With the start of the Long Course racing season Laois Marlins Swim Club delivered a strong performance over the last two weekends in the Leinster Long Course Qualifying Meet.
Leinster LC Qualifying Meet was the first long course racing competition...
Today, Saturday, February 8 is polling day.
Polling stations will remain open from 7am until 10pm tonight.
Voters will elect 160 TDs across the country in 39 constituencies.
There were 158 TDs in the outgoing Dáil and this has now been increased...
Laois people never let us down on Twitter!
And this week is no different.
Check out our selection below:
Good man Paudie
What a halftime show, but is it the ballyroan boys lining up on the 45 of omoore park to give it...
It is the season of Dinner Dances and we decided to take a look back to the Mountmellick GAA dinner dance this time 17 years ago.
This one should give a few a good laugh, many of whom were in...
Laois 1-13 Tipperary 1-11
National Football League Division 2 - 2010
This week's Remember The Game looks back on a Laois victory over Tipperary in Division 2 of the 2010 National Football league.
This was Round 1 of the competition and it...
Hallelujah - we finally have movement.
The public toilets in Portlaoise, which were shut back in 2017, are finally set to reopen.
Taking to Facebook, Fianna Fail Cllr for Portlaoise, Catherine Fitzgerald, announced that works to do up the facilities that...
Meet Lisa Moylan!
Lisa moved to Toronto over two years ago and has been enjoying the Canadian lifestyle so far.
The Portlaoise woman spoke to us about how she made the move, funny stories about her travels and what she has...
RTE architect Dermot Bannon visited LauraLynn during the week to officially open newly refurbished family accommodation at Ireland’s only children’s hospice.
The star of Room To Improve teamed up with the Ryan family from Portlaoise to open the new unit.
LauraLynn...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin Moore
Bourne Avenue, Ashbourne, Meath/Laois
Martin, peacefully at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Loving husband of Ann and dearest father of Grace, Sarah, Olive, John and Paul, and dear...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Dr Hugh (Hugo) Gath
Elm Lawn, Portlaoise, Laois/Kilcormac, Offaly
Hugo, Portlaoise, Kilcormac, Co. Offaly, Dublin and Waterford, 8th February 2020 (following a brief illness) at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise....
Electric Picnic are now on the hunt for creative teams to invent, design, build and host their own caravan or mobile structure at this year’s Electric Picnic.
The most jaw-dropping and inspiring ideas will be given pride of place in...
Entries are currently being accepted for the Laois Scór competition which takes place at the end of the month.
Laois Senior Scór is due to take place on Friday 28th February in Portlaoise.
This competition is open to all GAA members...
The two General Elections of the 1970s were the first to be really contested in the full glare of the then relatively new-fangled gadget, the television set, which had only arrived on the scene a decade earlier.
With no mobile...
The Laois football team has been named for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 2 clash with Cavan in MW O'Moore Park.
Laois manager Mike Quirke has named an unchanged team from the one that beat Armagh last Saturday.
Laois have made...
Drops of Greens - a band with strong Laois connections - are featuring highly in the iTunes charts in the last week with their new release 'On the Carousel'.
The Irish folk and trad music band, which of its four...
On Thursday January 30, Portlaoise College welcomed a large group of 5th class pupils and their parents to the annual STEM Experience Night.
Information Leaflets had been distributed to primary schools across Laois and parents were invited to register with...
So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s.
The 80s, the decade that saw five general elections, and a by-election in Laois-Offaly for good measure.
That's not to mention...
Down Syndrome Ireland "Laois Branch" were recently presented with a cheque for €9,000 by the Camross Truck and Tractor Run committee.
It was in aid of the Down Syndrome Ireland Laois Branch "Field of Dreams" Employment Training Centre of Excellence...
Portlaoise Panthers incredible achievement of wining the All Ireland Division 1 women's National Cup last month has been recognised in the Basketball Ireland monthly awards.
The Panthers had a thrilling 75-71 final win over Trinity Meteors, to claim their third...
A new director-of- Services has taken up his post with Laois County Council.
Mr Joe Delaney attended his first meeting of the local authority last week.
Mr Delaney replaces Mr Michael Rainey on the Council’s senior management team. Mr Rainey took...
Lions AFC in Durrow are hosting a fundraiser this Saturday, February 8 and it seems like a good one!
The Fundraising Committee have a new fundraiser starting and funds will go to the redevelopment of the Lions AFC pitch.
Join them...
Brother Norbert Mullins sadly passed away on January 13, he turned 101 on January 10.
A Limerick native, Brother Mullins resided in Miguel House, Castletown where he celebrated his 100th birthday last year.
His funeral mass was held in Miguel House...
Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke says that he wants to establish a stronger bond between his team and Laois people.
Laois face Cavan in Round 3 of the National League on Sunday in MW Hire O'Moore Park and they...
The latest LaoisToday Talking Sport podcast is an eclectic mix of sport - hurling, football, camogie, ladies football, rugby, soccer, Australian Rules and even a few political and Love Island references thrown in.
Presenter Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett are...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin Moore
Bourne Avenue, Ashbourne, Meath / Laois
Martin, peacefully at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Loving husband of Ann and dearest father of Grace, Sarah, Olive, John and Paul,...
Here is this weekend’s complete list of sports fixtures:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
GAA
Fitzgibbon Cup Semi finals
Mary Immaculate v Carlow IT in DCU 2pm
DCU Dóchas Éireann vs University College Cork in DCU 4pm
BASKETBALL
Men's Division 1
Limerick Sports Eagles v Portlaoise Panthers in UL...
Laois GAA people are being urged to support their local club ahead of the first All County Clubs Members Draw next month.
There is over €126,000 euro prizes to be won across four draws with tickets costing €130 each.
For many...
The One Good Idea is a competition about taking small steps to tackle Climate Change by SEAI (Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland).
It runs every year and is open to both primary and secondary
schools throughout Ireland. This year Shanganamore NS, in...
Over the last week, we have went 'On the Canvass' with a number of the candidates contesting Saturday's General Election.
Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein), Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail), Pippa Hackett (Green Party), Pauline Flanagan (Fianna Fail), Noel Tuohy (Labour) and...
The Laois Camogie Volunteer of the Year for 2019 has been named as Laetitia Lyons Delaney.
Laetitia will receive her award at a ceremony held by the Camogie Association in Croke Park on Saturday February 15.
Laetitia recieved her nomination by...
