Laois County Council has announced that they have temporarily suspended parking charges around the county.
Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald pressed Laois County Council to lift their parking fees due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
She said: "I very much welcome the decision by...
Multiple wings of the emergency services in Laois are dealing with a serious car crash this afternoon.
The incident happened on the Mountmellick Road in Portlaoise at around 3.20pm this afternoon.
A car has been left overturned following a crash just...
The popular Laois Walks Festival has announced that they will defer their 2020 festival until later in the year due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The 19th staging of the annual walking festival around the county was set to move to...
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert orals and practical exams have been cancelled and all students will be awarded full marks, the Department of Education has announced this morning.
The exams were meant to begin this Monday, March 23, and go...
Thousands of Irish people are currently trying to get back home from the four corners of the globe.
Minister for Transport Simon Coveney has urged those who wish to return home to do so before Saturday evening because after that,...
Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington, who have 58 residents and 80 staff, are planning on hiring additional personnel in the coming weeks if some of their existing staff are effected by Coronavirus.
"We are planning IN THE EVENT of some...
Cistercian College Roscrea rounded off their 2019/20 rugby campaign with a comprehensive victory over The King’s Hospital School in the Leinster Rugby Senior Plate final last Wednesday and Laois was well represented with six county men in the Roscrea...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth Burke (née Kavanagh)
Hillsbrook Avenue, Perrystown, Dublin/Stradbally, Laois
The death has occurred of Elizabeth (Lily) Burke (nee Kavanagh) in her 94th year, formerly of Hillsbrook Avenue, Perrystown, Dublin...
Gerry Browne Jewellers has had to close its doors until 29th March or until futher notice to assist in the major task of controlling and limiting the pandemic, Covid 19.
The safety and well-being of all our staff, customers and friends...
The Department of Health have, for the first time, released official figures of the breakdown of Coronavirus cases in Ireland.
The figures, which go up to Monday March 16, provide a comprehensive account of where the virus is and what...
In a continuation of the worryingly upward trend, 74 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
That is a big increase on the 292 cases from yesterday and takes the overall total to 366 - with two...
Today we look back at the 2010 Graiguecullen and Killeshin parades.
People lined the streets as the Graiguecullen parade made it's way from the town park to the Parish Church for 11am mass.
There was great excitement as the parade got...
Penneys has announced that they are closing all of their stores around the country tonight until further notice.
Around 10,000 people work in the various stores around the country including the outlet in the Laois Shopping Centre.
RTE News reports that...
Now this is a video we can all appreciate.
Lauren Pidgeon and her son Noel Kelly uploaded a video to spread some positivity in these dark times.
Lauren who runs a drama school called Little Theatre, School of Drama in Portarlington...
If the Coronavirus restrictions continue for months, will the Portlaoise footballers be just given the Laois senior championship again?
How can the National Football Leagues be run? How will the All Ireland championship work?
Will there be Junior C, Cúl Camps,...
Stef McGinn from Portlaoise is in the process of training her dog Baylee to be a service dog for her three children.
Her children, DJ (12) and twins Áine and Aoifá (10) have autism and sensory processing disorder.
She has enlisted...
Laois-Offaly TD and Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan has spoken about the early release of prisoners, the fast-tracking of Garda recruits and the responsibility of publicans, and the public in general, as the country attempts to limit...
The death has occurred of Jimmy Rafter, Clonmeen, Errill. Rathdowney-Errill GAA club, through official Alex Stenson, have sent us the following tribute.
Rathdowney and Errill lost one of its most enthusiastic and well-loved Gaels on Saturday last, March 14, with...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Pat George
20 Imleach, The Swan, Wolfhill, Laois
Deeply regretted by his loving wife Ann, children Brianna, Nathan & Mary-Louise, brothers Bill, John, Henry and David, sisters Caroline, Betty...
Telfords in Portlaoise and Mountrath are limiting the numbers of customers in the store at the same time and may be asked to remain in a queue outside.
Please be patient with us as this is for the safety of...
Centrepoint Carpets in Portlaoise have announced that they are closing their premises until further notice.
"We're closing from March 16 until further notice as a safety precaution to all my Staff and Customers due the Coronavirus Disease (Covid 19)," said...
The owner of a horse that was victorious in Wexford on St Patrick's Day has pledged a portion of his winnings to the 'Do It For Dan' campaign.
Song Of Earth galloped to glory in the ISF EBF Auction (Pro-Am)...
It was a St Patrick's Day like no other.
Because of the global Coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings, there were no St Patrick's Day parades as is tradition on our national holiday.
Right throughout the county parades were cancelled.
But...
We’ve once again dug deep into Alf Harvey’s archives to unearth some absolute classic pictures of Durrows St Patrick's Day parade in 2010.
Great imagination and colour was to the fore in Durrow for the parade 2010.
There was an international...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in November 2017.
Every club likes to have a hardy hoor and we're fond of a list in LaoisToday. So in 2017 we decided to pick out 21 of the hardiest divils to play...
Fair play to them all.
For the first time since 2003, there are no St Patrick's Day parades in the parish of Stradbally today.
Usually, the parish would have three parades. One in Vicarstown, one in Timahoe and one in Stradbally.
However,...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in April 2019.
No shining medals adorn the walls of Olympian Anne Keenan-Buckey's house.
No magnificent plaques or rosettes stream the cabinets. Instead, pictures of her family and her children's degrees line the spaces on...
For three Laois brothers and one old friend, 15 years on the live circuit has flown by in a technicolor of wedding dance-floors, 02 in the Park and even Copperface Jacks.
Transmitter is comprised of Stewart Quinn on vocals, guitar and...
Fifty Seven Boutique and Gift Emporium, which has stores in Portarlington, Athy and Durrow have closed until further notice because of the Coronvirus outbreak - but you can still avail of the brilliant offer ahead of Mother's Day this...
The country of Spain is in a total lockdown at the moment as they try to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
There are now 9,428 cases of Covid-19 in Spain with 342 deaths. On Saturday, they followed Italy and...
