The death has occurred of Billy Murphy from Belgrove near Ballybrittas, a man who was hugely well-known and liked in the area.
Billy was from the 'Murphys of the Farmyard' family in Belgrove and lived at nearby Breen's Cross.
The family...
The Laois footballers will play Longford or Louth in the Leinster championship in 2020.
The provincial draw was made this morning on RTE Radio 1 and sees Laois drawn to play the winners of Longford or Louth in the quarter-final.
Laois...
The vexed issue of anti-social behaviour in housing estates and unruly threatening behaviour from those responsible continues to preoccupy the authorities.
Albeit with some reluctance Laois County Council are now being urged to take a more robust stance and evict...
Portlaoise Musical Society were honoured by local Councillors last night in a civic reception in Laois County Council.
The group picked up the top award for ‘Best Overall Show’ for the first time ever in June at the Irish Association...
The county champion dream is still well and truly alive for Killeshin after they overcame Ballyfin in the senior club football championship semi-final replay on Wednesday night.
Despite the win, Laois captain Stephen Attride believes his side will need to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
William (Billy) Murphy
Bellgrove, Ballybrittas, Laois
Billy passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by his loving and devoted family in his 88th year. Billy will be greatly missed...
Sean Masterson, a product of the Portlaoise rugby club youth system, made his senior Connacht debut at the weekend in their big win over Italian side Treviso in the Sportsground in Galway.
Masterson, who has played for Ireland at U-18,...
It's Income Tax time again: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms and sharpen up the pencil.
Paying more tax than is absolutely necessary is absolute robbery. Over the next two weeks, I would suggest to all who...
October has been designated Laois TASTE Month with a range of events organised to showcase what the county has to offer.
There is something for everyone, whether you have your own food/drink business, are thinking of setting up a new business or...
Every Sunday, we look back on the top stories of the previous week on LaoisToday.
And as always, it was another wide and varied week. Among the top stories of the past seven days were the Electric Picnic, two Laois...
The game itself was very disappointing - but the finish couldn't have been any more dramatic.
As the Laois SHC semi-final ticked into injury time, Camross led Rathdowney-Errill by 0-17 to 0-15 and looked to be on their to a...
Rathdowney-Errill 1-15 Camross 0-17
Laois Shopping Centre SHC Semi-final
You couldn't make it up. What drama.
Exactly a year after suffering serious dental damage in the 2018 county final loss to Camross, Ross King popped up with an injury time goal to...
Borris-Kilcotton 0-25 Clough-Ballacolla 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre SHC semi-final
Borris-Kilcotton are through to the Laois SHC final following a hard-earned win over Clough-Ballacolla in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
PJ Scully helped himself to 18 points as Borris-Kilcotton booked their final place for the...
At the start of the championship if you'd been offered this double header as the semi-final pairings of the Laois SHC you'd certainly have taken it.
The four big clubs of Laois hurling have never all qualified for the semi-finals...
The Back to School photos never fail to disappoint.
And Alf Harvey's archives have once again thrown up some absolute gems.
We dipped into his September 2004 files this week and the photos from the first week of that months provided...
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...
Laois SHC Semi-final - Borris-Kilcotton v Clough-Ballacolla
In O'Moore Park at 2.30pm
Neighbours Clough-Ballacolla and Borris-Kilcotton meet in the first game in O'Moore Park today with both sides looking to book a final place following decent championship form to date.
Clough-Ballacolla topped...
There has been a warm welcome at the County Council for the adoption of the Laois Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.
However, there were shades of Saint Augustine’s ‘save me Lord, but not just yet’, in the nature of the discourse...
On this week's property watch, we go in the other direction to Mountrath. The area boasts some beautiful house and sites and below we have listed five of our favourites that are currently on the market.
82 Rush Hall
Property Partners...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Keenan (née O'Rourke)
Gash Gardens, Castletown, Laois
Mary Keenan (nee O'Rourke), Gash Gardens, Castletown, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. October 4. 2019. Peacefully surrounded by her loving family in the...
It was a very busy and wet Saturday on the GAA front.
We had two county finals down for decision, a host of semi finals and some U-20 football games.
Check out the results below:
RESULTS
Laois SHC ‘A’ Semi-final
Colt 0-9 Rosenallis 3-15...
Rosenallis 3-15 Colt 0-9
Laois Shopping Centre SHC 'A' Semi Final
Rosenallis's bid for a football and hurling championship double remains on track as they dismantled Colt in O'Moore Park this evening.
Right from the start, Rosenallis were on top and when...
Abbeyleix Gaels 1-11 The Harps 3-13
Midlands Park Hotel Minor 'A' Hurling Championship Final
The Harps have avenged their county final loss from 12 months ago as the excellent Conor Delaney turned in a man of the match display to see...
We're only got three more weekends of matches left in O'Moore Park and we have two big games to bring you this evening.
The action gets underway in Laois GAA HQ at 5.15pm as Abbeyleix Gaels face The Harps in...
The Harps 3-9 Rathdowney-Errill 1-0
Midlands Park Hotel U-13 'A' Hurling Championship Final
Justin Duggan and Eoin Murphy were the stars of the show as The Harps defeated Rathdowney-Errill to claim the U-13 'A' hurling title in the LOETB Centre of...
This week is the celebration of St Francis of Assissi who is the patron saint of animals and they've come up with a novel idea to mark that in Abbeyleix this Sunday.
At 2pm on the grounds of the Abbeyleix...
Colt 0-16 Borris-in-Ossory 2-6
2008 Laois IHC Final
The Colt hurlers lost more than fair share of intermediate finals in the 2000s so when they finally got over the line in 2008 it was understandable that there was a considerable outpouring...
A meeting of Laois County Council has heard that the local authority had to plough almost €200k of its own funds into road works to facilitate preparations for this year’s Ploughing Championships, which were held in Carlow.
The local authority...
A young Laois man has opening up about his struggles with gambling and how betting led him to trying to take his own life.
Portarlington's Jason 'Chilly' Ward, a talented young Gaelic footballer, has penned a very moving piece about...
Laois SHC 'A' Semi-final - Rosenallis v Colt
In O'Moore Park at 7pm
The second tier hurling competition in Laois is proving a difficult one to get a read on this year.
There’s been a series of surprise results - Mountrath beating...
