With so many restriction on what is and isn't allowed, Drive-In Bingo has become popular as an ideal fundraising venture for GAA clubs and community groups around the country.
And Mountmellick GAA are the latest ones to get in on...
Towerhill Rovers 2 Birr AFC 0
Combined Counties Cup Final
Just eight years after setting up as a club Portlaoise side Towerhill Rovers have won the Combined Counties Cup - the top knockout competition in midlands soccer.
Two first-half goals from Jo...
There has been one more death and a further 255 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to figures released this evening.
156 of the new cases are in Dublin as further measures - included increased Garda patrols - are being considered.
There...
Brought to you in association with Telfords, Portlaoise and Mountrath
After a busy weekend of action in the top three grades of the Laois hurling championships, the picture is now clear as to who will play who in the knockout...
Brought to you in association with Telfords, Portlaoise and Mountrath
Rathdowney-Errill 2-25 Abbeyleix 0-17
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 3
Champions Rathdowney-Errill are safely through to the semi-finals of the Laois SHC following a comfortable win over Abbeyleix in MW Hire O'Moore...
Ballyfin 1-15 Colt-Shanahoe 1-11
Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC Round 3
Ballyfin have secured their place in next year’s Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship after a hard earned victory over Colt-Shanahoe in the LOETB Laois GAA Centre of Excellence today.
Ballyfin took the...
Camross 2-16 Ballinakill 0-17
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 3
Camross recorded their first win of this year's Laois SHC when they got the better of Ballinakill in O'Moore Park this afternoon - but they were made to work hard for...
Clough-Ballacolla 3-16 Mountmellick 2-11
Laois Shopping Centre IHC Round 3
Clough-Ballacolla are through to the semi finals of the Intermediate hurling championship following an eight point win over Mountmellick in Trumera this afternoon.
Clough-Ballacolla's win, coupled with Borris-Kilcotton's victory over Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe, meant...
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It's another busy day of Laois club hurling championship action but the wheat is beginning to be separated from the chaff.
By this evening the semi-final pairings in the top three...
On this week's Property Watch, we're taking a look at what is available for sale in the county town of Mountrath.
Mountrath is ideally located to avail of all the amenities the Slieve Blooms have to offer, is home to...
In response to an audit on single-use plastic waste, the Green Schools Committee in Portlaoise College decided it was time to take action, and implement positive environmental change.
In an effort towards phasing out single-use plastic bottles in the college,...
For the third time in five years, O'Moore's are Laois camogie champions.
That's some going for a club that prior to 2016 had never even won it once.
But in a thrilling final in MW Hire O'Moore Park on Saturday, they...
There are a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on LaoisToday in the last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the...
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The group stages of the top three grades in the Laois hurling championship will come to a conclusion today when the relegation playoff and semi-final pairings will be confirmed.
There are...
Conor Davis Park Mountmellick is the setting for Sunday’s final of the Combined Counties Football Leagues Blue Ribbon competition, the John Farrell Combined Counties Cup.
This famous old Cup has been competed for since the very early days of organised...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Roy Bulfin
Green Road, Abbeyleix, Laois
Roy died suddenly surrounded by his friends in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam . Deeply regretted by his loving wife Alison, sons Thomas and...
Timahoe 2-9 St Brigid's 4-11
Laois Ladies SFC Playoff
St Brigids secured the last remaining place in the Laois Ladies SFC semi finals after their playoff win against Timahoe this evening in Courtwood.
Due to walkovers given by other teams, score difference...
Clonad 0-9 Trumera 2-20
Laois Shopping Centre IHC
Paddy Hosey and Niall Sinnott were on top form as Trumera defeated Clonad by 17 points in Shanahoe this evening to reach the semi finals of the intermediate championship.
Sinnott finished with 12 points...
Camross 1-20 Clonaslee 3-9
Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC
Camross are through to the semi-final of the Laois Premier IHC following a commanding second-half performance against Clonaslee in the Portlaoise GAA grounds in Rathleague this evening.
Though the club’s senior team were...
Borris-Kilcotton 1-13 Rosenallis 2-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 3
Rosenallis have done it again! Two weeks after knocking Camross out, they have now beaten Borris-Kilcotton to seal top spot in the group.
Both teams advance to the semi finals but this...
Two more deaths and a further 159 cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed - with five of those cases in Laois.
There is now a total of of 30,730 cases and 1,783 deaths.
Of the cases notified today, 70 are men...
Clough-Ballacolla 4-26 Castletown 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 3
John Dwyer fired over a hat-trick and Jordan Walshe hit eight points from play as Clough-Ballacolla clobbered Castletown to reach the semi finals of the championship.
It was a game that had...
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It is a very busy day on the local GAA scene - although there may not be a lot riding on some of the games.
There are seven adult games in...
In her new column, Steph discusses some of the issues that face modern parents as they try to navigate their way through life with small humans.
She is as honest as ever about the struggles of parenting and the less-than-blessed...
St Brigid's 0-10 O'Moore's 0-15
Laois Camogie Final
Laura Marie Maher was the star of the show as O'Moore's came from behind to claim third third Laois Camogie championship title.
The Rosenallis woman, who has endured a dreadful time in recent years...
St Brigid’s and O’Moore’s will meet in the Laois Camogie championship final this afternoon at 12.30pm in MW Hire O’Moore Park.
It is the third successive year that the final has been staged at Laois GAA HQ and sees the...
1 - Two Portlaoise students score seven H1s as Leaving Cert results announced
Two Laois students scored full marks in the 2020 Leaving Cert results which were announced on Monday morning.
Thomás Dunne of St Mary’s CBS in Portlaoise and Niamh...
A woman, pushing on in years, boasted to her pastor that she did not have an enemy in the world. He was very impressed.
What a wonderful thing to be able to say after all those years! And then she...
St Brigid’s and O’Moore’s will meet in the Laois Camogie championship final on Saturday at 12.30pm in MW Hire O’Moore Park.
It is the third successive year that the final has been staged at Laois GAA HQ and sees the...
The Combined Counties Cup is the biggest domestic soccer competition in this part of the country.
On Sunday, the final of the 2019-2020 edition will take place in Mountmellick at 3pm as Portlaoise outfit Towerhill Rovers take on Senior Division...
