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Camross will take on Offaly's St Ryangh's in the AIB Leinster Intermediate Camgoie Championship final this afternoon.
The game is set to be a cracker as both teams are evenly matched and both hungry...
2020 is just around the corner and Laois is to get another superb local calendar to mark the occasion.
This time it’s not calendar girls strutting their stuff but rather bugs, bees, birds and butterflies are the featured attractions.
The Abbeyleix...
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Laois senior hurling champions Rathdowney-Errill take on their Carlow counterparts St Mullin's this afternoon in the Leinster club championship this afternoon with the prize for the winners a place in the final against...
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This afternoon Rathdowney-Errill will aim to become to first Laois side to reach the Leinster senior club hurling final since 2001 when Castletown fell to an all-conquering Birr side after a replay.
But what...
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,...
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And the silverware keeps coming for Camross.
The club's senior team may have missed out on claiming an historic third Laois county title in a row but it was still a fruitful season for...
Portlaoise 1-11 Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-8
2001 - Laois U-21 FC Final
This week's Remember the Game looks back on the Laois U-21 football county final from this time 18 years ago.
Portlaoise claimed their fifth U-21 title in a row in...
Raheen Parish Gaels 1-17 Camross 3-19
Laois Shopping Centre U-20 Hurling Championship final
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Camross took the U20 title this afternoon in O'Moore Park.
They had a dream start with strong performances from Oisin Bennett and Eoin...
Laois 1-14 Limerick 1-10
U-16 Fr Manning Cup Semi-final
Laois's U-16 Footballers booked their place in the Final of the Fr Manning Cup after a four point win over Limerick on a cold afternoon at the LOETB Centre of Excellence.
Noel Coss,...
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The last Laois club hurling championship game of the season takes place in O'Moore Park this afternoon as Camross and Raheen Parish Gaels in the Laois U-20 HC final.
It is the first year...
Where do the years go at all?
The Portlaoise Musical Society begin their latest season tonight in the Dunamaise Arts Centre when they put on Ragtime the Musical.
The award-winning group - who were honoured at national level last year for...
The Republic of Ireland U-17s collected their second win of the initial qualifying phase with a 3-1 victory over Montenegro in Turner's Cross last night.
Portlaoise's Colin Conroy was once again selected in midfield for the clash as his side...
Our occasional columnist Bronwyn Cuddy writes this week about bizarre Vsco Girls craze.
Stereotypes are nothing new.
We’ve all fallen foul of the ‘in-thing’ at some stage or another in our lives.
In the 60s it was Flower Power and denim flares,...
Fintan O’ Toole (Irish Times) recently wrote: “In 1992, the concept of limbo - a place for the souls of infants who died before they could be baptised and who therefore merited neither Heaven nor hell, was dropped from...
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Laois U-20 HC Final - Camross v Raheen Parish Gaels
In O'Moore Park at 2.30pm
The last Laois club hurling game of the year is a novel one as Camross, perennial contenders in all grades,...
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Rathdowney-Errill will bid to become the first Laois club in 17 years to reach a Leinster senior club hurling final when they face St Mullin's of Carlow on Sunday in Netwatch Cullen Park.
John...
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Rathdowney-Errill 2-11 Camross 1-9
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Final 2010
Rathdowney-Errill will look to reach their first ever Leinster senior club hurling championship final when they face St Mullin's of Carlow on Sunday in Netwatch...
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It is a big weekend for Camross as they take on Offaly Champions, St Rynaghs in the AIB Leinster Intermediate Club Final on Sunday.
Camross have got multiple great wins under their belts after defeating...
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,...
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland is encouraging families affected by brain injury to join their support group in Laois.
Every year in Ireland an estimated 19,000 new brain injuries are acquired from causes including stroke, road traffic accidents, brain tumours, falls...
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Ahead of this weekend's Leinster final, we caught up with Camross legend and club chairperson, Tina Cuddy.
You don't have to be from Camross to heard of Tina because she is a legend in...
Portlaoise Musical Society are well known for their outstanding talent and achievements.
The town has eagerly awaited this year's production of Ragtime The Musical which will run from Saturday (tomorrow), November 16-23.
The society put on a sensational production of the...
National Science Week was a big hit across the county with many people partaking in different events.
This year's theme was 'Climate Action' and Camross Parish Development Association planted a number of trees in their New Village Park in the...
It has been a very busy period for the students in Portlaoise College and here are some of the things they have been up to.
German Trip
On Thursday October 24, 22 5th and 6th year students who study German went...
Twenty six Laois clubs and organisations have been awarded funding totalling over €670,000 in this year's Sports Capital Grants.
The announcement was made this morning by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross and Minister of State for Tourism...
A Laois woman has made a desperate plea to have a ring that was stolen from her home this morning returned to her.
Ashling O'Neill returned home from work this afternoon to find that her home in Whitefields in Portarlington...
Its time to root through the wardrobes and get out the shoulder pads because there's a 80's Disco Party Night this Saturday in The Gandon Inn.
The Heath's Tess O’Donoghue, has been chosen along with 13 other girls from her...
News of Electric Picnic's nomination in the European Festival Awards has brought great excitement in Laois today.
The Stradbally festival was nominated for 'Best Festival' and from our own experience, we strongly agree.
In order to claim the award, Electric Picnic...
What a great initiative!
Schools from Laois will be celebrating Clean Air Week from the November 18 November 22 to by undertaking activities and events to stress the importance of clean air and reduced air pollution at their school gates.
This...
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has called on his party colleague Simon Harris to visit Portlaoise Hospital before Christmas.
Speaking at the Laois-Offaly Garda Youth Awards this week, the Fine Gael TD revealed that he extended an invite to Mr...
