The Republic of Ireland’s UEFA EURO 2020 Play-Off against Slovakia on March 26 will be played behind closed doors on the instruction of the Slovakian government.
The decision was relayed to the Football Association of Ireland by the Slovakian FA...
The death has occurred of Sean Miller, originally from Vicarstown, but a long-time resident of Derrygarron outside Portlaoise.
Fondly remembered as a gentleman and highly-regarded, he passed away last week after a long illness.
His funeral took place in Portlaoise on...
Former Mountrath Community School student Christopher Carew has been honoured for outstanding academic success achieved during his first year of studying medicine at University College Dublin (UCD).
The Portlaoise man was the recipient of three awards at the prestigious Awards...
Eight more St Patrick's Day parades scheduled to take place in Laois have been cancelled.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced yesterday the cancellation of the state's St Patrick's Day festivities but that ban only covers events that were to be hosted...
A Laois family are currently travelling around Asia.
Portlaoise parents Aoife O'Meara and Martin Halion, with children Sam, Mia and Alice who are all aged under six, began their life changing adventure prior to the Coronavirus outbreak around three months...
Portlaoise 20 Longford 17
Leinster League Division 1
Portlaoise RFC U-16s won the Leinster Division 1 League when they overcame Longford RFC in a tight battle in Mullingar on Saturday.
Portlaoise had a slow start and Longford kept them pinned in their...
The Women’s and Men’s Midland Masters Basketball teams both headed to Kilkenny last weekend to compete in the opening tournament of the masters season.
The women’s team having competed and won the 2019 tournament had their opening game on Friday...
After yet another awe-inspiring display of regional glitz, glamour and re-purposed ‘rubbish’ Junk Kouture provincial winners will gather together for one last time at the competition’s Grand Final.
That was due to take place in the 3 Arena in April...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth Curtis (née O'Keeffe)
Larkfield, Athy, Kildare, R14 DH24 / Stradbally, Laois
Mother of the Late Cath. Deeply regretted by her loving husband Johnny, sons Mick, Bren, John, Lar,...
Laois County Council is seeking expressions of interest from Occupational Therapists to provide assessments for applications relating to the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Mobility Aids Grant.
All interested Occupational Therapists should be a member of...
The youth wing of Fianna Fàil is opposed to the party entering a government coalition with Fine Gael.
A statement by Laois Ógra PRO Jessica Canisales outlined: “At a meeting of Ógra’s national council earlier in the month, delegates from...
On Thursday the March 5, Portlaoise College Green Schools Committee along with Principal, Noel Daly collaborated with Tidy Towns.
The aim was to become active citizens in their campaign against litter and waste.
This is part of Portlaoise Colleges commitment to...
Two Laois people have been hailed as heroes by the family of a man whose life they saved at the weekend.
Colm Lynman was out for a walk in Portlaoise on Sunday morning March 8 when he collapsed on the...
Two St Patrick's Day parades have been cancelled in Laois today.
Neither Mountmellick or Durrow will have their annual celebrations this year.
The Boglands Festival, the name of the parade in Mountmellick this year, announced the news on social media this...
Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming has confirmed that capital funding has been provided by the HSE to commence planning for a new Primary Care Centre in Portlaoise.
Speaking about the news the Laois TD said that this would be a...
A massive fundraiser has been launched for baby Dan Donoher, son of Niall and Aisling Donoher from Ballybrittas, who has been diagnosed with a rare life-threatening disease.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the little boy with a genetic neuromuscular...
There was an astonishing act of heroism in Laois yesterday as a Garda saved a person's life at full flood in the River Barrow.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Gardai in Portarlington were alerted to a person who...
A total of 54 houses sold in Laois in January according to the Property Price Register with one home selling for €625,000.
Kilbride House, Portarlington was the most expensive residential property to exchange hands with only two others exceeding €300,000.
A...
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The Laois U-20 footballers saw their season ended by Dublin in Netwatch Cullen Park on Friday evening.
Eddie Kinsella’s charges were beaten by 10 points in the end as Dublin proved too...
The local GAA season is beginning to get going and over the weekend we had our first fixtures in the Division 2 of the All County Football League.
The leagues have undergone a significant enough change for this season with...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Eyre
No 2 Orchard Lane, Leighlinbridge, Carlow/Bilboa, Carlow/Laois
Mary Eyre, No. 2 Orchards Lane, Leighlinbridge and formerly Gurtahile, Bilboa, Co. Carlow passed away peacefully, on 7th March, 2020, surrounded...
In an era where a number of St Patrick’s Day parades are being cancelled around the country – this Laois village is bringing theirs back.
The plans of the people of Clonaslee to bring a parade back a parade to...
The local CCFL soccer season has had a disrupted couple of weeks with one storm after another.
But there was plenty of action this weekend in cup and league competitions.
There were wins for Portlaoise side Towerhill Rovers and Clonaslee Utd...
The Laois GAA season is slowly beginning to get going and there was a handful of games down for decision today.
There was mixed results for the Laois ladies teams - with the ladies footballers recording an important 0-15 to...
Portarlington 26 Clane 12
Leinster League Division 3
Portarlington Rugby Club will face Garda in a playoff to see if they will be promoted to Division 2B for the 2020-21 season.
Port were 26-12 winners at home to Clane today as they...
Laois 0-15 Fermanagh 2-7
Lidl Ladies Football League Division 3
The Laois ladies recorded an impressive win over Fermanagh in McCann Park on Sunday afternoon.
This win takes Laois to six points in the group as they remain in mid-table of Division...
How to get girls 101
All of us on the beer in Limerick one night and linney meeting a lad he used to go to college with and the two of them went off trying ones so after awhile I...
This seemed like mighty craic!
The semi finals and final of the Laois Pub Bowling Tournament took place on March 10, 2004 in Roll 'n Bowl, Portlaoise.
It was an absorbing night of sport and craic.
The two semi finals saw Delaney's...
Local historian John F Headen is contributing a series of articles to LaoisToday - and in this week's piece he tells the famous story of how a band in Timahoe did battle with the Black and Tans, how some...
There a number of local candidates contesting for a seat in the Senate with nominations now closed and voting to commence later this month.
Two of the General Election candidates who were unsuccessful in Kildare South and one in Laois-Offaly...
