Down Syndrome Ireland "Laois Branch" were recently presented with a cheque for €9,000 by the Camross Truck and Tractor Run committee.
It was in aid...
Portlaoise Panthers incredible achievement of wining the All Ireland Division 1 women's National Cup last month has been recognised in the Basketball Ireland monthly...
A new director-of- Services has taken up his post with Laois County Council.
Mr Joe Delaney attended his first meeting of the local authority last...
Lions AFC in Durrow are hosting a fundraiser this Saturday, February 8 and it seems like a good one!
The Fundraising Committee have a new...
Brother Norbert Mullins sadly passed away on January 13, he turned 101 on January 10.
A Limerick native, Brother Mullins resided in Miguel House, Castletown...
Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke says that he wants to establish a stronger bond between his team and Laois people.
Laois face Cavan in...
The latest LaoisToday Talking Sport podcast is an eclectic mix of sport - hurling, football, camogie, ladies football, rugby, soccer, Australian Rules and even...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin Moore
Bourne Avenue, Ashbourne, Meath / Laois
Martin, peacefully at St. Francis Hospice,...
Here is this weekend’s complete list of sports fixtures:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
GAA
Fitzgibbon Cup Semi finals
Mary Immaculate v Carlow IT in DCU 2pm
DCU Dóchas Éireann vs...
Laois GAA people are being urged to support their local club ahead of the first All County Clubs Members Draw next month.
There is over...
The One Good Idea is a competition about taking small steps to tackle Climate Change by SEAI (Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland).
It runs every year...
Over the last week, we have went 'On the Canvass' with a number of the candidates contesting Saturday's General Election.
Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein), Sean...
The Laois Camogie Volunteer of the Year for 2019 has been named as Laetitia Lyons Delaney.
Laetitia will receive her award at a ceremony held...
A storm is brewing and is set to hit Laois this weekend.
Hail, thunder and gale force winds are predicted with the worst of it...
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And we're nearly there!!
The 2020 General Election takes place this Saturday, February 8, in the 39...
Centrepoint Carpets in Portlaoise are 30 years in business - and to celebrate they are having a massive 2-week sale.
30% off all carpets...
There has been so much election coverage over the last couple of weeks that it’s easy to become overwhelmed by it all.
Here we attempt...
Laois Open Door Theatre are in full swing once again rehearsing for their new play.
'Move Over Mrs Markham' is a spicy, saucy comedy of...
Former Laois footballer Gary Kavanagh has been appointed as the new manager of the Courtwood footballers.
The Stradbally native, who won club championships in 1997,...
Former Laois senior football manager John Sugrue has said that the Kerry U-20 job was 'too good to turn down'.
There was surprise back in...
Neighbouring Laois clubs Ballinakill and Ballypickas have joined forces for the 2020 GAA season at juvenile level.
The amalgamation will go from the U-7 grade...
There are a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on...
Sean Fleming, from the Swan in Laois, has been a TD since 1997.
Educated in the Swan NS and Heywood College in Ballinakill, he did...
It was an eventful week in basketball for Portlaoise's neighbouring schools.
The Scoil Chriost Ri U-19 basketball team claimed All Ireland Cup glory two weeks...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Anne Stapleton (née Meagher)
Kill, Kildare / Rathdowney, Laois
Stapleton (nee Meagher) (Kill and...
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 3 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates...
In the early hours of Thursday morning, a group of TY and 5th year students from Portlaoise College are setting out on a life-changing...
There is a strong Laois representation at the Early Years protest in Dublin as creche and playschool owners and staff from around the country...
Less than a week after it was announced that 20 jobs were going to be lost in Mountmellick - another 20 have come on...
Opening a new business is a hugely exciting time, a feeling that Portlaoise hairdresser, Paula Flanagan, is experiencing every minute of at the moment.
Paula...
