O'Loughlin off to winning start with Sarsfields in Kildare
Former Laois U-20 manager and Arles-Killeen man Billy O'Loughlin sees his managerial star continue to rise as he got his championship season off to a good start with Sarsfields in Kildare.
Having...
Four Laois towns will benefit from new Covid-19 supports under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.
Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Mountmellick and Portarlington will share €107,500 under the scheme announced by Minister Heather Humphreys today.
The aim of the scheme is to provide...
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has has said that "some simple changes to the current system will make a major difference to people's lives" when he was speaking during a debate on the Health Bill in the Dáil...
Ballyfin Demesne and Roundwood House near Mountrath have been named among Ireland's top hotel in the recently-published awards as chosen by contributors to the travel website Trip Advisor.
Chosen on the five-star reviews on Trip Advisor, Ballyfin Demesne was listed...
Bull Lane Deli not re-opening
The Coronavirus has claimed another business in Portlaoise with Bull Lane Cafe/Delicatessen announcing last week that they won't be re-opening.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we have to announce we won’t be opening...
The 2019-2020 edition of the CCFL continued at the weekend and there was plenty of league and cup action involving Laois teams.
In Division 1, Towerhill Rovers lost top spot as they were beaten by new league leaders Mullingar Town.
However,...
Fifty Seven Boutique have started a brilliant 1/2 Price Summer Sale in all their stores.
With stores located in Portarlington, Athy and Durrow, now is the perfect time for a spot of retail therapy and an opportunity to bag yourself...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Breda Daly (née Dunne)
Cooloultha, Galmoy, Kilkenny / Ballylinan, Laois
Breda Daly (nee Dunne), Cooloultha, Galmoy, Co. Kilkenny and formerly Ballylinan, Co. Laois. August 1st 2020. Peacefully at home...
For this week's Moment in Time, we look back on May 28, 2009, when St Aengus Post Primary School in Mountrath held their last awards night.
The school was demolished later that summer to make way for the opening of...
Nineteen of the 53 confirmed cases of Coronavirus today are in Laois, according to figures from the Department of Health.
It is understood a number of these are in a Direct Provision centre - and it brings the new cases...
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Slieve Bloom 0-18 Colt-Shanahoe 0-13
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1
Slieve Bloom recorded an impressive victory over newly amalgamated Colt-Shanahoe. Slieve Bloom wereon top for the majority of the game and...
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Clonaslee 1-20 Mountrath 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC Round 1
Clonaslee St Manman’s have opened their account in this year’s Premier Intermediate Championship with a comfortable victory over Mountrath. Clonaslee were...
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Camross 0-18 Kyle 0-9
Laois Shopping Centre JHC 'B' Round 1
Camross have lost the last three Laois JHC 'B' finals and they made an impressive start in their bid to right...
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The GAA action continues apace in MW Hire O'Moore Park this afternoon with a double header of sorts in the Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC.
With crowds limited to 200 (including...
In this week's Property Watch, we take a look at the higher end of the market - and at five of the most expensive homes currently for sale in Laois.
A browse through Daft.ie will give you plenty to look...
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...
Ballyroan 0-8 St Joseph’s 0-6
1992 Laois SFC Final
Throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s, few Laois football clubs suffered as much heartache as Ballyroan.
While Portlaoise were utterly dominant in the first part of the decade and won five...
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Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC - Clonaslee v Mountrath
In MW Hire O'Moore Park at 1pm
Clonaslee only maintained their status in this grade by default last year having been actually been...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Eileen Delaney
Clash, Clonin, Mountrath, Laois
Eileen Delaney, Clash, Clonin, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Died 1st August 2020 at The Ballard Lodge Nursing Home Portlaoise, at 97 years of age....
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Rathdowney-Errill 1-17 Clonad 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre IHC Round 1
A fine adult debut from Paddy Hassett and a scoring burst that yielded 1-2 from Jordan Kavanagh helped Rathdowney-Errill to a deserved...
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Abbeyleix 1-21 Castletown 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1
Abbeyleix ended up in a relegation final last year after losing all of their group games - but they have given themselves...
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has now been a total of 1,763 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 31st July, the HPSC has been notified of 45 confirmed...
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Rosenallis 1-15 Ballinakill 0-18
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1
Rosenallis and Ballinakill shared the spoils in MW Hire O'Moore Park following a dramatic finish.
Ballinakill led by eight points at one stage...
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Another day, another busy schedule of Laois hurling championship action.
MW Hire O'Moore Park hosts its first double header of the year today but due to Coronavirus restrictions, each game will...
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and searching for her identity in a world wider than her own four walls.
As the pandemic...
1 - Laois business closes temporarily as staff member tests positive for Coronavirus
A Portlaoise business announced they were closing for three weeks after a staff member tested positive for Coronavirus.
Iris Hand and Foot Spa, which is located in Hynds...
A library is an invaluable public resource, a quiet place for reading and learning. For many, reading was a huge form of entertainment and solace during the lockdown period, and the good news for the bookworms of Laois is...
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Laois SHC – Rosenallis v Ballinakill
In MW Hire O’Moore Park at 5pm
The Rosenallis hurlers will make their senior debut in the first of the double header of fixtures in MW...
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The GAA Cul Camps stretch into every corner of the country and it’s no different in Laois.
Last week, Graiguecullen GAA hosted one of the six camps in Laois.
Despite being one of...
I was moved by Brendan O Connor’s interview with Brent Pope recently. Brent spoke of his reflective-time during the lockdown.
He thought of his mother in New Zealand who had gone into a home. He thought of those 30 years...
