Portlaoise Hospital has been forced to close a ward to new admissions following a Covid-19 outbreak.
Management at the hospital confirmed to LaoisToday that a number of patients and staff have become infected.
They say all other services are continuing and...
A fourth resident at a Laois nursing home has sadly passed away following a Covid-19 outbreak.
Management at Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home in Portlaoise confirmed the sad news in a statement issued this afternoon.
They said: "Our Family Liaison Officer is...
More than a fifth of pubs in Ireland are reporting continuing costs of up to €2,000 a week to sustain while generating no revenue during lockdown, according to new research from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI).
The research,...
In these ever-changing world, the popular Miss Ireland event has adapted and once again is adapting as to how selections are currently being held.
Applications are currently being accepted for the very first virtual Miss Laois.
Conceived in 1947, Miss Ireland...
The Laois senior hurlers are heading back to Croke Park.
The GAA has confirmed that their Leinster hurling championship quarter final against Dublin will take place at GAA HQ on Saturday October 24 at 6pm.
Laois played in Croke Park twice...
Laois Macra na Feirme is a youth organisation for seventeen to thirty-five-year olds.
It is comprised of eight various clubs such as Camross, Clough, Durrow/Abbeyleix, East Laois, Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Rathdowney and Slieve bloom.
They have each experienced a growth in numbers...
Gardai in Laois seized a quantity of heroin following an incident in Portarlington.
On Monday evening, Portarlington gardai observed a vehicle being driven dangerously in a housing estate.
They pursued the driver who failed to stop initially before being stopped.
Once arrested,...
A new wing of an existing political party has received 'full accreditation' and hopes to field candidates in Laois to contest the 2024 Local Elections.
The Social Democrats, which was founded nationally five years ago, now has a Laois-Offaly branch.
It...
Camsaw are looking for an experienced and driven Sales and Marketing Executive to join our established Garden Machinery Distribution Company based in Portarlington, Co Laois.
Overall objective:
The successful candidate will bring their experience and expertise to the company, supporting our...
On this week's Talking Sport Podcast, we're joined by Laois football captain Kieran Lillis ahead of the resumption of the National Football League where Laois play Westmeath in Division 2 this Saturday.
Lillis talks about how the inter-county training is...
Laois GAA have cancelled their annual awards night due to Covid-19.
The event, which is typically a glamourous and well attend night, usually takes place in the Midlands Park Hotel.
It usually takes place in late November or early December but...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Bree FOLEY (née Bergin)
Shorewood, Ballinakill, Waterford / Ballacolla, Laois
Bree Foley (nee Bergin) Ballinakill, Waterford and late of Clough, Ballacolla, Co. Laois. Will be sadly missed by her...
This looks like great craic!
On Monday October 5, a group of TY students from Mountrath Community School headed for the bog.
Not to foot turf - but rather to take part in a Bogathon mud run in Lisduff Adventure Centre,...
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,830 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 12th October the HPSC has been notified of 811...
The Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure have outlined the biggest budget in the history of the state in the Convention Centre in the last few hours.
Paschal Donohue and Michael McGrath have outlined a range of measures in health,...
Minister for State Sean Fleming has called for staff working in nursing homes who are either deemed a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case or contract the virus themselves - to be placed in hotels while they are...
There have been 114 Coronavirus cases in Laois in the last 14 days, up to midnight on October 11, giving an incident rate of 134.6 per 100,000 people.
This is the highest it has been since April when it peaked...
On October 1, Portlaoise College took the innovative step to stage a Virtual Open Night for its perspective students ahead of the October 23 closing date for incoming 1st Year applications.
Principal Mr Daly was delighted with the feedback on...
Warm tributes have been paid to a Laois school nurse following her sad passing.
Josephine (Jo) Cuddy (née Finlay), from Clonfad, Castletown, died on Friday October 9 following a battle with illness.
She is survived by her husband Mattie and children...
The Laois minor hurlers have named a 36-man panel for the upcoming Leinster hurling championship which gets underway this weekend.
They are set to take on Offaly in Birr on Saturday at 2pm in Round 1 of the competition.
And ahead...
A Laois based horse racing trainer continued his winning streak recently with success in Dundalk.
Portarlington's Kieran Cotter notched his 14th winner of a remarkable season on Friday night in Dundalk.
His charge, Pulse of Shanghai, claimed the Story Of Dundalk...
Portlaoise has risen four places in the latest anti-litter league rankings and is among the cleanest towns in the country.
Laois’s county town comes in as Ireland’s fourth cleanest town and is ranked ‘Cleaner than European Norms’.
So this is certainly...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Edward (Ned) PARKINSON
Cromogue, Kilbricken, Mountrath, Laois
Edward (Ned) Parkinson, Cromogue, Kilbricken, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Died 12th October 2020, predeceased by his mother Margaret, father Martin, and brother Fint,...
Gardai say they carried out a number of searches on Friday in relation to a number of 'suspected Shebeens'.
One of the premises searched was in Laois, gardai have confirmed.
A Shebeen, by definition, is an unlicensed establishment or private house...
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,827 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 12 October the HPSC has been notified of 825...
Four Laois areas, and indeed the county as a whole, are to benefit after €139,500 was awarded under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.
The Slieve Bloom Mountains is set to get a smart cycle stop costing €36,000 while Durrow...
The Laois nursing home at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak has said that three residents have died from the virus in recent days.
In a statement to RTE News, management of Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home in Portlaoise have confirmed...
There is sadness in Laois today following the news of the passing of a popular nun.
Sr Michael Roe, of the Presentation Sisters in Mountmellick, died on Sunday October 11.
Originally from Kilclonfert in Offaly, Sr Michael passed away in the...
There are two patients being treated for Covid-19 in Portlaoise Hospital.
One of the patients is being treated in a critical care unit while the other is fighting the virus from general beds.
Meanwhile, Portlaoise Hospital is also treating a further...
The view from the Sliabh Bloom, dreams I can still see
A beauty just as grand as you will find
These are scenes from childhood, once more I will return
And meet those folk, those friends we had so fine
It’s amazing how...
