Electric Picnic has been cancelled for 2020.
Organisers have confirmed the news in a statement.
They said: "Sadly the Electric Picnic 2020 will no longer be taking place.
"Cancelling our festival has become unavoidable and we fully support the Irish Government's ongoing...
Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee along with Friends of Portlaoise Hospital and Colgan Sports have delivered 10,000 disposable PPE gowns to the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise this morning.
This valuable PPE was sourced through the contacts of Aidan Colgan and Colgan...
Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here and we are continuing with our new format - and have some new guests.
Alan Hartnett is in the presenter’s chair again and he is joined on the line by two Laois hurlers...
Gardai seized drugs, quantities of cash and made arrests following a number of searches in Laois and Offaly over the last number of days.
Between Friday May 8 and Sunday May 10, local Uniform Units, Laois/Offaly Drugs Unit and District...
This will most certainly brighten up your Monday!
Last week, we learned how a very special Mountrath girl's 21st birthday celebrations had been ruined by the Coronavirus.
Hope, who has Down Syndrome, was supposed to go to Disneyland for her birthday...
Aisling Moran, who is a Fine Gael councillor for the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District, is the latest to feature on our Life in Politics interview.
Though only first elected in last year's Local Elections, Aisling's involvement in politics goes way back.
Her...
A 4,500 square foot home on The Heritage resort in Killenard has come on the market with a €1.1 million price tag.
The house, No 1 at The Fairways in Killenard, was constructed in 2007 at a cost of €2.1...
Last week, the HSE submitted a planning application to build a new 50 bed nursing unit, at St Vincent’s Community Nursing Unit in Mountmellick.
This is Phase 1, which was welcomed by Minister Charlie Flanagan, and the project will be...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Mick) Lynch
Crannagh, Stradbally, Laois/Dundrum, Dublin
Lynch, Michael (Mick), in his 95th year, died peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Droimnin Nursing Home Stradbally on...
Breslin's SuperValu in Rathdowney has recently launched its new look store.
The major upgrade includes a complete relaunch of the Breslin’s kitchen range - home cooked dinners, pizzas, freshly made salads.
Breslin’s kitchen range have also introduced a cook at home...
There was plenty of dancing and craic to be had over the May Bank Holiday Weekend in 2010 in Castletown when ceili fans gathered for the Half-Door Club International Music and Dance Festival.
The four-day event of set dancing and...
1,485 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 12 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...
There's an amount of GAA competitions that struggle to fit into the calendar year - and the old U-17 championship was one of those back at the turn of the milennium.
A winter competition it got delayed in 2000 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:
The weather is great
Weather would have ya in serious form lock down or no lock down—...
I have no time for nursing homes. The old people used to call them the home. And to have to end up in the home was a shocking thing.
And now I realise that they were right. Residents no longer...
Yesterday was a scorcher - but it had something of a sting in its tail.
While we all basked in glorious sunshine for most of Saturday, the skies turned decidedly grey and then began to illuminate.
Down the South of the...
Laois County Councillor Aisling Moran has said that the health services should be controlled by local government and that the HSE needs to reformed.
Speaking in an interview with LaoisToday as part of our Life in Politics series, she argues...
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While they never quite made the breakthrough, the Laois hurlers of the 1980s were a highly-regarded team who gave supporters numerous big days out around the country.
As well as appearing in...
IFA Grain Committee Chairman Mark Browne has called on feed mills to use Irish grains.
According to Mr Browne, some feed merchants are now producing rations which contain little or no Irish grain and have replaced it with maize grain...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Mick) Lynch
Crannagh, Stradbally, Laois/Dundrum, Dublin
Lynch, Michael (Mick), in his 95th year, died peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Droimnin Nursing Home Stradbally on...
1,446 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 18 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...
Brought to you in association with Laois Library Service
Brian O'Mahoney is a well-known local musician who has played in a number of bands, including Pogues tribute band Pogueology, who have performed twice at Electric Picnic.
He was also involved with...
1 - Deep sadness in Laois following tragic passing of Declan Doocey
Mr Doocey died following an accident in Mountrath Golf Club on Tuesday morning, May 5. His passing invoked an outpouring of emotion from those who knew him around the...
This piece by John Whelan originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of last year's Local Elections
‘Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose’, the more it changes, the more they remain the same.
It is interesting that as we face into...
Tributes have been paid following the sad passing of a popular member of a local men's shed.
Kildare native Gerry Murphy was a member of Portlaoise Men's Shed.
Originally from Celbridge in Kildare, Mr Murphy lived in Newcastle in Dublin but...
Two Laois GAA referees are set to join their inter-county colleagues to run for Pieta House today.
Stradbally's Maurice Deegan and The Heath's Seamus Mulhare, who both officiate at county level, will swap their whistles for runners today for a...
Living through this pandemic, coping with isolation whilst managing our mental health is undoubtedly a challenge.
It is completely normal to be feeling overwhelmed and worried during this time.
We may also experience feelings of anxiety, powerlessness, fear, irritability and depression.
However...
One of the most fondly-remembered players of the fine Laois hurling team of the 1980s is PJ Cuddy, the big full-forward from Camross, who tormented defenders across his 16-year intercounty career.
Cuddy is remembered as one of the greatest hurling...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Margaret (Noelie) Bowe (née LaCumber)
Timahoe Road, Stradbally, Laois
Peacefully, at her home. Wife of the Late Matt. Sadly missed by her loving family, sons Paddy, Eugene, Gabriel, Joe,...
A total of 29 clubs had winners in the first monthly Laois GAA €130 county board ticket draw held in the LOETB Centre of Excellence on Friday night.
Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the Coronavirus outbreak, club delegates...
