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has confirmed that surveying is underway in 12 rural Laois areas.
Ballylinan, Lackeragh, Castlewood, Killeen, Glosna, Wolfhill, Knocklaide, Luggacurren,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Ann Dempsey (née Maher)
Ballyhagen, Carbury, Kildare/Durrow, Laois
Mother of the late Derrick. Deeply regretted by her loving husband Paul, sadly missed by her sons Ray, Paul and Robert,...
The Laois nursing home at the centre of a Coronaviurs outbreak has sadly recorded its sixth Covid-19 related death.
The CEO of Brookhaven Healthcare, which manages Droimnin Nursing Home in Stradbally, confirmed the sad news following the outbreak which began...
Our photographs this week from Alf Harvey's archives capture his visit to Castletown NS in 2001.
In the year after the turn of the Millennium, the young students in Castletown had their whole lives in front of them.
The photographs were...
There have been a further eight Coronavirus-related deaths and 4,929 new cases, according to figures released by the health authorities today.
63 of the new cases are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate goes to 911.5, up from...
The total number of people in hospital with Covid-19 continues to rise sharply, the latest figures show.
A total of 1,582 people are in hospital across the country as of this morning.
That represents a 24 hour increase of 79. 104...
A positive case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Portlaoise Prison.
The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that one prisoner, who did not recently enter the facility, has tested positive.
Therefore, it is only possible that he picked up the disease...
The promoter of the Electric Picnic says he is 'hugely optimistic' that the festival will go ahead this year.
For the first time since it began in 2004, the Electric Picnic did not happen in 2020 due to the Covid-19...
A Laois woman is calling on people to 'get moving' as her Instagram-based fundraiser for student nurses in Portlaoise Hospital took off over the weekend.
Lynda Keyes, from Camross, has set up a GoFundMe Page and it has already raised...
A Portlaoise CBS student has been awarded a prestigious University of Limerick scholarship.
St Mary’s CBS past pupil Jordan Ikpomwen, who did his Leaving Cert in 2020, was granted one of the UL40 Scholarship Awards which is open to all...
