Laois County Council have confirmed that Portlaoise Leisure Centre will not be privatised.
Chief Executive John Mulholland told this morning’s monthly meeting of elected members...
Daisy Thomas from Abbeyleix has been crowned Microsoft Specialist Word 2016 Champion of UK and Ireland.
Daisy is a Transition Year student in Heywood Community...
Sinn Féin's rise at a national level has been mirrored somewhat in Laois.
The party won their first Dáil seat in the 1997 General Election...
Rachael Taylor-Fawsitt is the Laois lady behind the Lovely To Meet Me travel and lifestyle blog.
She also works for Independent News and Media as...
Over the long history of the GAA, there have been few All Ireland hurling glories for Laois teams.
Fewer still have been in Croke Park....
While plenty of the local attention has been on the return of the club GAA fixtures, there is still a significant season for our...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Christina Ryan (née O'Brien)
Knockanore, Thomastown, Kilkenny/Errill, Laois
The death has taken place of...
Funding has been sought to purchase a pump in a Laois town that has been badly hit by flooding in the past.
Mountmellick was left...
The ‘Do It For Dan’ committee has today confirmed the difficult news that unfortunately little Dan Donoher will not be making the trip to...
This weekend would normally have been a huge occasion at the Curragh racecourse but given the times we are in the fact that racing...
Following Liverpool's Premier League title success this week, we asked two local long-suffering Liverpool supporters to write a piece on what it meant to...
One further person has died from Coronavirus and there have been a further three confirmed cases, according to figures released by the Department of...
11 new social houses are set to be completed by the end of the year in Borris-In-Ossory.
So says Laois County Council Housing Officer Nicola...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in November 2009.
This week for the Our School series we visited Newtown NS where principal Kevin Gorman and...
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:
Some...
James O’Connor from Portlaoise is a folk singer-songwriter, performer and recording artist.
His upcoming album ‘A Cluster of Narratives’, releasing in July, is a folk...
Portlaoise-based Sinn Féin county councillor Caroline Dwane-Stanley says she would love to see her party leading an "alternative left Government" in the future.
And she...
St Joseph's 1-7 Timahoe 0-7
1973 Laois SFC Final
If ever there was a success waiting to happen it was the St Joseph's footballers in 1973.
Having...
With the pubs closed for the last couple of months, there has been an understandable increase in the number of people opting to have...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sean Bernard Delaney
Dysartbeigh, Mountrath, Laois
Sean Bernard Delaney, Dysartbeigh, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died 26th...
Tomorrow is a big day for John Watchorne and the staff in the very popular Jeremiah Grant Bar and Eatery on Main Street in...
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that third level students and their families are still finding it extremely difficult to access...
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has unveiled his new Government cabinet, an historical appointment that sees six ministerial positions for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and...
A further six people have died from Coronavirus and there have been 23 new cases, according to the Department of Health.
This brings to 1,734...
Temple Street Foundation and CMRF Crumlin, which are both part of the Children’s Health Foundation family, are inviting everyone in Laois and across the...
After almost five months since the country voted in the General Election, we now have a new Government and new Taoiseach.
Yesterday, members of Fine...
1 - Deep shock and sadness following the sudden passing of popular Laois publican
Slieve Bloom native Tom, who owns Tom Delaney and Sons Pub...
A Laois County Councillor is calling for work to be carried out to upgrade what he called 'the worst footpaths' in the county.
Fine Gael...
Signposts of places in Laois have ended up in the Canary Islands and pubs in New York - so say two Laois County Councillors.
Independent...
Laois GAA have outlined in detail the schedule of adult club games in the county, which will get underway on Saturday, July 18.
In a...
