Director of Miguel House in Castletown, Brother Martin Curran celebrated his Golden Jubilee with fellow De La Salle Brothers last Friday.
The De La Salle Brothers made their first profession of vows in Castletown in September 1969.
The Brothers gathered in...
Yesterday we had a look at 2009's Junior Cert Results in Heywood and today, we dug a little deeper into the celebrations of 2008's Junior Cert Students.
Once again, we have Alf Harvey to thank for his work to add...
Young Ireland Gaelic Football Club, Sydney, are inviting all former members, team mates and their friends and family to celebrate 50 years as a club.
The celebration will take place in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise for an evening...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Frank Barnett
Clonduff, Rosenallis, Laois
Frank Barnett, Clonduff, Rosenallis, Co. Laois died 1st October 2019 peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Birr Community Care Centre. Deeply...
The first ever Lá Gaisce will take place this year on Wednesday, October 9 and Laois students are being asked to get involved.
Gaisce, The President’s Award will launch a special portal on its website where people who have undertaken...
Killeshin 0-17 Ballyfin 1-10
Laois Shopping Centre SFC semi-final replay
Killeshin are through to the Laois SFC final for the first time in the club's history following a thrilling win over Ballyfin in O'Moore Park this evening.
In a cracking game of...
Sixteen teams started out at the start of the Laois senior football championship - now we're down to three.
As always, Portlaoise were unbackable favourites and they have duly taken their place in the final thanks to wins over Ballylinan,...
The organisers of the Electric Picnic have been sent an unambiguous message to clean up their act and to address safety concerns before next year’s event.
Laois County Council are the licensing authority for the popular Stradbally festival which sells...
St Conleths Ladies football club launched their new SuperSkills competition last week.
The competition is due to take place on Saturday, October 19 in McCann Park, Portarlington.
It is aimed at adult ladies in Laois and surrounding areas and will give...
Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club got their 2019/2020 season off to a great start at the weekend with a 2-1 win over hosts UCD 6th.
The start of the season also saw the introduction of
some minor changes to the rules of...
Three candidates have been nominated to run for IFA President. They are Munster Regional Chairman John Coughlan from Cork, National Treasurer Tim Cullinan from Tipperary and National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods from Wicklow.
Laois IFA chairman Francie Gorman, whose own...
Who doesn't like a good trad session?
Calling all musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers. All roads lead to Dunnes Lounge Stradbally again next Friday night, October 4, for a brilliant night of Irish music, song and craic.
This session has been...
A Status Yellow wind warning has been issued across the country from 9am tomorrow (Thursday) to 6am Friday morning.
Separately, a yellow rainfall warning has also been issued nationwide and will be in place from 9am tomorrow until 9am Friday...
Anybody passing by the new schools in Portlaoise this week will have noticed a hive of activity around the beautiful luxury new homes development at Mount Stewart.
The reason being Hume Auctioneers and Hollybrook Homes are launching their stunning new...
Joe Mallon Motors Portlaoise is proud to be a part of the Renault Selection Programme since 2017.
A Renault SELECTION is a quality used Renault or Dacia under six years old with less than 120,000km and Joe Mallon Motors Portlaoise...
The past weekend was championship football at its best - even if the weather was at its absolute worst.
Two county finals on Saturday, a huge local derby in one of them, and then two gripping senior semi-finals on Sunday.
And...
Not for the first time Laois elected representatives this week once again trained their sights on the Health Minister, Simon Harris as they highlighted serious shortcomings in local services.
This time in separate motions before the Council both Cllr Conor...
It's that time of year again - the Junior Cert results!
Like every year, there is always a good photographer on hand to showcase the achievement of the students.
Alf Harvey's archives are full of gems and we couldn't resist dipping...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Christina (Dinah) Kennedy (née Keeshan)
Coolbally, Clough Village, Laois
Christina (Dinah) Kennedy (née Keeshan), Coolbally, Clough, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Died 30th September 2019, at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise,...
Laois SFC Semi-final Replay - Ballyfin v Killeshin
In O'Moore Park at 7.45pm
After a gripping drawn Laois SFC semi-final in O'Moore Park last Sunday, Ballyfin and Killeshin resume their battle tonight with Portlaoise awaiting the winners in the final on...
This week’s Car of the Week in Downey’s Autostop is a 162 Ford Ecosport which is available to buy for €12,950.
This 1.5 litre diesel car has 76,588 miles/123,253 km
The annual road tax is €200.
Additional Info
ABS
Driver Airbag
Passenger...
Porlaoise College welcomed over 600 parents and their children to their Open Evening on Thursday, 26 September.
The guests were greeted by class Prefects with a music recital and refreshments served in the school foyer and later enjoyed a presentation...
Dysart Motors, a 24-hour breakdown service and garage workshop based in Portlaoise, are looking to fill the following positions.
Qualified Mechanic
Part-time or full time
Experience with all makes of cars light commercials.
Clean driving licence
Part-time Recovery Driver
Must...
We love nothing more in LaoisToday than visiting one of the county's many primary schools.
The atmosphere of fun and vibrancy is everywhere. Most of our visits up to now have been centred on county final appearances for the school's...
“We all second that,” affirmed the Chairman, Cllr Willie Aird this week as he led unanimous support for his Council colleague Noel Tuohy’s call for the Government to restore medical cards to those in critical need.
Cllr Tuohy commended Deputy...
Homeless Laois children are being forced to commute to school from County Offaly as there is no emergency accommodation to house them closer to home.
This appalling situation emerged at this week’s Laois County Council meeting as the issue of...
Portlaoise College, in association with People First Credit Union, are hosting a Career and College Exhibition on Tuesday, October 22.
There will be over 40 exhibitors attending including all the major Universities, Institutes of Technologies as well as PLC and...
Fifty Seven Boutique and Gift Emporium opened for business in Durrow back in July - but the official opening on Friday night attracted a full house.
Owned by mother and daughter duo Mary and Jenny Miller, Durrow becomes their third...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Christina (Dinah) Kennedy (née Keeshan)
Coolbally, Clough Village, Laois
Christina (Dinah) Kennedy (née Keeshan), Coolbally, Clough, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Died 30th September 2019, at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise,...
LaoisToday has teamed up with local business Buggy Property Partners for a new sports star award that will honour the outstanding individual in local sport on a monthly basis.
The all new award will be chosen by the LaoisToday team...
