Gardai are appealing for information following a robbery at a local alpaca farm.
Gardaí in Mountmellick are investigating a burglary that happened in Hushabye Farm Alpacas, Quarrymount, Killeigh on Wednesday morning between 9am and 10.45am.
A Garda spokesperson said: "A substantial...
There were six new Coronavirus death today – meaning 1,743 is the death toll in Ireland now.
While there has been a total of 23 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
That means there is now a...
A Laois TD has called for a solution for families who are 'trapped in the rental market' because they do not qualify to be on the council waiting list.
In Laois, the maximum income a single person can be on...
Gardai conducted 6,830 checks on licensed premises throughout the country under Operation Navigation to support public health guidelines over the weekend.
Gardaí found 2,785 individual licensed premises currently open for business.
The vast majority of licensed premises operating were found to...
The two Laois brothers who were died tragically following a diving accident at the weekend have been laid to rest.
Fergus (42) and Philip (34) Brophy, from Lough, Portarlington, died on Sunday afternoon in the quarry in Portroe in Tipperary.
Portarlington...
A local Senator has welcomed the decision to include primary and secondary school students with Down Syndrome in the Summer Provision for 2020.
Summer Provision 2020 will involve three strands with different options for parents, students and schools.
The first is...
The Coronavirus has done immeasurable damage to people and their livelihoods but the disease has also brought people who go above and beyond to help others into the spotlight.
And one such person is Rosenallis native Evin Joyce who is...
The HSE have closed the Covid-19 testing facility that they set up some months ago in Laois GAA's LOETB Centre of Excellence.
A spokesperson for the GAA confirmed that the HSE wound up operations on the site on Friday July...
Laois GAA have been dealt a blow with the news that one of their Games Development Officers has stepped away from his role.
Wexford native Peter Hally has made the decision to step down for now from his position.
Hally, who...
A long-running saga over the data on CCTV cameras continues to frustate local community groups and politicians with Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley hitting out at the beurocracy that prevents them from being used.
The complex issue of who...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Roderick (Rody) Martin
Rose Cottage, Derry Road, Durrow, Laois
Martin, Roderick (Rody), Rose Cottage, Derry Road, Durrow, Co. Laois. Passed away peacefully at home in hia 93rd year on...
Gardaí have recovered a firearm and a quantity of drugs, which were discovered buried in a wasteland on the Canal Road in Portarlington today.
A search was conducted in the area this afternoon at 1pm as part of an intelligence...
We're living in such unusual times. For the past five months there hasn't been a competitive sports game or a pub open. There has been no Leaving Cert, facemasks are a common sight, perspex shields are in almost every...
There were no new Coronavirus death today – meaning 1,742 is still the death toll in Ireland now.
While there has been a total of 11 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
That means there is now...
There has been high praise for former firefighters who returned to help Laois County Fire and Rescue Services in their battle against Covid-19.
Across the county, pulled back on the uniform again in a bid to help the service maintain...
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...
A Laois soccer club has teamed up with a local hospital for a fundraiser which will take place next weekend.
Mountmellick United have joined forces with St Vincent's Hospital in the town for a joint fundraising venture.
The club will run...
Tributes were paid to Betty Peters, who passed away recently, at the recent meeting of the Laois Joint Policing Committee (JPC).
Betty was the wife of Tom Peters, one of the guards that was badly injured in the 1976 Garryhinch...
The funeral details of two Laois brothers who tragically died following a diving accident have been confirmed.
Fergus and Philip Brophy will both be reposing at the family home in Lough Portarlington (eircode R32 VW65) on Wednesday from 2pm until...
Local Gardai are aware of a number of parties taking place in houses, sheds, fields and yards as the Coronavirus restrictions mean that pubs that don't serve food remain closed until July 20 at the earliest.
Rathdowney-based Fine Gael councillor...
Telfords in Portlaoise currently have a vacancy for a Yard General Operative.
The role entails delivering the highest level of customer service to all of our customers, picking orders and ensuring all Health and Safety procedures are strictly adhered to.
As a...
With professional sport across the world coming back in various forms, Laois man Zach Tuohy is facing an unusual month with his club Geelong in the Australian Rules season.
While Australia has escaped the worst of the Coronavirus with just...
There has been 23% fewer new cars sold in Laois in the first six months of this year compared to same period in 2020.
The monthly figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) last week show...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Philip Brophy
Lough, Portarlington, Laois
Tragically following a scuba-diving accident. Loving brother of the late Fergus. Sadly missed by his loving father Seamus, mother Dinah, brothers James and Patrick,...
The Laois owners of Ireland's most well-known nightclub have received a dividend of €45.95 million.
According to the Irish Times, Ballinakill natives Cathal and Paula Jackson, who own Copper Face Jacks in Dublin, saw the sum of money paid out...
There was one new Coronavirus death today – meaning 1,742 is the death toll in Ireland now.
While there has been a total of 24 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
That means there is now a...
262 new homes could be on the way to a new estate in Portlaoise after a Strategic Housing Development was launched by a Laois developer.
Thomas Kelly & Sons Group have submitted an application to An Bord Pleanala for a...
A Laois TD has called for assistance for those who are struggling to apply for the Back to School Allowance.
Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley says that many people who do not have access to the internet would normally have applied...
The Environmental Protection Agency has provided a positive update to Laois County Councillor Aidan Mullins in relation to the site of the old Avon Factory in Portarlington.
Cancer-causing chemicals remain at the site, 20 years after the factory shut its...
Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here.
Alan Hartnett is back in the presenter’s chair once again after his holidays and he is joined on the line by Clonaslee’s Niall Corbet.
For the next couple of episodes, the Talking Sport Podcast...
