Scoil Chriost Ri Senior A Basketball team are through to the All Ireland Cup Quarter Final following an away win against Colaiste Mhuire Ennis.
They exploded out of the blocks with a powerful display of fast break-full press basketball which...
Laois SHC 'A' Final - Rosenallis v The Harps
In O'Moore Park at 2pm
The opening game in O'Moore Park sees Rosenallis and The Harps meet in the SHC 'A' final, with the prize of senior hurling up for grabs in...
The Laois Divisional Football Competition got underway with the first of three double headers taking place in the LOETB Centre of Excellence this evening.
The West got the better of 2018 champions the East in the first game while the...
Today sees the first round of the Laois Divisional Competition get up and running.
A total of 126 players have been split into four different districts in the county.
We have all the updates as the East face the West at...
Portlaoise 3-19 Abbeyleix St Lazarians 1-12
Midlands Park U-15 'A' Hurling Championship Final
Portlaoise overcame Abbeyleix St Lazarians this afternoon in the U-15 hurling county final in the Laois GAA Training Centre.
Portlaoise fell behind in the opening minutes going 1-5 to...
The 2020 All Ireland football championship will see a major change introduced - with Division 3 and 4 counties no longer permitted to play in the Qualifiers and will instead play in a new Tier 2 competition.
And it could...
This year Music Generation Laois hosts the biggest and most ambitious Tionól, residential festival to date.
Reaching out to over 80 children from across the 32 counties of Ireland, the unique 3-day program of workshops and performances, brings together players...
The Harps will take on Rosenallis on Sunday at 2pm in the Senior A hurling final.
Ahead of the game we caught up with Richie Saunders, the flying wing back for The Harps.
He is the latest subject of our My...
The Harps 3-12 Borris-Kilcotton 0-16
2013 Laois MHC Final
At the end of the last decade and the start of this one, Borris-Kilcotton started appearing in minor finals each year like clockwork.
In all they played in six minor finals in a...
The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region was controversial long before this Autumn. Self-described
orthodox Catholics have worried over its potential impact far from the Amazon.
One of the issues to be discussed at the synod is the acute shortage...
A Laois man living over in Melbourne, Australia has been awarded a Gaelic All Star award 2019 by Australia GAA.
John Booth, who is originally from the Heath but has been living in Melbourne for the last number of years...
Laois GAA recently lost one of their longest serving coaches in Andrew Kavanagh who has stepped down from his position after being in the job for over seven years.
This is the latest departure from the Laois Development Office as...
The annual nationwide Bin It! campaign continued with visits to schools across the country in a bid to educate and raise awareness of issues surrounding litter and correct litter disposal amongst students.
The campaign arrived in Laois with visits to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sr. Claire Marie O'CONNELL
Holy Family Convent, Naas Road, Newbridge, Kildare / Rathdowney, Laois
O’ CONNELL, Sr. Claire Marie (Newbridge, Co. Kildare and formally of Rathdowney, Co. Laois) - 17th...
Rosenallis will take on The Harps on Sunday at 2pm in the Senior A hurling final.
Ahead of the game we caught up with Stephen Kelly, the promising Rosenallis keeper.
The Rosenallis goalkeeper played in goals for Laois at both minor...
The Heath Golf Club fundraiser held on September 28th proved to be a tremendous success.
The sun was shining down across the course and the spirits were high by all participants and spectators.
A total of 41 teams participated including club...
The Rathdowney-Errill hurlers were hugely disappointed to lose the 2018 county final to Camross and by their standards they're now enduring a bit of a famine since their last taste of glory.
The two clubs came together in 2005 to...
There's nothing like county final season to bring the best out in local communities.
When that county final is against one of your nearest and dearest rivals then things go up another level again.
And so it was when we visited...
Building inflation is back with a bang it seems and apparently no one wants to do a small job again.
As County Councillors wrestle with how best to spend their funds and try to get more bang for their buck...
St Colmans NS in Stradbally are set to launch an ambitious fundraising plan to develop their recently acquired playing pitch.
Back in 2016, a two-acre site was purchased at the side of the school thanks to funds donated by Electric...
Ghost estates that blighted many Laois towns after the banking and property crash of a decade ago may be banished, but the problems still haunting numerous boom time housing estates still remain.
Right across the county in towns and even...
In this week's 'Women in Sport' we caught up with Mo Nerney.
While Mo is best known for he influence and talent on both the Laois ladies football team and Timahoe ladies team, she is also a gifted soccer player...
LittleHill Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, Ireland’s hen rescue charity, is appealing to kind hearted people across Laois to consider offering loving homes to hens in need.
The idea for LittleHill animal rescue & sanctuary was conceived several years ago when...
A Laois County Councillor has called for safety measures to be undertaken to make one of Portlaoise's busiest areas safer for pedestrians.
Cllr Thomasina Connell asked for 'interim works at Lyster Square' to allow pedestrians to cross the area safely.
She...
The Laois senior hurling final takes place this Sunday at 4pm in O’Moore Park.
Rathdowney-Errill are up against Borris-Kilcotton and ahead of the game, we caught up with Rathdowney-Errill's roving wing forward Eoin Bourke.
The free-scoring forward is the latest subject...
Good news this week for communities right across the county who have been fundraising and preparing to establish CCTV Schemes in their localities.
There had been outstanding issues which posed an impediment to the progress on such schemes in terms...
A call for drain cleaning on all minor storm drains in and around Mountmellick was made at the recent Municipal District meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick district.
Cllr Paddy Bracken put forward the motion in the lead up to the winter...
We've had some great guests in with us over the past couple of weeks discussing the busy GAA season - but ahead of this weekend's Laois Senior and Senior 'A' finals, we've arguably our most high profile guest of...
Portlaoise Panthers player Faith Umeh has been selected to represent Ireland in the U-17 Women's team for the 2019/2020 season.
Head coach Karl Kilbride announced a strong 24 women panel last week which included the talented 15 year old.
Faith is...
Open since September, Akayu, a Sushi noodle bar, has already become a popular spot for diners in Portlaoise.
Initially there was some confusion about previous the name of the restaurant Okayu as there was a restaurant of the same name in...
