President of Portlaoise Golf Club, Mrs Dolores Murphy, President's Prize day was held on Saturday last.
80 golfing enthusiasts took to the fairways to battle it out to win this prestigious competition, the highest accolade in the golfing year.
The weather...
Portarlington Further Education and Training Centre are holding an information evening in the Midlands Park Hotel this Thursday, August 29, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Among the course that can be studied in Portarlington Further Education and Training Centre are:
Return...
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The draws have been made for the next stages of the top three tiers of football in Laois.
The quarter finals of the senior, semi finals of the intermediate and quarter finals of...
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Ballyroan-Abbey 2-11 St Joseph's 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 3
St Joseph's have reached the last eight of the Laois Senior Football Championship following a hard-fought win over St Joseph's in O'Moore Park...
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Emo 1-10 Graiguecullen 1-14
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 3
One point in the final 20 minutes of the game cost Emo dearly as Graiguecullen came from behind to reach the quarter finals of...
St Conleth's 6-19 St Brigid's 4-8
Laois LGFA senior championship round 3
League champions St Conleth's have stormed into the championship semi-finals after consecutively seeing off St Brigid's in Courtwood this morning.
Ever the danger woman inside, Shifra Havill ruled in front...
A man has been airlifted to hospital after an incident occurred this morning in county Laois.
Gardaí have confirmed that the domestic incident in Mountrath this morning.
A man has lost a significant amount of blood after jumping through a window...
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Stradbally 1-14 The Heath 0-12
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Relegation Semi-Final
Benny Lawlor was in scintillating form as Stradbally saved themselves from relegation to intermediate by defeating The Heath in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
The...
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We're back in O'Moore this afternoon as the latest round of the SFC concludes with a triple-header of games.
The action gets underway at 1pm as Stradbally take on The Heath in a...
For this week’s Property Watch, we are looking at houses in Mountrath under €200k. See below our top five picks.
3 Mill Lane, Mountrath, Co. Laois
This semi-detached house has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and is located in a small development.
It...
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...
Thirty-three Laois pubs have closed their doors in the 13 years.
This is according to a new survey from Drinks Industry Ireland.
However the survey also revealed that Laois is one of only three counties outside of Dublin where the amount...
Between September 5 and 7, the 'Free Market' pavilion and a packed schedule of tours, talks and workshops will take place in O'Connell Square in Mountmellick.
‘Free Market’ is an architecture exhibition and ongoing research project that explores the importance and...
Wednesday August 22 saw young nature lovers rejoice during a show and tell like no other in Abbeyleix library.
The enthusiastic and entertaining conservationist, Dale Treadwell, was there, showing a range of creatures from bugs and beasties to dinosaurs.
Dale also read...
September is an exciting month for Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club as the club returns to training and as the 2019/2020 season kicks off.
The first training session of the season will take place on Tuesday, September 3 at 7.30pm...
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Laois SFC Relegation Playoff - Stradbally v The Heath
In O'Moore Park at 1pm
Stradbally and The Heath open proceedings in O’Moore Park in today’s first game with the winners safe from relegation but...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin Lawless
Tinahinch Stud, Rosenallis, Laois
Beloved Partner of Nikki. Predeceased by his four brothers and two sisters. Cherished father of Katie and Stephanie.
Deeply regretted by his loving family,...
The Harps 3-9 Barrowhouse 0-17
Laois Shopping Centre JFC Round 3
A late goal from Lee Campion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for The Harps against Barrowhouse in a dramatic encounter in Timahoe.
Right from the start both sides went...
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Kilcavan 3-17 Portlaoise 1-9
Laois Shopping Centre JFC Round 3
It's extremely difficult for any third team to come up against a first team in football, and the footballing men of Kilcavan showed what...
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Ballylinan 1-15 Courtwood 2-11
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 3
Gary Walsh hit 11 points just days after returning from a summer playing football in America as Ballylinan recovered from a dreadful first half...
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Killeshin 2-12 Spink 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre JFC Round 3
It was a game which Killeshin will feel they could have crossed the victory line, but two late Daniel Bergin points in the dying...
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The Heath 2-13 Camross 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre JFC Round 3
The Heath are through to the quarter-finals of the Laois JFC 'A' after overcoming Camross in Raheen on Saturday night.
They were made to...
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Ballyfin 5-17 Arles-Killeen 3-13
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 3
Ballyfin are through to the Laois SFC quarter-finals for the first time ever following a stunning win over Arles-Killeen in a eight-goal thriller in...
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Arles-Kilcruise 2-16 Crettyard 2-12
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Relegation Semi-Final
Arles-Kilcruise are safe for another season as Ross Munnelly inspired them to a victory over Crettyard in O'Moore Park this evening.
Kilcruise led by eight...
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We're back in O'Moore Park for another weekend of football as Round 3 of the Laois SFC gets underway.
We also bring you the first of the relegation semi-finals with Arles-Kilcruise taking on...
Bishop Denis Nulty and members of the Diocesan Ploughing Steering Group gathered on Thursday on the site of the National Ploughing Championships at Ballintrane, near Fenagh, Co Carlow to launch the Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Stand.
Bishop Denis is delighted...
As part of our now well-established running series, we bring you this week’s ‘Good Week/Bad Week’.
To see who has had a good or bad week, we look at different news stories happening in Laois and involving Laois people. Most importantly,...
Applegreen have opened for business at Junction 17 at the Midway outside Portlaoise.
Open 24 hours a day, it brings the number of full-time and part-time jobs they have at the Midway to 49 which also includes Subway, Chopstix, Fresh...
The death has occurred of Mary-Emma Fergus (nee Davis) in Portlaoise, who was well-known through the long-standing family camera and photography business on Main Street in Portlaoise.
Originally from Renmore in Galway, Mary-Emma and her husband Bryan run a camera...
Four Laois men have been selected for the Leinster and Connacht 'A' teams for this year's Celtic Cup.
Two Laois men take to the field for Leinster under coach Noel McNamara today, Saturday, at 2.30pm, while two togged out for Connacht...
