The death has occurred of Pat Lillis, who was manager of ACC bank in Portlaoise for many years.
Mr Lillis, who was originally from Clare, lived in Portlaoise and was heavily involved in a number of community groups.
A highly-regarded man...
1,319 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 16 from yesterday.
It is important to note that not all of these people passed away today and that this is the number that were reported to...
Two of the leading representative bodies for publicans are to meet Government officials to discuss opening pubs six weeks earlier than is currently planned.
Under the Government road map for re-opening the country following the Coronavirus restrictions, pubs won't be...
We’re back with our Tweets of the Week again this week!
Laois Twitter is just the gift that keeps on giving.
Check out our selection below:
Leo was bluffing!!
Taoiseach describes GAA as a 'partial contact sport', confirming he never played Junior C...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in April 2018
We know, we know, we know. It's a thankless job, nobody wants to do it and smart alecs on the internet don't make it any easier.
But you can't deny that referees...
My Life in Politics is a new weekly series on LaoisToday where we will chat with various local politicians - both past and present.
First up is Aidan Mullins, the Portarlington-based Sinn Féin councillor.
Aidan first ran for election in 2009...
He's only gone and done it!
Eric Killeen has been competing as Man City in the All-Ireland FIFA 20 Charity Online Tournament this weekend in a bid to help raise funds for frontline workers.
Representing Laois, Killeen won the Leinster title...
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois-Offaly, Seán Fleming, has called on the Minister for Finance to confirm that the €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment is taxable at a person’s highest rate of income tax.
His calls come as Revenue has indicated...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Pat Lillis
Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Laois/Doonbeg, Clare
Lillis, Pat, Kilminchy, Portlaoise and late of Shragh, Co. Clare, May 2nd 2020, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family.
Predeceased by his brother Tom....
1,303 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 19 from yesterday.
It is important to note that not all of these people passed away today and that this is the number that were reported to...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of O'Dempsey's appearance in the 2018 Laois SFC final
Ahead of the game, we caught up with one of O'Dempsey's greatest players of all time - John Costello.
Big John, who now lives in...
He's already won the Leinster championship - and now this Laois hurler is one more win away from being crowned an All-Ireland champion.
Eric Killeen has been competing as Man City in the All-Ireland FIFA 20 Charity Online Tournament this...
There have been many good fundraising ventures and great gestures of goodwill - but this effort from Hennessy Auctioneers will take some beating.
Hennessy Auctioneers, from outside Stradbally, are well known in the farming sector and they are currently raffling...
Ahead of the May Bank Holiday weekend, representatives of An Garda Síochána, the HSE and Laois County Council are appealing to everyone in Laois to continue their impressive efforts in the fight against the spread of Coronavirus.
In an effort...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Sonny) Brophy
Russelstown, Attanagh, Laois/Attanagh, Kilkenny
Peacefully, at St Vincent's hospital Dublin. Husband of the late Bridie. Deeply regretted by his sisters Julia (Phelan), Annie (Butler), Peg &...
1,286 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 25 from yesterday.
It is important to note that not all of these people passed away today and that this is the number that were reported to...
These ladies certainly knew how to put on a good show.
The Laois Federation ICA modeled a Spring collection in April 2005, much to the enthuasiam of the large crowd which attended Castle Arms Hotel, Durrow that night.
Two women who...
It's a game, a day, an occasion that lives long in the memory.
Two years before the Laois men's senior football team claimed the 2003 Leinster football title, the ladies had their big day in Croke Park.
On the last Sunday...
Back in February, which feels an eternity ago now, Rage Against The Machine were announced as one of the headline acts for the 2020 Electric Picnic.
The rock band, who got back together last year, announced a string of tour...
Portlaoise Gardaí are appealing to the public in relation to a burglary and theft from a farmyard on the Old Road, Kilminchy, Portlaoise which happened in the early hours of Friday morning.
Two Honda 420 Quads and a 7x4 trailor...
Clonaslee 0-13 Clonad 0-8
1975 Laois SFC Final
It remains the greatest day in Clonaslee hurling history.
In late October 1975, Clonaslee won the Laois SHC title for the first time in 65 years when they got the better of Clonad in...
1 - ‘Do It For Dan’ organisers believe they have almost reached €2.1 million goal
49 days after the Do It For Dan campaign was launched – organisers believe they have almost reached their €2.1 million goal.
2 - Gardai find...
Two Laois men have teamed up to create some funny videos aimed at lifting the Coronavirus gloom.
Portlaoise's Jimmy Kavanagh and Mountmellick's Matthew Snelgrove are two Laois men who are stuck together in Dublin.
Jimmy, brother of musician Kean, is an...
The resumption of sport seems a long way away right not - but whenever it does, Camross camogie player Sarah Anne Fitzgerald is chomping at the bit.
Sarah Anne's name had been absent from the games that the Laois Camogie...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
James Joseph (Squeak) Brady
Ash Trees, Stradbally, Laois
James passed away peacefully in the company of his loving and devoted family in Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Greatly missed by...
The parents of little Dan Donoher have asked people to keep him in their thoughts and prayers as he awaits tests to determine the status of his treatment.
Aisling and Niall Donoher, alongside Dan, spoke to Ryan Tubridy on The...
EXPLAINED: Government releases detailed roadmap to ‘reopen Ireland’s economy and society’
The government has this evening published a Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to ease the COVID-19 restrictions and reopen Ireland’s economy and society in a phased manner.
The Roadmap...
The government has this evening published a Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to ease the COVID-19 restrictions and reopen Ireland’s economy and society in a phased manner.
The Roadmap will start from May 18, from which point the country...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced an extension Coronavirus restrictions and unveiled a road-map on how the country will begin to reopen.
Restrictions have been increased until May 18 as Taoiseach Varadkar says 'we still have not won this fight'.
In terms...
1,265 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 34 from yesterday.
It is important to note that not all of these people passed away today and that this is the number that were reported to...
