Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
George Selby
Rath, Ballintubber, Roscommon / Lucan, Dublin / Castletown, Laois
GEORGE SELBY Rath, Ballintubber, Co Roscommon and Lucan, Co Dublin and formerly of Castletown, Co Laois. September 17th,...
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There are 17 QQI Level 5 courses on offer for students at Portlaoise Institute starting in September 2020.
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A 40-acre farm with approximately 300 metres of road frontage, a two-storey traditional farmhouse and farm buildings all within 1.5 miles of Portlaoise town and close to the M7 motorway is up for sale by public auction next month.
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Ballyroan-Abbey 5-10 Na Fianna Og 0-6
Midlands Park Hotel Laois MFC semi-final
A ruthless Ballyroan-Abbey cruised to a nineteen point victory over a gutsy Na Fianna Og in this evening's Minor Football Championship Semi-Final.
The club have now qualified for their third...
Portlaoise 2-13 Graiguecullen 1-12
Midlands Park Hotel Laois MFC semi-final
Portlaoise are through to a Laois minor football final after a hard earned victory over Graiguecullen this evening in the LOETB Centre of Excellence.
The club, the most successful in Laois, have...
Ballyroan 1-7 Shanahoe 2-11
Laois Ladies IFC semi-final
Shanahoe are through to the Ladies Intermediate football final following a seven point win over Ballyroan this evening.
They will now go forward to face Park-Ratheniska in the final after pulling off something of...
The World Ploughing Championships will be held in Laois in 2021.
Ratheniska will be the venue for the event in 12 months time - after it successfully staged national events in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
This world event will run alongside...
There has been a total of 240 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
Of these, 119 cases are in Dublin, 19 in Wicklow, 17 in Kildare, 16 in Donegal, 15 in Waterford, 10 in Limerick, 8...
Laois County Council are to carry out a speed survey on the Edenderry Road in Portarlington.
Cllr Aidan Mullins requested that one be carried out in the interest of health and safety.
The Sinn Fein Cllr said: "I am delighted that...
After two full rounds of action in the top three grades in the Laois football championships, we rank the top 30 teams in the county.
For the first time since 2016, Portlaoise aren't Number 1 but can the side that...
The Laois football championships could be set for December finals as inter-county action is set to resume next month.
The two week lockdown of Laois, Offaly and Kildare at the start of August saw three weekends of championship action lost...
The idea that a private car park could be opened to alleviate some of the major issues with the lack of car parking facilities at the Glenbarrow Waterfall in the Slieve Bloom Mountains was suggested at a meeting this...
The issue of Portlaoise Leisure Centre "has to be kept on the agenda or it will be forgotten about" said Cllr Noel Tuohy at this week's Portlaoise Municipal District in Laois County Council.
"If we don't talk about it, it'll...
Gardai are appealing for information after a young child was struck by a car in Ballylinan.
Thankfully, the young girl only received minor injuries following the incident.
But Gardai are anxious to speak to the driver of the car.
They are also...
The issue of derelict building that has been described as 'an eyesore that would not be tolerated anywhere else in the county' has come before Laois County Council.
Sinn Fein Cllr Aidan Mullins described the old AIB Bank building on...
With the club GAA season heading towards the business end of the championship and the inter-county scene now on the horizon, it's as busy as it's been in a long time.
The county teams were permitted to resume training from...
Midlands Park Hotel Laois MFC Semi Final Portlaoise v Graiguecullen
In LOETB Centre of Excellence at 7.15pm
Portlaoise and Graiguecullen meet in the semi finals of the minor football championship in what is expected to be a keenly contested affair.
Portlaoise breezed...
"Even the great Kerry team didn't mange that".
Those were the words of Laois trainer Kieran Cotter after his incredible mare galloped to victory yesterday for the fifth race in a row.
A Step Too Far proved that this journey to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Vincent Reddin
The Green, Lanesboro, Longford / Mountmellick, Laois
Vincent Reddin, 44 The Green, Lanesboro, Co Longford and formerly of Mountmelick, Co Laois, died 16th September 2020, peacefully, in...
From the kitchen to the bathroom and out to the shed, every home contains an extensive collection of chemicals and other substances that can be harmful to health or hazardous to the environment.
Hazardous waste should not be mixed with...
Portlaoise Family Resource Centre Ltd. wish to recruit a Community Childcare Service Manager.
The post is full time 40 hours per week. The Community Childcare Manager will report to the Manager of Portlaoise Family Resource centre.
The successful candidate will...
Park-Ratheniska 0-14 St Joseph's 1-4
Laois Ladies IFC semi-final
Park-Ratheniska booked their place in this years Ladies Intermediate final following victory over St Josephs in Ratheniska tonight.
It was a comprehensive win for the victors who led from the off and did...
Frustration was palpable in the chamber of Laois County Council this afternoon as two Laois housing estates have still not been 'taken in charge'.
When planning permission is granted for a developer to build a housing estate, Laois County Council...
There has been a total of 254 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
Of these, 136 are in Dublin, 20 in Donegal, 13 in Louth, 12 in Wicklow, 9 in Waterford, 7 Carlow, 7 in Cork,...
Laois County Council should put in place more attractive 'Welcome to Portlaoise' signs on the main roads into the town to "enhance the aesthetics of our town to visitors".
That was a motion put forward by Cllr Thomasina Connell to...
Working from home remains a key part of the government's strategy for managing our way through the Coronavirus pandemic.
In Level 1, which is when the Coronavirus is at its lowest possible prevalence in the community, the advice is: 'Work...
Laois GAA clubs playing in MW Hire O'Moore Park will now get 100 tickets each for supporters while for games outside of the county grounds they will get 50 tickets each.
This follows on from the Government's announcement on Wednesday...
A stinger device and the Garda helicopter were needed as a dangerous driver was arrested in Stradbally on Tuesday afternoon.
"Laois Roads Policing Unit arrested the driver ... after it failed to stop and was involved in multiple dangerous driving...
Children in two Laois primary schools, St Fintan’s boys National School in Mountrath and Scoil Bhride National school in Portlaoise, will receive a gift package of new books by leading Irish Authors as part of an Arts Council initiative.
This...
