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This week’s Car of the Week in Downey’s Autostop is a 142 electric Nissan Leaf which is available to buy for €12,450. This electric car has 59,216 miles/95,296 km. The annual road tax is €120. Check out the full profile here.  Additional Info ...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam. Bridie Healion (née Mulhall) Clontarf, Dublin / Laois Healion (nee Mulhall) Bridie, Clontarf and late of Glosna, Co. Laois, 25th November 2019. Peacefully at Beneavin House. Beloved wife of...
Knockbeg College's past pupils reunited at the weekend in The Seven Oaks Hotel. Old friends from various year groups caught up and reminisced the good old times between class groups from the 1959/1960 era right through to 2009/2010. Many stories were...
Public concerns around potential health hazards of 5G technology have led to calls for its rollout to be suspended until these matters can be independently investigated and resolved. Leading the charge for 5G to be put on hold until such...
For lunch or dinner with work colleagues, family, social group or a reunion of friends, The Gandon Inn has a sumptuous menu for you this Christmas. A 4 course menu with a full choice selection for €30 per person...
McElwee Pharmacies are here to stay as they announce new partnership with totalhealth Pharmacies. McElwee totalhealth Pharmacies, under Peter, James and Mary McElwee, have outlets in O'Connell Square in Mountmellick, in the Davitt Shopping Centre on Connolly Street Mountmellick and...
Portlaoise GAA held reunion and social night in Lilly's Bar in Portlaoise on Friday night. They were celebrating anniversaries of three of their most successful teams. It was the 30 year anniversary of the 1989 Senior and Minor hurling championship winning...
Heywood CS 47 Colaiste Lorcain Castledermot 35 Midlands Schools Basketball 'B' Final Heywood Community School are celebrating this evening after their senior basketball team claimed Midlands 'B' glory today. The side, coached by Ms Vivian Holmes, ran out 12 point winners over...
This Christmas Scoil Chríost Rí are calling on all staff, students and parents to donate their once loved children’s books to those who are less fortunate, children who find themselves living in temporary emergency accommodation this Christmas. The Book Drive...
Close on 200 people attended this morning's Laois Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast in the Killeshin Hotel which featured a sitdown interview with Pat McDonagh, owner of both Supermac's and The Killeshin Hotel. The Laois Chamber of Commerce was re-launched...
A group of TY students from St. Marys CBS established themselves as a Young Saint Vincent de Paul group at the beginning of the school year. They wanted to raise awareness about a number of social justice issues in the...
The team at ROC Recycling Solutions Limited in Portlaoise, in partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic, are celebrating after being named as one of the big winners at the recent annual Construction, Quarry and Recycling Awards. Representatives of the partnership were presented...
One Laois Councillor has called on the Government to give the people of Laois the perfect Christmas present - guarantee that they will not downgrade Portlaoise Hospital. In October 2017, after great speculation, Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley revealed that...
Due to our continued expansion and upcoming new projects, Martin Reddin Ltd currently have the following fulltime positions available in our Portlaoise Office. Senior Quantity Surveyor Junior Quantity Surveyor To Apply To apply for the above positions please forward CV to...
Hundreds of jobs are going to be up for grabs in the new year in Laois. A huge jobs fair, with up to 30 companies both new and existing in the county, will take place on February 12 2020 in...
Seven Laois women were honoured recently for incredibly dedicated volunteerism with Laois Riding for the Disabled. Abbeyleix duo Ann O'Hanlon and Magareth Pratt, Portlaoise duo Harriott Adams and Kay Dunne along with Durrow's Mary Ryan, Ballyroan's Anna Bland and Stradbally's...
Portlaoise RFC 19-13 Edenderry Leinster League Division 2A Portlaoise RFC took home three points after a six point win over Edenderry at the weekend, their fifth win from seven games. The win sees them remain in third place of the Leinster League...
This week’s Car of the Week from Joe Mallon Motors is a 191 Renault Megane. With a finance option in place, this car could be yours from €75 per week This is another Exceptional Offer From JOE MALLON MOTORS. Why buy from Joe...
This is an extract from Pat Critchley’s latest book Bruno – a collection of stories, yarns and poems – that is being published this week.  The Giant drank Guinness, large bottles of Guinness. He drank so much Guinness that his rural local had to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam. Catherine (Kitty) Browne (née Brennan) Ballinakill (The Rushes), Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Laois Peacefully at her residence. Predeceased by her husband Michael. Deeply regretted by her loving daughter Margaret, sons...
Brought to you in association with Telfords Portlaoise's dreams of claiming an eight Leinster football title ended in MW Hire O'Moore Park on Saturday evening when they were beaten by Eire Og. It brought to a conclusion a 2019 campaign where...
Approximately 2,000 Laois farmers across 20 different branches are entitled to vote as the IFA presidential election gets underway today. IFA members vote for a new president every four years and this year they will elect a 16th president in...
Portlaoise 3 Corinthians 3 Leinster Ladies Hockey League Division 9 Saturday’s game was a high scoring and exciting encounter between Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club and Corinthians 4th in a home league match in Kilkenny. Portlaoise started the match enthusiastically and immediately took...
The Christmas season has begun - and the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel will definitely get you in the festive mood this week. Taking place in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel from 4pm to 9pm this Thursday, November 28, there will be Mulled...
The rain cleared for a few hours to make way for fantastic racing at Sundays National Championships where Laois athletes excelled. None more so the Portlaoise AC's Mary Mulhare who finished second in the national final behind Fionnuala McCormack and...
We are almost exactly a month out from Christmas Day and the festive spirit cranked up a few notches as Portlaoise officially opened its Christmas Market at the weekend. The action got underway at 11am on Sunday as the markets...
Mike Quirke's Laois footballers and Eddie Brennan's Laois hurlers now know exactly the order that they will play their National League fixtures after the CCC confirmed the ties over the weekend. After back-to-back promotions under John Sugrue, the Laois footballers...
John McDonald, the new owner of O'Loughlin's Hotel in Portlaoise, says he has plans for a music venue and late bar where Club 23 once was, that the hotel will continue to trade under the O'Loughlin's name and that...
There is a spate of opposition after being lodged against plans to provide new housing in Mountmellick. Dozens of objections have been made by other residents who oppose the provision of six modest social homes in the town. The plans for...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam. John (Johnny) Maguire 3 Cottage Gate, Ballylinan, Laois / Curragh, Kildare Formerly Blackrath Riding School, The Curragh, Co. Kildare. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Margaret (Tiny), daughter Mairead,...
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