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1,658 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of eight from yesterday.
While there has been a total of 10 new cases of Coronavirus have been diagnosed in Ireland today.
This is an increase on the...
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is to donate €70,000 for the purchase of ‘Propolis’ cream to counter the damaging effects on skin due to the prolonged wearing of PPE by frontline nursing staff treating patients with COVID-19.
This action by...
1,658 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of eight from yesterday.
Not all of these people passed away today – this is the number that were reported to the Department of Health today.
These people will...
Episode one of Na Gael Marys took place on BBC Two last night and a Laois man was the subject of the show.
Courtwood native Cóilín Duffy, who works as a sports journalist, featured in the show which is largely...
Laois families have a great track record on the hugely popular Ireland's Fittest Family TV programme - and the producers of the show are now looking for new applications ahead of the latest series.
Both the Mulhares from Clonad and...
A group of Macra na Feirme members from Laois have raised almost €4,000 for Pieta House with a socially distanced fundraisers.
With the country's barbers closed, members of East Laois Macra took part in a socially distanced Shave or Dye...
The Laois Cumann na mBunscol finals in both hurling and football in O'Moore Park over the years have provided more than their fair share of excitement, energy and drama.
And of course noise. If there's one thing you'll remember about...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Lalor
Abbeycresent, Abbeyleix, Laois
Late of Grennan Attanagh, Laois. Dearly devoted husband of Rena died peacefully today in her presence. Deeply regretted by Rena, his daughter Mary, son...
This week’s Car of the Week from Joe Mallon Motors is a 161 Renault Kadjar Dynamique.
With a finance option in place, this car could be yours from €49 per week
This is another Exceptional Offer From JOE MALLON MOTORS.
Why buy from...
Fifty Seven Boutique and Gift Emporium have announced their plan to re-open their 3 stores during the next phase of lifting lockdown restrictions.
Fifty Seven Boutique in Athy and Portarlington will re-open on Monday 8th of June.
Their store in Durrow...
Laois Garden World are seeking to hire full and part time sales assistant for busy hardware store.
Previous experience and flexibility required.
To Apply
Please forward CV to Eadaoin@laoissawmills.ie
SEE ALSO - An open letter from LaoisToday: Think local, support local and #LoveLaois as businesses...
For our latest Moment in Time we took a trip down memory lane to 2009 and a visit to Knock NS.
There has always been a great tradition of education in the Knock area.
This tradition can be traced as far...
There has been one further death from Coronavirus and 77 new cases confirmed by the Department of Health.
In a statement issued this evening, the Deprtment have said that there now 25,062 cases while 1,650 people have died from the...
Due to Covid-19 it is not possible to hold street collections this year which means Laois Hospice income will be down approximately €12,000.
However, the organisers around the country have moved their efforts online for one of Ireland's longest-running charity...
Slowly but surely, the country is opening back up.
Following the unprecedented health crisis that forced the world into lockdown, thankfully there are signs that society and the economy is beginning to move once more.
It’ll be a long road before...
A popular local amenity on the Laois-Offaly border has been advised to close due to the large crowds congregating there over the weekend.
Derryounce Lakes and Trails committee which oversee the facility outside Portarlington have been asked by the Gardai...
We love nothing more than a success story here in the LaoisToday office.
Portlaoise native and author Helen Cullen is just that.
Helen's debut novel, The Lost Letters of William Woolf was published in 2018 by Penguin Random House in the...
At the time Meath were the bluebloods of Gaelic football; they were revered, feared and respected and had not only scaled the peak once but had camped at the top for a number of years.
When Laois rocked up to...
Ed Sheeran so nearly catapulted Portlaoise on to the international stage - as he told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show in 2017 that he initially called his hit song 'Galway Girl', 'Portlaoise Girl' before deciding to change.
The...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Lalor
Abbeycresent, Abbeyleix, Laois
Late of Grennan Attanagh, Laois. Dearly devoted husband of Rena died peacefully today in her presence. Deeply regretted by Rena, his daughter Mary, son...
Ballylinan-Glenmore 0-8 Stradbally Parish Gaels 0-6
2004 Laois MFC 'A' Final
Ballylinan-Glenmore ground out a two-point win over Stradbally Parish Gaels to claim the 2004 Laois minor football title.
The victors, who were made up of Arles-Kilcruise, Arles-Killeen and Ballylinan, led from...
The Department of Health have confirmed that a further two people have died from Coronavirus while they have announced 66 new cases.
That brings the total number of deaths to 1,655 while the confirmed number of cases now stands at...
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:
We miss it too </3
I have never been on the same buzz as I was in...
In honour of Shane Lowry's Open win in the summer, we came up with a list of our favourite people from across the border.
Offaly. Offaly people. You can love them or hate them but you simply can’t ignore them.
They’re...
You're constantly told that your schooldays are the best days of your life.
You never actually believe that when you're in school but there is massive nostalgia attached to where you went to school.
We've gone down memory lane in the...
The 2017 edition of the Portarlington Emigrant Newslatter featured a very interesting article on Pat Butler, the man who founded and built up Butler's Engineering in Portarlington.
We reproduce the article below by kind permission of the original author...
St Fergal's College Rathdowney Transition Year Student Ella Hayes was among the winners in the recent GAA Future Leaders National Competition for second level schools.
Ella was one of two winners in the Performance Analysis section for her statistical analysis...
A recent LaoisToday feature on PJ Cuddy referenced a stat that the Camross man was Laois’s highest goalscorer of all time.
The Laois GAA Bible account on Twitter, run by Mountmellick man Eoin Culliton who has compiled the complete set of...
Portarlington 0-6 Timahoe 0-5
1988 Laois SFC Final
Portlaoise's dominance of the Laois club football scene in the 1980s saw them win six titles in seven years from 1981 to 1987.
But in 1988, in a straight-knockout championship, they were dumped out...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Lalor
Abbeycresent, Abbeyleix, Laois
Late of Grennan Attanagh, Laois. Dearly devoted husband of Rena died peacefully today in her presence. Deeply regretted by Rena, his daughter Mary, son...
