This is brilliant!
A young Laois girl and her mam have been honing their camogie skills in lockdown - and they have put it all together in a very funny TikTok.
8-year-old Abbie Rosney is the star of the show as...
When a team wins a county final for the first time, it leads to memories that will last a lifetime.
In Clough-Ballacolla's case in 2009, it was the first Laois senior hurling success for the area since Ballygeehan over 90...
A protest march over the closure of Portlaoise Leisure Centre has been organised for Monday June 22.
The march will begin at the leisure centre at 10am and protesters are asked to march from there to Laois County Council.
Laois Water...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Sr. Celine McMahon
Presentation Sisters, Mountmellick, Laois / Lisdoonvarna, Clare
McMahon, Sr. Celine, Presentation Sisters, Mountmellick, Co Laois and formally Laghtmurreda, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare June 18th 2020 peacefully in...
Latest Figures
1,714 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of four from yesterday.
While there has been a total of 16 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
This is an increase on the...
1,714 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of four from yesterday.
Not all of these people passed away today – this is the number that were reported to the Department of Health today.
While there has...
Gardai in Laois have launched a campaign aimed at parents asking them to educate their children on the dangers they may be exposed to online.
They are asking parents to educate themselves about websites and apps that children may be...
Three new chairs of the three Municipal Districts in Laois have been elected in the last day.
Fianna Fail's Seamus McDonald and the Fine Gael duo of Thomasina Connell and Aisling Moran will chair their respective areas for the next...
Burnt-out cars, disgusting littering and despicable anti-social behaviour have blighted part of the Slieve Bloom Mountains recently.
So says Independent Cllr James Kelly who outlined the problems that locals are facing at this morning's meeting of the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District.
According...
Gardai, in conjunction with Bank of Ireland, have alerted the public to a ‘smishing’ scam whereby persons are being contacted by a text message, which appears to have come their bank, leading them to believe their bank card has...
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has led the tributes following following the brutal murder of a member of an Garda Siochana last night.
The Garda, who is a detective, was killed following a shooting incident in Castlerea in Co Roscommon...
This is brilliant news.
Gardai in Laois have recovered a caravan belonging to a young Louth boy who has special needs.
15-year-old Drogheda teenager Sean Sharkey-Carroll, who has Down syndrome and autism, is non-verbal and is blind in one eye, had...
The Coronavirus pandemic means that while we should be in the middle of GAA action – we’ve yet to get started.
Around now, Laois clubs would be nearing the end of their league campaigns while the county teams should be...
Cllr Thomasina Connell and Cllr Aisling Moran have been elected the new chairpersons of their respective Municipal Districts, following the AGMs in Laois County Council on Wednesday.
Cllr Connell will serve as chair of the Portlaoise area for the next...
Two Laois artists have each been awarded a €3,000 grant to help them make new and original work during the Covid-19 crisis.
The government agency for funding and developing the arts said applications from County Laois artists had scored very...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Noreen Coss (née Doyle)
Grattan St., Portlaoise, Laois
Coss, Noreen (nee Doyle), Grattan St., Portlaoise, 17th June 2020. Peacefully at Louise's home. Surrounded by her loving family. Deeply regretted...
Latest Figures
1,710 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of three from yesterday.
While there has been a total of eight new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
This is an increase on the...
A section of Main Street in Portlaoise is set to be pedestrianised for the months of July and August, but a number of concerns over that decision were raised at the recent Municipal District meeting in Laois County Council.
As...
1,710 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of three from yesterday.
Not all of these people passed away today – this is the number that were reported to the Department of Health today.
While there has...
Portlaoise Leisure Centre would have needed at least €300,000 just to stay open until Christmas - and the voluntary board of directors could have been liable for "reckless trading" had they opted to continue operating.
The board that run the...
A Laois man has launched an online GAA raffle in a bid to help a young Tipperary girl in her bid to get to America for life-changing spinal surgery.
Joe Walshe from The Heath held a similar online raffle in...
An online petition aiming to save Portlaoise Leisure Centre has been launched.
Set up in the name of the staff of the facility, more than 2,000 people have thus far signed it.
Due to financial difficulties, it was confirmed yesterday that...
Portarlington Leisure Centre is actively planning to reopen their facility on July 20 - when we enter Phase 4 of the government's roadmap to get the country going again.
So says General Manager Sean Quirke who confirmed that there were...
Dublin 1-11 Laois 0-14
1999 Leinster SFC Semi-final
The phrases “one that got away” and “left it behind them” were coined with games like this in mind.
Back in 1999, in the days before Qualifiers and long before the Super 8s, Laois...
Allan Boyle, the centre manager at the National Learning Network in Portlaoise, has said that it was difficult adapting to working remotely for the 20 staff and 80 students that use the service - but that some students have...
The Heath’s Golf Club's Get Into Golf Programme for Women will commence in early July with an information evening being held on June 25 at the club at 7 pm.
This was supposed to commence in April but had to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Rosemary (Ro) Antoinette Brennan (née O’Connor)
Templeogue, Dublin / Portlaoise, Laois
The death has occurred of Rosemary (Ro) Antoinette Brennan (nee O’Connor), Templeogue, Dublin and formerly of Portlaoise. Rosemary...
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Latest Figures
1,709 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of three from yesterday.
While there has been a total of 14 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
This is an increase on the...
1,709 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of three from yesterday.
Not all of these people passed away today – this is the number that were reported to the Department of Health today.
While there has...
