On Wednesday March 4, the prefects in Mountrath Community school held a most successful coffee morning for their classmates.
A prefect is a pupil who...
Students from Portlaoise, Vicarstown and Ballylinan have excelled in the field of athletics recently.
Canice Whearty is a 6th year student in Knockbeg College and...
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...
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,...
Former Mountrath Community School student Christopher Carew has been honoured for outstanding academic success achieved during his first year of studying medicine at University...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Laois County Council is seeking expressions of interest from Occupational Therapists to provide assessments for applications relating to the Housing Adaptation Grant for People...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming has confirmed that capital funding has been provided by the HSE to commence planning for a new Primary Care...
A massive fundraiser has been launched for baby Dan Donoher, son of Niall and Aisling Donoher from Ballybrittas, who has been diagnosed with a...
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...
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...
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The Laois U-20 footballers saw their season ended by Dublin in Netwatch Cullen Park on Friday...
The local GAA season is beginning to get going and over the weekend we had our first fixtures in the Division 2 of the...
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,...
In an era where a number of St Patrick’s Day parades are being cancelled around the country – this Laois village is bringing theirs...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
