This week for Property Watch we look at homes in Portlaoise that are in the €189,000 to €210,000 price bracket.
If that sounds like your budget, then we recommend you look at the five houses we have listed below, all...
This piece was first published on the LaoisToday website on July 21, 2019.
Laois is no stranger to people who arrive in the county to work and who for one reason or another decide to stay and make the county...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on May 4, 2018
There's an old joke that compares professional soccer players to their amateur inter-county counterparts in Gaelic games.
"Retired soccer players get testimonials," it goes. "Retired GAA players play Junior 'B'."
Other...
Only the really lucky ones are still playing football at this time of year - those still standing are playing in Leinster club competitions.
So with the local season all but done and dusted (with the exception of a couple...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on March 1, 2017
Knockbeg College boys secondary school has been home to thousands of Laois lads since it first opened in 1793.
Originally a boarding school only, it opened its doors to day...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Beere
Ballydavis, Portlaoise, Laois
Beere, Ballydavis, Portlaoise (R32Y7CX), October 27th, 2019, at the Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, in his 94th year. Paddy, beloved...
The race is on to win €15,000 - and the Laois family who are competing have made a brilliant start.
Nicholas, Fionn, Cara and Meave Maher from Killeshin got their journey underway tonight in the new season of the RTE...
Laois and Slieve Bloom hurler Ben Conroy is celebrating tonight after he helped his adopted club claim the London Senior hurling championship following a dramatic county final in Ruislip.
Conroy's Robert Emmett's and St Gabriel's could not be separated at...
Portlaoise 39 Naas 13
Hosie Cup Semi Final
Portlaoise are through to the final of the Hosie Cup following a comprehensive 26 point win over Naas yesterday.
A man of the match display from Paidie Burke certainly helped Portlaoise but this was...
Sarsfields 1-7 Foxrock-Cabinteely 4-6
Leinster Ladies Senior Club Football Championship Final
Dublin champions Foxrock-Cabinteely have claimed their fifth Leinster championship title in a row as they downed Sarsfields in Kinnegad this afternoon.
Portlaoise native Laura Nerney was in the middle of the...
This week was jam-packed and full of excitement. We had predictions of both snow and county final winners. Below, we have the top 10 most read articles over the past seven days.
1. Double blow for Laois hurlers as two...
The staff, parents and past and present students of Clonenagh National School in Mountrath had double reason to celebrate in October 2008.
Noth only did they celebrate their 50th anniversary, they also opened a new extension and they duly marked...
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 LaoisToday in the last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the full job...
Ireland Fittest Family is back on our screens tonight where a Killeshin family will be competing.
Following the lead of the McDonald family from Ballyroan and the Mulhares in last year's series, The Mahers will battle it out to claim...
A well-known and highly respected Laois family are at the centre of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix case currently running before the High Court.
The case is being taken by 26-year-old Aoife Bennett. It opened October 8 and is expected...
Sarsfields are yet again this year's representatives of Laois in the Leinster Ladies Club Football Championship.
With new manager Donie O'Mahony leading the way, the girls are going in search of Leinster glory.
Here is our guide to the game.
When, where...
This week for Property Watch, we take a look at some of the most pricey properties the county has to offer.
And they range in value from €700,000 to an eye-watering €20 million and they take in properties in Durrow,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen Ryan (née O'Loughlin)
The Borness, Mountmellick, Laois
Kathleen Ryan (née O'Loughlin), The Borness, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, formerly of Drummond, Rosenallis and Kilnamona, Co. Clare. (Retired National School Teacher,...
Anybody who remembers the 1985 World Snooker Championship final will never forget where they were when they watched Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor battle for the sport’s biggest prize in which Taylor won an historic match on the very...
Laois 2-14 Westmeath 1-9
Fr Manning Cup Round 1
Laois U-16’s have won their opening game of the Fr Manning Cup after a super performance against Westmeath in the Laois Centre of Excellence on Saturday afternoon.
Laois opened the scoring as Colin...
Stradbally Parish Gaels Park 1-10 Ratheniska-Spink 0-3
Midlands Park Hotel U-15 Football 'A' Championship Final
Stradbally Parish Gaels are U-15 ‘B’ champions after a superb victory over neighbours Park-Ratheniska/ Spink on Saturday afternoon in the Laois Centre of Excellence.
A strong second-half...
Portlaoise 0-17 Graiguecullen 1-12
Midlands Park Hotel U-15 Football 'A' Championship Final
Portlaoise have completed a league and championship double defeating Graiguecullen after extra-time.
Portlaoise opened the scoring with captain Barry Fitzpatrick slotting over. Kieran O'Donnell pointed soon after.
Graiguecullen got their first...
Check you tickets...it could be you!
A EuroMillions player in Laois has woken up €400,907 better off this morning after matching five numbers and one lucky star number on last night's EuroMillions draw.
The National Lottery has appealed for its participants...
Castletown 2-6 Roche Emmets GFC 5-15
AIB Leinster Club JFC
Amongst all of today's action, Castletown took on Roche Emmets GFC in Dundalk this afternoon.
Having lost out to O'Dempsey's second team in the Junior County final, Castletown went on to represent...
Rosenallis 3-12 Bagenalstown Gaels 1-15
AIB Leinster Club IHC
Rosenallis set out in a bid for a Leinster Intermediate title this afternoon as they took on Bagenalstown Gaels in Fenagh Netwatch Training Centre.
They will march on to the next round after...
The Harps 6-5 Camross 3-4
Midlands Park Hotel U15 Football 'C' Championship Final
One of three games in the Laois Training Centre this morning was the battle between The Harps and Camross in the U-15 Football 'C' Championship Final.
The Harps over...
This Sunday see's Laois Ladies football champions Sarsfields battle it out with reigning Leinster champions Foxrock-Cabinteely.
The game will see the Dublin side go in search of their fifth straight Leinster Senior title but Sarasfields manager Donie O'Mahony and his...
Stradbally 1-10 Portlaoise 1-9
2005 Laois SFC Final
Stradbally knocked Portlaoise off their thrown in the Laois Senior Football Championship in 2005, where Colm Kelly kicked the winning score.
It looked like history repeated itself 11 years later as it was all...
Time moves by too quickly, where has this year gone?!
This week we begin winter time. November is a time to
remember all our loved ones who have gone before us.
Death is that challenging confrontation that reminds us “We are only...
This week's 'Women in Sport' piece is all about decorated O'Moore's camogie and Sarsfields footballer, Casey Conroy.
The 23-year-old had been part of multiple teams throughout her sporting career such as Rosenallis U-8's, U-10's, U-12's and U-14's, Cumann na Bunscoil...
