Portlaoise Pantomime Group will stage their 36th pantomime 'Robin Hood' in Dunamaise Arts Centre this year from Saturday January 18 till Saturday January 25.
Shows are nightly at 8pm with matinees on Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th and Saturday 25th at...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
William Hughes
Oaklawn, Portlaoise, Laois / Johnstown, Kilkenny
Hughes, Oaklawn, Portlaoise and late of Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny. William, beloved husband of recently deceased wife Ann and dearly loved mum...
Laois's first home water birth of the year took place earlier this month and mum Colette Duff says it was a positive experience that she'd happily recommend to other mothers-to-be.
Little Jenny Duff entered the world on Thursday, January 2,...
The Laois U-20 footballers will bring the curtain down on their pre-season John Kerins Cup competition tomorrow afternoon when they welcome last year's All Ireland finalists Dublin to the LOETB Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise.
Manager Eddie Kinsella has made...
Heritage House have organised a lovely event to mark Brigid's Day, or Imbolc, 2020.
All proceeds go towards the upkeep of The Old North School building (Charity Number 12025) which requires huge maintenance and repairs.
Why not come and gather together...
A whole litany of issues which need to be tackled in a Laois village have been well ventilated this week.
The matters concerning Ballaghmore were first thrashed out at an Area Municipal meeting of the Council and later last night...
Another attack on sheep, carried out by three dogs, took place yesterday and Laois Dog Warden Services are urging dog owners to ID Tag.
The attack took place yesterday in Fermoyle, between Durrow and Ballinakill.
The farmer is still locating his...
This one is for the die hard Laois fans!
The Rock of Dunamase features in a new app that aims to 'bring history alive'.
The castle has been included in TimeTour, which allows users to explore the current day ruins of...
A table quiz is being held in the Deadmans Inn, Ballyfin on Friday January 24 at 8.30pm.
The table quiz is being organised by Ballyfin Vintage & Veteran Club. An entry fee of €40 applies for a table of 4...
January is one of the biggest months of the year in the insurance industry according to experts at the online insurance broker group.
The insurance experts say that hundreds of thousands of people throughout Ireland either take out or review...
A proposal to introduce a one-way traffic system for the town of Durrow has been greeted with an emphatic thumbs down by the local councillor.
The suggestion was floated this week by Cllr John King, but was quickly knocked on...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Patricia (Pat) KELLY (née Grehan)
Clonskeagh, Dublin / Mountmellick, Laois
KELLY (née Grehan) Patricia (Pat) (Clonskea and formerly of Mountmellick, Co. Laois) January 15, 2020 - in her 103rd year,...
Ballyroan-Abbey U-14s were presented with their Feile winning medals at a ceremony recently.
The lads triumphed in the Laois 'B' competition back in April.
They took on The Harps where they ran out narrow one point victors.
There was little or nothing...
Laois GAA have launched their new kit vans for 2020, sponsored by Downey’s Autostop.
The Downey family have for years been proud supporters of Laois GAA and we delighted to continue that tradition.
This is the second year they have sponsored Laois...
Paddy Bracken spelled it out in no uncertain terms.
Someone is going to be killed at Turley’s Corner in Mountmellick unless something is done with the junction of the R422 and R423, better known local as the roads to Garryhinch...
Secondary students across Laois are dreaming of a Final appearance in Croke Park in 2020 as the Local Enterprise Offices’ Student Enterprise Programme for 2019/2020 was launched.
The programme, which is Ireland’s largest business and enterprise programme for second level...
The draw for the Leinster minor football and hurling championships have been made.
Mark Bates' footballers and Liam Dunne's hurlers are both drawn in groups and there are slight changes to both competitions for this year.
MINOR FOOTBALL
The Laois minor footballers,...
Tickets for the Hula Hoops National Cup final are on sale now!
They went on sale this afternoon after the fixtures for the fixtures for the finals were announced at the beginning of the week.
All games will be played in...
Gardai are investigating a number of burglaries in Laois yesterday.
They happened between 9am and 6pm in the Ballyroan and Attanagh areas in Laois.
Gardai are appealing for information and have launched the following appeal.
They say: "Gardaí in Portlaoise are investigating...
Trilogy Triathlon Club is gearing up for its annual triathlon, TriLaois on Saturday, April 4 in Portlaoise Leisure Centre.
As part of the preparations the club is holding a launch night tonight in Joe Mallon Motors from 7:30-8:30pm.
On the launch...
Now that Love Island is back on our screens we were very fortunate to hear from the Laois man that was on the Australian version of the show last summer.
Eoghan Murphy, a native of Portlaoise moved to Australia when...
A horse with huge Laois connections romped to victory over the weekend in Punchestown.
'My Club Colours', owned by Gaels Racing Club, triumphed at odds of 9/1 in the Irish Jockeys Association Mares Handicap Hurdle on Sunday on the Kildare...
A student from Laois has won a major prize at this year's BT Young Scientist Exhibition.
Evan Hogg from The Swan is a 5th year student at Heywood Community School.
Evan won the Social and Behavioural Senior Individual first place award...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Tom Lodge
Rathmoyle, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully in the care of the Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Deeply regretted by his loving sisters Ann (Crowe), Norrie (Roach), Betty (O'Brien) and Jean (Behan),...
Here are the latest golf results from the week gone by.
THE HEATH GOLF CLUB
Gents Competition 12th January 2020
Result of closed singles 9 holes
1st Martin Cashen (7) 23Pts
2nd Emlyn O Reilly (10) 22Pts (Back 3)
Ladies Competition 11th January 2020
Running Competition...
People Before Profit have entered the political fray in Laois-Offaly.
The Party will field a candidate in a general election in this constituency for the first time ever for the February 8 election.
Their candidate is well known Portlaoise man, Stephen...
A Laois County Councillor has called for improvements to be made to what she called a 'spooky' pedestrian path under a bridge in Portlaoise.
Fine Gael's Thomasina Connell asked for a review of the walking surface of the path under...
Kite Entertainment (makers of 'Ireland's Fittest Family' and 'Gogglebox Ireland') is in development for a new dating show.
They are looking to match rural romantics with city slickers in the hope that the dates from the city will ditch their...
Gardai in Laois arrested a disqualified driver last night.
Portlaoise Roads Policing Unit detected a driver speeding near Ballacolla on the M7.
When they stop the motorist, they discovered it was a disqualified driver.
Gardai say: "Another Disqualified driver detected today by...
A Laois man, who would not be here today only for the availability of the Portlaoise Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department, has written an open letter imploring people to make keeping the hospital fully operational their main priority in...
