This year’s Electric Picnic line up is out of this world, with acts such as Kodaline and Florence and the Machine taking to the Main Stage over the course of the weekend.
Hozier, Dermot Kennedy and The 1975 are...
There is deep sadness in Camross following the passing of one of its most beloved sons - Paddy Dowling.
An excellent hurler who represented Laois and Camross, Paddy went on to serve as secretary of his club for many years.
At...
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And here we have it – our third list!
After hundreds and hundreds of nominations and days of deliberations, our judging panel bring you the list of the ten hottest Sports...
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for Agriculture Deputy Brian Stanley has launched his party's Mandatory Beef Price Transparency Bill 2019.
As the farmer protests continue at the beef factory gates, despite an injunction from the processors, the Laois TD has called for...
It’s a little bit quieter in Laois this weekend with the majority of activity happening at the largest music festival of the year, Electric Picnic happening in Stradbally.
We are looking forward to welcoming 55,000 picnickers to Laois. The Downtown...
IT company Nostra - who have clients in Ireland, UK, Benelux, South Africa and America and whose CEO is Kevin O'Loughlin from Rosenallis - are seeking to hire a number of suitable candidates for new roles to be based...
This week’s Car of the Week from Joe Mallon Motors is a 191 Renault Megane.
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Anyone thinking of taking drugs at Electric Picnic is being warned that a particularly high strength batch may be in circulation following a number of deaths and hospitalisations in recent weeks.
According to...
Electric Picnic 2012 was a huge success in its ninth year with sunshine and a star-studded line up.
The festival offered a fantastic line up of acts including The Cure, The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Of Monsters and Men, Elbow, Christy...
The LaoisToday office has been a quieter place this past week.
Siun Lennon, our brilliant colleague for the past two years, has left us to return to college - to study a Masters in Queen's University in Belfast.
Siun joined the...
The Laois GAA club championships are continuing at full speed - with the senior football now down to the quarter-final stage, the senior hurling down to the last round of group games and four of the junior trophies handed...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Patrick (Paddy) Dowling
Ballyfin Road, Mountrath, Laois/Camross, Laois
Patrick (Paddy) Dowling, Ballyfin Road, Mountrath (Eircode R32 Y620) and formerly of Camross, Co. Laois. Aug. 27. 2019. Peacefully at the...
With the Laois junior football championship quarter-finals down for decision this evening, we look ahead to the three games taking place.
The other quarter-final between Spink and Castletown will take place next week.
O'Dempsey's v Kilcavan
In Mountmellick at 7pm*
* Note change...
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Spink 2-12 Killeshin 1-11
Laois Shopping Centre JFC Round 3
Goals from Daniel Bergin and Paul Simms helped Spink to a Round 3 Laois JFC replay win over Killeshin in Crettyard this evening.
The sides...
Relatively speaking, Mountrath is a big town.
But their hurling club has been starved of success while their neighbouring clubs on so many occasions and in a number of different grades have tasted silverware.
Camross are non-stop winning championships of some...
Anyone who has ever driven from Portlaoise to Carlow will know all about the winding roads around Arles - so it'll come as good news that Laois County Council have signed the contract for the N80 Maidenhead Realignment scheme.
The...
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Panda has pledged that this year’s Electric Picnic will see zero waste going to landfill and 100% of waste collected will be recovered through recycling or energy generation after agreeing a new...
Vigils to mark World Suicide Prevention Day will be held throughout the Midlands at the locations of the ‘Trees of Hope’ which were planted last year.
World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for all of us to play our...
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And here we have it – our second list!
After hundreds and hundreds of nominations and days of deliberations, our judging panel bring you the list of the ten hottest Golden...
Beef farmers are continuing to protest outside Dawn Meats in Rathdowney despite an injunction from the High Court, taken by two of the meat factories, to prevent action at the plants.
Up to 40 farmers have been protesting individually in...
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The Electric Picnic is just TWO sleeps away and we can barely contain our excitement as 57,000 music enthusiasts get ready to descend upon Stradbally.
But yesterday, two of LaoisToday’s finest, Alan and...
Gardai in Laois have launched an appeal for information after a parochial house in Laois was ransacked.
The incident took place in Rath, Ballybrittas on Tuesday at sometime between 12.45pm and 3.10pm.
Gardai say: "The Parochial house in Rath, Ballybrittas, County...
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It is Electric Picnic week and we are now just two days away from the big festival.
And this news this morning has only revved our excitement levels up further.
On Monday morning, The...
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These throwback pictures from Alf Harvey's locker of Electric Picnics gone by have proved incredibly popular.
And so we are back with another installment - this time from 2010.
This was the seventh edition of...
This week's Car of the Week in Downey's Autostop is a 181 Kia Picanto which is available to buy for €15,900.
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The Laois hurlers winning the Joe McDonagh Cup final in Croke Park in June was a treasured moment in a magical season.
But there was one disappointing element, which was raised by Laois Cumann na mBunscol chairman and Clough-Ballacolla clubman...
Laois senior football captain Stephen Attride’s second Summer Camp took place last week and it was huge success once more.
SA Summer Camp was a multi-activity summer camp that was held in Killeshin.
The camp ran each day from 10am –...
