The Mountmellick Historical and Heritage Society had a busy few days recently celebrating Heritage week.
There was a number of events taking place in the town throughout the week and it went down as a great success.
In the library, there...
'If the Walls had Ears' is a spoken word event curated by broadcaster Ann Marie Kelly and will take place in the walled garden of The Pantry in Portlaoise on Friday, September 13.
This unique event is a communal conversation...
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Camross 3-17 Clough-Ballacolla 4-11
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi Final
From the off in this game, every tackle , solo and strke of the ball had to be earned...
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Borris-Kilcotton 0-24 Mountmellick 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi Final
Borris-Kilcotton's second team will face Camross's second team in this year's Intermediate hurling final following a six point victory...
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Sarsfields 4-13 Timahoe 1-10
Laois Ladies SFC Final
The Sarsfields ladies footballers have won a remarkable seventh Laois senior title in a row thanks to an impressive win over Timahoe this afternoon in...
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The group stages of the Senior and Senior A championships concluded with games in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
And following the end of the game between Castletown and Ballinakill, we...
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Castletown 1-20 Ballinakill 1-14
Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling Championship Round 3
Castletown claimed second place in Group B of the Laois SHC after a well-deserved win over Ballinakill in O'Moore...
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Rathdowney-Errill 2-33 Portlaoise 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre Senior Hurling Championship Round 3
Rathdowney-Errill made it three wins from three in the group stages of the Laois SHC with a one-sided victory...
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Ballyfin 1-14 Colt 2-14
Laois Shopping Centre Senior 'A' Hurling Championship Round 3
Colt finished with a flourish in Mountrath this afternoon to defeat Ballyfin and claim top spot in Group...
We look at back at our most viewed stories over the past seven days.
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Cameron McClements went missing after working in Stradbally at the Electric Picnic, but has since...
It's another busy day of Laois GAA action with games in hurling and ladies football around the county.
This afternoon we will bring you live updates from two grounds - from the ladies football final in Crettyard and the senior...
For this week's Moment In Time, we look back on the Make Believers charity family day in the scenic village of Durrow in 2009.
The fundraiser was organised to help fund the 'Winter Wonderland' event the following December in Durrow....
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St Paul's ladies football club are certainly getting used to this winning feeling.
Another of the new clubs in the county - based in Emo - they won the junior title in...
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There were scenes of great joy in O'Moore Park on Saturday afternoon as the Clonaslee St Manman's ladies football team celebrated their first championship success just a couple of years after...
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...
For this week's property watch, we took a look at the beautiful heritage town of Abbeyleix.
Below, we have displayed five of our favourite houses currently on sale in the area, ranging from €200,000 to €405,000.
Cobbler's Hill, Abbeyleix
This 147m2 property...
The mid 2000s saw these two teams dominate the Laois LGFA club scene. Timahoe blazed a trail, collecting county final medals before Sarsfields extinguished this and started a blaze of their own by winning their first county championship in...
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It's another big day of club hurling championship action in Laois with two SHC, one SHC 'A' and two IHC games down for decision.
The senior double header in O'Moore...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Angela Larkin (née Baldwin)
176 St. Brigid’s Place, Portlaoise, Laois
Predeceased by her sister Maureen. Beloved wife of the late Patrick (Paudge) and much loved mother of PJ and...
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The Harps 1-19 Shanahoe 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre SHC ‘A’ Round 3
A spectacular second-half performance from The Harps saw them gain their third win of the Senior A Hurling Championship...
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Park Ratheniska/Timahoe 1-12 Portlaoise 3-5
Laois JHC ‘A’ Semi-Final
Ruairi O’Connor stepped up two minutes into injury time to send Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe through to the Laois junior hurling final as they got...
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Clough-Ballacolla 1-19 Camross 0-14
Laois Shopping Centre SHC
Clough-Ballacolla continued their unbeaten run in this year's Laois SHC as they turned the tables on Camross to top the group and book...
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Rosenallis 2-13 Slieve Bloom 1-12
Laois Shopping Centre SHC ‘A’ Round Three
Rosenallis are through to a Senior ‘A’ quarter-final after a hard fought victory over Slieve Bloom in Mountmellick this...
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Borris-Kilcotton 5-18 Abbeyleix 0-13
Laois Shopping Centre SHC
Borris-Kilcotton are safely through to the knockout stages of the Laois SHC following a comfortable win over Abbeyleix in O'Moore Park this evening.
Borris-Kilcotton...
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We're into September now so the hurling is starting to get that little bit more serious.
This evening in O'Moore Park, Abbeyleix meet Borris-Kilcotton at 6.15pm while Camross and Clough-Ballacolla...
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Ballyroan 5-9 St Paul's 8-6
Laois LGFA Intermediate Championship Final
St Paul's have won back-to-back championships after securing the Intermediate crown against Ballyroan in what was an enthralling contest. This follows on from...
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Ballyfin 4-3 Clonaslee 7-12
Laois LGFA Junior Championship Final
Clonaslee are Junior champions after a superb victory over Ballyfin with Hannah Russell having a wonderful game at full-forward.
Clonaslee began the game with fire...
This Tuesday, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Suicide prevention remains a universal challenge. Every year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for people of all ages. It is responsible for over 800,000 deaths, which...
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Today is a huge day for ladies football in Laois as the junior and intermediate championship finals are down for decision in O'Moore Park.
Two of the county's newer clubs - Clonaslee...
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This evening in O'Moore Park, Camross and Clough-Ballacolla will meet in the championship for the third year running.
Camross have won the previous two outings - the 2017 county final...
