Shanahoe 11-4 Borris In Ossory 11-1
Roinn 5 Boys Champ Final
Shanahoe edged out Borris-In-Ossory in a 22 goal thriller to claim the Division 5 Boys title this afternoon.
Five players scored hat-tricks with Shanahoe's Christopher Cullen getting a double hat-trick in...
Borris-in-Ossory Kilcotton may have lost the county final, but that won't stop them in doing something for the community.
They are launching "BK Connects" on Friday 25th October in St. Joesphs School Hall in Borris-in-Ossory at 8pm.
"BK Connects" is a...
Kileen 10-7 The Swan 6-3
Roinn 4 Boys Shield Final
The Killeen boys followed up the girls as they took on The Swan in the Roinn 4 Boys Shield Final this morning.
The first goal of the game came early from Énnae...
Gaelscoil Portlaoise 1-6 Durrow 6-11
Roinn 3 Boys Champ Final
Durrow claimed the Division 3 Boys championship title following a powerful display against Gaelscoil Phortlaoise this morning.
The victors built up a big lead in the first half and although their opponents...
Cullohill 5-3 Durrow 5-1
Roinn 4 Girls Shield Final
Cullohill keeper Isabel Delaney was the hero as her saves helped Cullohill claim the Division 4 Girls Shield title to get the Cumann na mBunscol series underway.
The keeper pulled off a number...
Kerry native Mike Quirke was officially ratified as the new Laois senior football manager at last week's County Board meeting.
The former All-Ireland winner though, speaking to the media for the first time in his new role, admits that it...
Despite extensive objections from numerous residents in the area, Laois County Council have sanctioned plans for a new social housing development on the Abbeyleix Road in Portlaoise.
Individual families and resident’s associations in the locality had opposed the provision of...
At the GAA's Special Congress at the weekend, the biggest ever change to the way inter-county football is played was made.
The 2020 All Ireland football championship will see a major change introduced – with Division 3 and 4 counties...
The Abbeyleix Manor Hotel has been putting on big acts over the past while and this Bank Holiday Sunday will see the hugely popular Tansmitter band on stage.
With over 15 years of experience on the live music circuit, Transmitter...
A community-based project to save the Medieval Church at Kilmanman near Clonaslee has had a very successful first stage, with the help of funding from the Creative Ireland Laois Programme.
Fears for the survival of the medieval church ruins had...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Maurice O’Toole
Moneygall, Offaly/Rhode, Offaly/Rathdowney, Laois/Moneygall, Tipperary
In his 95th year. Deeply regretted by his loving family, his wife Lily, children Michael, Kieran, Anne (Maher), Maurice, Elizabeth (Liz, Kinane)...
Portlaoise 3 Our Lady’s 2
Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club came away with another league match win following a tough battle against Our Lady’s 3rd in Terenure on Saturday 19th October.
This match had the usual level of rivalry between clubs in...
They know how to put on a show in the Anvil Inn in Portarlington and this Sunday night, October 27, the place should be hopping for their Halloween Fancy Dress party.
With spot prizes on the night for the best...
TV star Majella O’Donnell, wife of country music superstar Daniel, was speaking at a Laois Hospice Foundation Public Meeting recently.
The talk took place in the Killeshin Hotel, October 16, in Portlaoise.
There was a big crowd there to listen to...
And so we've come to the end of the local GAA championships - but there is still plenty to talk about in our latest Podcast.
Over the weekend, we saw the conclusion of the club hurling championships as the Senior...
Portarlington based Fianna Fail Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick is seeking
clarification on the proposed Bog Road Flood Relief Project for the
Town
Eddie said: "These works should have been completed this year 2019 but now it is anticipated works will not take place...
PETNS 3-10 Clonenagh 5-2
Roinn 5 Boys Shield Final
Portlaoise Educate Together NS took on Clonenagh NS in the Roinn5 Boys Shield Final this afternoon.
Portlaoise Educate Together NS took home the trophy after a great battle.
The first score of the game...
The double header of Laois county hurling finals in O'Moore Park brought the curtain down on the adult club scene in Laois and with it comes one of our last Team of the Weeks of the year.
Unsurprisingly the two...
Killeen 3-7 Castletown 3-4
Roinn 3 Girls Shield Final
One of the first games of the morning at the Cumann na mBunscol finals saw the Roinn 3 Killeen girls play Castletown in an entertaining game.
While in the girls games a goal...
The GAA's decision not to have a 'Champion 15' selection for the Joe McDonagh Cup this year has been met with anger in Laois today.
Last year, in the first year of the competition, the GAA announced a Champion 15...
Join us for a night in the Orchard for the Samhain Masked Event in Ballintubbert House on Friday, November 1 from 7pm to midnight.
Awakening ancient traditions and spirits, feast on a five-course tasting menu, focused around wild game and...
Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley has introduced Sinn Féin’s Beef Price Transparency Bill into the Dáil.
As things stand meat processors do not have to share the price of cattle or quantity being purchased to anyone including the farmers.
If this bill...
The Laois hurlers will be without the services of two of their top forwards for the 2020 season as Cha Dwyer and Ben Conroy have decided to go travelling abroad.
Dwyer had a great championship season with Laois during the...
Kavanaghs pub in Portlaoise recently won 'Best Live Music Venue' prize for the Eastern Region.
They were awarded this title by the IMRO Ireland and the Irish Pub Awards.
The Irish Pub Awards prides itself in celebrating the best in Irish...
Mike Quirke met with members of the local media in the LOETB Centre of Excellence over the weekend where he unveiled a brand new member of his backroom team.
Former Killeshin manager Maurice Browne was confirmed by the new Laois...
'Let's Look at Ammonia' was this year’s big winner at the Intel Mini Scientist Exhibition at Timahoe NS.
The annual showcase which took place on Thursday 17th of October was another resounding success as the young scientists of Timahoe showcased...
On Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 October, the Cumann na mBunscol football finals will take place in O'Moore Park.
There had been fears that the competition would not go ahead due to the state of the playing surface in Laois...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Maurice O'Toole
Moneygall, Offaly/Rhode, Offaly/Rathdowney, Laois/Moneygall, Tipperary
In his 95th year. Deeply regretted by his loving family, his wife Lily, children Michael, Kieran, Anne (Maher), Maurice, Elizabeth (Liz, Kinane)...
The Midlands Park Hotel are a huge local employer in Portlaoise and their recruitment evening on Tuesday, October 22, from 6 to 8pm will give you a taste of what it would be like to be part of their...
County final day in O'Moore Park is always a special occasion and so it was again on Sunday in O'Moore Park when two titles were up for grabs and the supporters of four clubs showed up in large numbers.
Rathdowney-Errill...
