This weeks addition to our Women in Sport segment is Portlaoise Hockey captain, April Kent.
Following the Irish Ladies Hockey team's qualification for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, we felt it was fitting to look closer to home at Portlaoise...
Dessie Brennan is a legend.
No, that’s a bit of an understatement. He’s a living legend. A legend in his own lifetime.
That’s the sort of thing he’d kill you for saying. For the gregarious and outgoing larger-than-life character is quite...
Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has spoken out over the lack of attention and the neglect of the Abbeyleix hospital.
Deputy Stanley said: “Eight years after a public campaign and legal action to save Abbeyleix Hospital, matters are no further...
Ahead of this weekend's Leinster quarter-final clash between Portlaoise and Wicklow's St Patricks, we caught up with Portlaoise's flying forward, Benny Carroll.
Benny made his Portlaoise senior debut in 2017 against Arles Kilcruise, collecting three senior county club medals to...
Laois teenager Colin Conroy has been selected for the Republic of Ireland U-17 soccer team who will play in three European Qualifiers in Cork next week.
The St Kevin's Boys/Bohemians midfielder has been chosen as part of a 20-man squad...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael Harney
Baldoyle, Dublin / Portlaoise, Laois
HARNEY, Michael - November. 6, 2019, (Baldoyle and formerly of Portlaoise) beloved partner and best of friend Joan; very sadly missed by...
Just a couple of weeks after the departure of Maurice Browne, Killeshin have swooped in quickly to replace him.
Kerry native Karl O'Dwyer will be the man on the sideline for the defeated senior football finalists in 2019.
Karl, son of...
Knockbeg 2-9 Maynooth PP Schools 1-6
Top Oil Leinster Post Primary Schools Senior Football ‘A’ Group B
Knockbeg College have made the perfect start to their Leinster senior football campaign with a six point win over Maynooth in Graiguecullen this afternoon.
The...
The Chinese have a saying that there is nothing under the sun that is not political.
And so it is. Even the make-up of Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) on the Council.
When the matter came before the monthly meeting of the...
Brian 'Bruno' McCormack was the worthy recipient of ‘Sports Star of the Month’ as he picked up his award in Property Partners Buggy yesterday.
The award honours outstanding individuals in local sport on a monthly basis presented by Tommy Buggy...
Laois members of the Fianna Fail party have been asked to attend a special meeting this evening in O'Loughlin's Hotel to discuss the upcoming General Election.
Last week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed that an election would not take place before...
Fr Sean Hyland of Portarlington is set to make an appearance on Nationwide to talk about his extraordinary life and book 'Whisperings of my Soul'.
He will appear on air on the 8th of November to discuss with Mary Kennedy...
We were all star struck in the LaoisToday offices this week as we had a professional athlete in our midst.
Portlaoise native Zach Tuohy dropped in to say hello as he is back in Ireland following the conclusion of the...
On Friday November 8, over 600 medical students will hit the streets collecting for some money for some great causes in Trinity-affiliated hospitals.
'Trinity Med Day' is a student-led fundraising event endorsed by the School of Medicine at Trinity College...
After two very successful book launches in Stradbally and Graiguecullen the book 'They took the U.S.A by Storm' written by Portlaoise's Brian Delaney sold out.
The book details the Laois team of 1938 and their historic trip to the U.S.A...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Taaffe
5 Droimnin, Stradbally, Laois
Late of Ballymanus. Peacefully at Portlaoise General Hospital. Survived by her loving sister Kathryn, brother-in-law Jim, nephews John, Brian and Gavin, cousins, relatives...
You can't beat stories!
Pat Critchley, one of Laois's greatest characters, story tellers and sportsmen, is to launch a new book - a collection of 'stories, yarns and poems'.
Eleven years after his much acclaimed autobiography Hungry Hill, Critchley is set to release...
After months and months of delays, traffic congestion and frustration, the brand new Portlaoise Southern Circular Road officially on Friday November 1
The project was initially due to be finished in July but the date was pushed back to today...
Our weekly GAA Podcast is back.
We're on to Episode 60 now and this time we review the last seven days as well preview the next seven.
Steven Miller is joined once again by Alan Hartnett as they run their eye...
The world we live in today is dominated in one way or another by social media.
And for all its good uses - the most overwhelming downside of it is the amount of abuse that users throw at each other...
Recently the Garda Síochána of Laois and Offaly have issued a statement regarding the circulation of counterfeit bank notes.
They gave a brief guide on how to spot a counterfeit and stated that a fake €20 note was found in...
The full funding of €5,067,941 sought by Kildare and Laois County Councils and Waterways Ireland to progress the Barrow Blueway project from Lowtown in Robertstown to Vicarstown and Athy has been confirmed this morning by Minister for Rural &...
The second ever Laois Divisional football competition came to an end on Saturday night in Stradbally.
The county was split up into four conferences and manager Mike Quirke has said he will be using it as a part of a...
On the morning of the 23rd of October in the Portlaoise Parish centre there was a great fundraiser in aid of the homeless charity Pieta House.
A coffee morning, organised by Thomas Lynch, turned out to be a great success...
The Laois Chamber of Commerce are really beginning to make their presence felt around the county and they are holding their first big event since their launch with a business breakfast later this month in the Killeshin Hotel.
Pat McDonagh,...
A Portlaoise family have set up a GoFundMe page for their little boy, Jamie who is in need of medical support.
Seven-year-old Jamie Mannion has blue eyes, a beautiful smile and curly hair.
He is the second child of Siobhan and...
Cocaine is everywhere in Laois. Possession of drugs offences in Laois so far this year are up by a quarter.
That’s the stark warning from the region’s top Garda and it’s borne out in the latest crime statistics, the local...
The Laois Lions wheelchair team recently hosted Ex-Ireland rugby player Brian O'Driscoll at their training base in Vicarstown Community Centre.
This visit was a part of a campaign by Gym and Coffee to tell amazing stories of communities coming together...
Latest Toyota offers include APR from 2.9%, trade-in boosters up to €3,000- and 3-years servicing as standard
Largest range of hybrids in Ireland on show
Des Hughes Motors is delighted to announce its Hybrid Advantage event in conjunction with...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Stuart McCarthy
Ballintlea, Stradbally, Laois
Passed away peacefully surrounded by his beloved wife Marion and family at his home. Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his devoted wife and...
