New funding for Road Safety Measures for the Rathdowney to Ballacolla Road at Middlemount has been made available.
An additional €50,000 has now been sanctioned under Laois County Councils (LCC) road safety measures in the 2020 Programme.
Laois TD Brian Stanley...
Some €1 million in funding will be given to local authorities to combat a worrying rise in illegal dumping during the Covid-19 emergency, according to Laois/Offaly TD and Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan.
The Department of Communications, Climate...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Brenda Dempsey (née Dunne)
Clanmalire, Portarlington, Laois / Portarlington, Offaly
Formerly Garryhinch Portarlington County Offaly. Peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Loving daughter of the late Timmy...
FiftySeven Boutique and Gift Emporium have launched their new Online Store.
With stores in Portarlington, Athy and Durrow, the online outlet is the latest development to this Laois business.
With all three stores now closed due to the current outbreak of...
At Peavoy Financial Planning we are aiming to continue to do everything we can to support people in our community during these unsettling and challenging times.
We understand that some people are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and...
Niall, Aisling and baby Dan Donoher have paid tribute to the people of Laois, Ireland and all over the world - as their Do It For Dan fundraiser went above €1.5 million.
They huge GoFundMe, which was only set up...
794 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 28 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...
Nostra's aim is to help 1 million people. Not only with IT related needs. This extends to any person or group of people, internal and external to the company that may need help. This forms part of Nostra's CSR.
Nostra...
We’re nearing the end of our student series now as we speak to pupils in every secondary school in Laois about how Coronavirus has impacted on their Leaving Cert.
Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has said that she will be engaging with the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, as part of her efforts to secure quicker refund levels for third level students who...
This is such a kind and wonderful gesture.
The current lockdown has seen us all having to make huge changes to how we go about our lives and in many cases people are having to make difficult sacrifices to ensure...
The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the kindness and good-nature of so many Laois people to the fore and this is another such story.
Portlaoise teenager Peter Atanasov has teamed up with his local pharmacy to deliver medication everyday to people...
Louis Vuitton for Do it for Dan
Make-up artist Laura Behan is giving away a Louis Vuitton handbag in aid of little Dan Donoher.
Laura set up the fundraiser two days ago and she has already gathered up almost €10,000 in...
A First Year student from Dunamase College beat off competition from thousands to be crowned GAA All-Ireland Short Story Writing Competition winner recent.
Ratheniska native Lily van den Bergh's piece, entitled 'A GAA Legend', saw her scoop glory in the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Patrick Moran
Church View, Suncroft, Kildare / Portlaoise, Laois
Ex sergeant, 3rd Battalion, The Curragh Camp. Sadly missed by his loving wife Kathleen, sons Liam and Michael, daughters Pauline...
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In this strange new Coronavirus world where the restrictions are severe and current events are almost non-existant, the...
Dan, Niall, Aisling and Bobby, the dog, Donoher made a heart-warming appearance on RTE News this evening.
Mam Aisling and Dad Niall opened up on what it was like when they heard the news about their son and their hopes...
769 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 44 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...
For the second time in 56 year history, the annual Steam Rally in Stradbally has been cancelled.
The event was previously cancelled in 2007 when torrential rain left the field, which is the site used for the Electric Picnic, waterlogged.
However,...
A Laois County Councillor has said that it would be 'madness' to allow the Electric Picnic go ahead as planned in September.
The government announced yesterday that all gatherings of more than 5,000 people would be banned until the end...
We’re nearing the end of our student series now as we speak to pupils in every secondary school in Laois about how Coronavirus has impacted on their Leaving Cert.
Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...
A month after it closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Supermac's in Portlaoise will reopen this week.
Supermac’s had announced that they would shut all their stores from Thursday March 26 due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The Irish fast-food company, which...
This is brilliant.
A 92-year-old Laois Granny, who recently appeared on BBC News after going viral on Twitter, has launched a fundraiser for little Dan Donoher.
Bridie Origan, who comes from the Pike of Rushall in Laois, turned 92 on April...
Did you know that there are over 120 Defibrillators located across Laois? Yet, very few people know where they are located even though your life may depend on it some day.
In the case of a Cardiac emergency, it is...
€10,000 donation from McGregor
Conor McGregor is the latest high-profile person to donate to the Do it for Dan fundraiser after the former world champion contributed to the SBG Portarlington gym, which is part of his coach John Kavanagh's stable...
Bright sparks all over Laois are being urged by humanitarian aid agency, GOAL, to take part in an exciting new online programme aimed at teaching young and old how to contribute to building a better world.
With students unable to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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William (Billy) Flynn
Courtwood, Ballybrittas, Laois
William (Bill) Flynn, Courtwood, Ballybrittas, died 21st of April 2020 peacefully at Oghill Nursing Home surrounded by his loving family. Deeply regretted by...
The owner of MCD, Dermot Desmond, who promotes the Electric Picnic music festival, says that 'most shows will go back 12 months' following the government's announcement regarding mass gatherings.
The government has banned all mass gatherings of more than 5,000...
730 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 44 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...
Laois TD and Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan has announced that additional accommodation has been approved for Portlaoise College.
Six general classrooms, four computer rooms and two SEN Base classrooms, along with one cateen, kitchen, stem room and...
