The Abbeyleix Manor Hotel have come on board as sponsors of the Abbeyleix adult hurling teams.
The recent sponsorship deal meant new jerseys for the St Lazerian's side.
The new jerseys had their first outing on Sunday afternoon with the Abbeyleix...
A report by the Mental Health Commission says that four mental community based mental health facilities in Laois are unregulated, leaving people with severe mental illness at risk of abuse.
According to the report, less than half of community based...
Athy Tennis Club ran its annual Captains Day tennis tournament on Saturday, July 20, in aid of "Make A Wish Ireland" charity.
Fifty players took part from Prosperous, Celbridge, Rathangan, Portarlington, Abbeyleix and Athy.
The winners were as follows:
Group A: Tanya...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Ann Christine Meagher
Carrigaline, Cork / Laois
Meagher (Carrigaline and late of St. Luke’s Nursing Home) On July 27th 2019, peacefully, surrounded by her family at The Mater Private,...
Lilly's Bar in Portlaoise has established itself as a firm favourite since opening its doors for business last summer.
With a very busy weekend scene and a vibrant lunch trade, they have have become a popular meeting point no matter...
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O'Dempsey's 6-15 Camross 4-10
Laois Shopping Centre Junior Football Championship Round 1
We had ten goals in the Old Pound tonight as 2018 defeated junior finalists got off to a winning start against...
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Today marked the first round of the junior football championship as six games were down for decision across the county.
The Harps, Portlaoise, Ballyroan-Abbey, Park-Ratheniska, The Heath and O'Dempseys/Camross all got their...
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The draw for Round 2 of the Laois senior football championship has been made.
Following Round 1 games, teams have been split into Winners and Losers Sections for Round 2.
The winners of...
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Arles-Killeen 1-13 Crettyard 1-11
Laois Shopping Centre Senior Football Championship Round 1
Donie Kingston and Evan O'Carroll, two of Laois's best forwards, engaged in a titanic tussle in O'Moore Park this evening with...
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Rosenallis 2-14 Annanough 3-4
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Football Championship Round 1
It felt like somewhat like a drawn-out display in McCann Park tonight but Rosenallis eventually emerged over the line against competitors...
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The draw for Round 2 of the Laois intermediate and junior football championships has been made.
Following Round 1 games, teams have been split into Winners and Losers Sections for Round 2.
The...
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Graiguecullen 2-11 Ballyfin 0-7
Laois Shopping Centre Senior Football Championship Round 1
Graiguecullen defeated Ballyfin by ten points tonight in O'Moore Park tonight - but with five minutes to go the sides were...
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Portlaoise 2-11 Barrowhouse 0-14
Laois Shopping Centre Junior Football Championship Round 1
It was certainly a week to be appreciated for Portlaoise football fans as their three teams in three different divisions -...
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We're back in O'Moore Park this evening for the final installment of this week's Laois senior football championship.
We have had four games so far and they have all been rather one-sided.
The...
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Ballyroan-Abbey and The Heath enjoyed big Round 1 wins in the Junior Football Championship this afternoon to advance to the winners section.
Here is a run down of how both teams did...
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The Harps 3-10 Portarlington 1-15
Laois Shopping Centre Junior Football Championship Round 1
It was a comeback of dreams for The Harps in McCann Park today, as the powered back from a seven...
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The Rock 2-9 St Joseph's 0-8
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Football Championship Round 1
A game that was over at half time had a rather strange conclusion as The Rock emerged seven point...
We look at back at our most viewed stories over the past seven days.
Five prison officers attacked and one ‘stabbed’ in Midlands Prison Portlaoise
A convicted murderer attacked five prison officers and stabbed one of them in an incident...
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Park-Ratheniska 1-15 Kilcavan 2-10
Laois Shopping Centre Junior Football Championship Round 1
Park-Ratheniska made their visit to the Laois-Offaly border a fruitful one by getting their championship campaign off to a winning start...
For this week's Moment In Time, we look back on the official opening of 'Ríocht na nÓg' Playground in Castletown in July 2011.
The €100,000 playground was driven by the local people who organised a tender process, researched the design,...
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,...
Portlaoise 2-12 Clonaslee St Manman’s 0-9
Laois Shopping Centre IFC Round 1
What a difference a week makes. Seven days after scoring 18 points and beating Portlaoise by six in the ACFL Division 2 Final, Clonaslee went down to Portlaoise by...
For this week's Property Watch, we have decided to do something different from our usual and look at houses both inside and outside of the county.
This week we are seeing what house €300,000 will buy in Laois and the...
"It's the worst footpath in Laois", these were the words of local councillor Pascal McEvoy, in regards to the footpath at The Drive estate in Vicarstown.
Cllr McEvoy had motioned for the Laois County Council to replace the said footpath...
Laois TD Brian Stanley has written a statement to express his view that the goverment, 'must deal with the funding difficulties for the primary school sector in the forthcoming budget'.
The Sinn Féin TD stated that; "There are 3 major...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Nuala Coffey (née Fitzgerald)
Lisín Bishopswood Road, Portarlington, Laois / Ballybrittas, Laois
Formerly Old Pound, Ballybrittas County Laois. Peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Oakdale Nursing...
Rathdowney-Errill 0-19 Clough-Ballacolla 0-14
Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1A Final
Theo Fitzpatrick scored 11 points as Rathdowney-Errill won ACHL Division 1A title tonight in Mountrath.
In what was a keenly contested game, the winners showed a greater hunger to win by...
Mountmellick 0-10 Timahoe 0-8
Laois Shopping Centre IFC Round 1
Mountmellick and Timahoe would be regarded as two of the stronger sides in this year’s Laois IFC but it was Mountmellick that did just enough to get the win when they...
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O'Dempsey's 2-15 St Joseph's 0-11
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1
Having appeared in their first final last year since 1983, O'Dempsey's have got this year's Laois SFC campaign off to a winning...
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Portarlington 0-19 The Heath 0-7
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1
Portarlington have got their Laois SFC campaign up and running thanks to a comfortable win over The Heath in O'Moore Park this...
