Our very own Emo Court will be featured on RTÉ's 'Great Irish Interiors' series tonight.
The episode is the last in the series and looks closely at Emo Court which was handed over to the state 25 years ago.
The show's...
This was - and still is - a huge blow for the Laois senior footballers for 2020.
The Laois senior footballers will begin life under Mike Quirke on Saturday with Round 1 of the O’Byrne Cup against Offaly – but...
There is a busy weekend in store for multiple county squads as they play their first games of 2020.
The senior and U-20 footballers are away in their opening games of the year while the senior hurlers are at home...
Anything baby related is heart warming and this story definitely is! A very different kind of story.
This really is something that is very unique.
Meet the Laois baby with the extraordinary connection to the number 19.
Stradbally baby Jack Shirley was...
This, back in July, was an appalling incident.
A convicted murderer attacked five prison officers and stabbed one of them in an incident at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.
Niall O’Connor reports that Brian Veale carried...
What a great night at the Laois GAA Awards.
We look forward to next year already!
There was glitz glamour and plenty of silverware at this year’s Laois GAA Awards, held in the Midlands Park Hotel on Friday night.
Awards winners and...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sean Brophy
St Fintan's Tce, Durrow, Laois
Peacefully at his residence, husband of the late Maura and predeceased by his brothers Tommy, Martin and sister Eileen.
Deeply regretted by his...
During the Electric Picnic, several of the acts mentioned being in Dublin, Laois people were raged by this!
'Dublin, let me hear you make some noise!!!!'
No - because you are over 80 kilometres away and unless you have supersonic hearing...
The inter-county season roars back into life this weekend with three Laois teams set to be in action.
And two of those - the seniors and U-20 footballers - have named their teams for games on Saturday.
The Laois seniors are...
According to a local councillor, the status of new occupants at a Portarlington hotel was questioned by local people in June.
The status of new occupants at a Portarlington hotel has been questioned by local people, according to a local...
In May, disqualified driver was found 10 times over the legal limit of alcohol.
A disqualified driver has been found 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol at local checkpoint this morning, Saturday May 4.
Offaly Roads Policing carried out...
Back in November, O'Dempsey's announced they had a new manager.
O’Dempsey’s have appointed former player Francis Finn as their new senior football manager for the 2020 season.
Finn will become the club’s eight different manager in the last seven years and...
It must be the most crashed-into bridge in the county - if not further afield.
Traffic is being diverted in Portlaoise this Thursday lunchtime following an accident which saw an articulated lorry get stuck under a railway bridge in the...
Back in May, a family-run pub in Ballylinan, Flemings Pub, went under new management.
Little can sum up the impact a meeting place has had on an area in the way that Fleming’s Pub has had on Ballylinan over the years.
The historic...
At the end of October, a Laois family won huge money in the EuroMillions draw.
It was a family reunion like no other today as a large family from the midlands held an impromptu family gathering in National Lottery HQ...
Back in April, this Laois hotel got a prestigious honour.
A Laois hotel has been named as one of the best castle hotels in Europe.
Historic Hotels Europe has named Castle Durrow as one of the 20 best castle hotels in...
This story, from back in April, is absolutely gas!
Well this is some get-up!
A Laois bride-to-be was pictured wearing a very interesting outfit at her hen party.
Roisin Behan and her army of merry women descended on Galway for a weekend...
This news broke earlier last month and will be a big boost for Rosenallis in 2020.
Laois footballer John O’Loughlin is set to transfer from Dublin side St Brigid’s – who he has been with for the last eight years – to Rosenallis where...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Bill Davis
Wolfe Tone Court, Mountmellick Laois
Bill Davis, Wolfe Tone Court, Mountmellick, Co. Laois passed away peacefully after a long illness, bravely borne, in the loving care of...
Back in January, this Laois pub received a fine accolade.
This is a fine accolade for any establishment to get.
The Sunday World ‘Pub Spy’ spent the previous year visiting various public houses all over the country.
And following that, the paper...
We always love to see Laois people on TV - and back in January 2019, Jackie Doheny stole the show!
There were great scenes on RTE tonight as a well-known Laois man won big on Winning Streak, spinning the wheel,...
Laois GAA chiefs were not happy about this back in November.
Laois GAA have hit out at a company who are currently canvassing businesses and clubs for advertising in an ‘unofficial’ calendar.
LaoisToday understands that a company called ‘Choice Media’ have...
There were many houses on the market throughout the year and these were any handy man's dream to work on.
Last week, we looked at some of Laois's most expensive houses.
However, this week we show some of the cheaper homes...
The owner of Facebook was in Ireland back in April and one of our reporters got up close and personal.
He was the most sought after man in Dublin yesterday, but only one journalist in the country got to have...
In an age of political flux, 2020 as it approaches, is highly unusual with the degree of certainty it already offers.
The political demon that is Brexit and the ambiguity that has surrounded it for the past three years will...
That was hard!
Picking any team is a tough challenge but when we decided to select the best Laois football team of the past 20 years - following on from what the Belfast-based Irish News had done with the nine Ulster...
This fire back in January 2019 caused a lot of damage.
A well-known Laois pub has been extensively damaged by a fire in the early hours of this morning.
Emergency services attended a fire at Caoch O’Leary’s in Ballacolla – with...
Back in October, a young Laois man caused something of a stir Down Under.
A Portlaoise native will be part of Love Island Australia which begins on TV next week.
23-year-old Eoghan Murphy, who grew up in Portlaoise but moved to Australia in...
Back in 2017, we broke the news that John Sugrue was going to become the Laois football manager.
We repeated the trick again in September with news of Mike Quirke.
LaoisToday understands that the selection committee have reached a decision on...
When this years Junior Cert results came out, we looked back at Heywood CS celebrating their results back in 2009.
It’s that time of year again – the Junior Cert results!
Like every year, there is always a good photographer on...
