Laois TD, Brian Stanley, has described the Government’s Broadband deal as the 'worst of all options' following the announcement that the contract is to be signed today.
The plan, which Minister Michael Ring insists: "will bring high-speed internet connectivity to...
The team in Telfords are putting on an incredible sale for Black Friday this year - though it's starting a week earlier than usual and running until the first Sunday in December.
Their massive sale - with savings across a...
Local physio Darren Conroy and Laois emigrant Chrissie Lynch Navarre have set up a volunteer group here in Laois called Santa's Helpers.
The aim of this group is to raise funds to help Santa deliver Christmas presents to families who...
Laois GAA has announced that it is adding two more award winners to its roll for this year.
Following the conclusion of the U-20 hurling championship at the weekend, Camross's Eoin Gaughan has been chosen as Player of the Year.
The...
The Irish Pub Awards National Final takes place tomorrow and two Laois establishments are in the running.
The Fishermans Inn in Fisherstown, just between Ballybrittas and Vicarstown, won in the East Region.
They were named the victors in the Best Outdoor...
This week’s Car of the Week in Downey’s Autostop is a 141 Ford Focus which is available to buy for €11,500.
This 1.4 litre diesel car has 59,886 miles/96,375 km.
The annual road tax is €190.
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Portlaoise 1 Three Rock Rovers 1
Leinster Hockey League Division 9
Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club and Three Rock Rovers 3 rd proved to be very well-matched in Saturday’s league match and as a result an exciting game ensued with both teams...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Hilda Johnston (née Thompson)
Downings North, Prosperous, Kildare / Mountmellick, Laois
Johnston (nee Thompson), Hilda, Downings Nth., Prosperous, Co. Kildare and late of Clonaghdoo, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, November 16th...
Here are all the latest CCFL fixtures and results.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15
Division 3A
Derry Rovers B 1 Rosenallis B 1
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16
John Farrell Combined Counties Cup 1st Round
Castlepollard Celtic 3 Grange Utd 1
Longford Town Cruisers 1 Colmcille Celtic 3
Moydow FC 2...
Our School series brings us to St Joseph's NS in Borris-in-Ossory this week where principal Kevin Horgan, a Cork man who has been in this role since 1997 having previously worked in Ballyfin NS, welcomed us and gave us...
The Barrowhouse GAA club continued their centenary celebrations on Saturday night when they gathered in the Seven Oaks Hotel for a dinner dance to mark the 100th anniversary of the clubs establishment.
The small club just outside Athy also launched...
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Rathdowney-Errill manager John Delaney was extremely gracious in defeat as his charges saw their Leinster dreams ended by St Mullin's in Carlow yesterday.
Speaking to Jack Nolan on Midlands 103 after the game, Delaney...
Abbeyleix South National School pupils were crowned 'Best Mixed Media Award' at the FÍS Film Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony took place in in the Helix, Dublin on Thursday, November 13.
FÍS is a film project for primary schools that introduces children...
Two Laois players will jet off to the Middle East this week to take part in this year's All-Star hurling game.
The 2019 team will take on the 2018 selection in an exhibition game in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
As Joe...
Gardai have resumed a search for a Laois man missing for almost a year who is suspected to have been murdered.
William Delaney, a native of Tipperary but resident in Fieldbrook in Portlaoise in recent times, went missing on January...
The Portlaoise and Rosenallis footballers go centre stage again this weekend in their Leinster club campaigns - with both facing semi-final action.
Portlaoise take on Carlow champions Eire Og in the game of the weekend in the Leinster senior club...
A vile rapist has been thrown into solitary confinement after allegedly threatening to rape a female officer in Midlands Prison Portlaoise - according to the Irish Daily Star.
The paper reports that Eoin Berkeley, 25, is believed to have told...
It’s a grave situation. Laois is losing the plots.
Space is running out in some of the counties 27 local authority managed cemeteries.
Nowhere is the problem more critical than in Portlaoise. But rest assured, you will be able to rest...
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The Laois football leagues could be restructured for the 2020 season if new proposals from the Laois GAA Fixtures Review and Planning Committee are passed by the clubs.
They are proposing that the top five divisions of the league be...
The Laois senior hurling championship should continue in its current format but start before the lower grades - according to proposals being put forward by the county's fixtures review and planning committee.
The proposals were sent to the clubs last...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Charlotte Neale (née Sixsmith)
Crettyard, Kilkenny/Carlow/Laois
Charlotte Neale died November 14th peacefully after a long illness. Loving wife of the late Leeson, mother of Leeson, Malcolm and the late Alma,...
The new series of Winning Streak is only three weeks old but already we have a Laois person set to appear.
Portarlington native Mary O'Neill will become the first Laois person to take part when she takes to the RTE...
The race is on to win €15,000 – and the Mahers from Laois continued their fantastic start tonight.
The Mahers took on three other families in the Hell & Back course where the bottom two families after two events would...
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Rathdowney-Errill's dreams of reaching their first ever Leinster final were ended in cruel circumstances in Carlow this afternoon.
Instead it was St Mullin's who made history as they progressed to their first provincial decider...
1 - End of an era as O'Loughlins move on from popular Portlaoise hotel
We said goodbye to the O'Loughlins as they move on to the next chapter.
2 - Seven Talking Points as Portlaoise win a crazy game in Aughrim
There...
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Rathdowney-Errill 1-19 St Mullin's 2-17
AIB Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final
Rathdowney-Errill's dreams of making a first ever Leinster final is over after they were beaten in cruel circumstances by St Mullin's in Netwatch...
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Camross 0-4 St Rynagh's 4-20
Leinster Intermediate Club Camogie Final
Camross’s hopes of winning the Leinster intermediate camogie club title were dashed in Ashbourne this afternoon as they were overpowered by an exceptional St Rynagh’s...
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The big day has arrived for Rathdowney-Errill.
We're live from Carlow as the Laois club go in search of a place in the Leinster final for the first time in their history.
John Delaney’s charges,...
This week for Property Watch we look at homes in Laois that are in the €275,000 to €300,000 price bracket.
If that sounds like your budget, then we recommend you look at the four houses we have listed below, all...
