House prices in Laois have continued to climb, the latest report from DAFT.ie has shown.
In Laois, prices in the first three months of 2019 were 9% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 5% seen a...
This was an extremely busy Saturday on the GAA front.
We had two All-Ireland finals, county games and a host of clubs games taking place all over Laois and the province.
The Heath and Arles-Kilcruise clashed in Round 2 of Division...
Knockbeg College 1-7 Portlaoise CBS 1-2
'Laois Secondary Schools 2nd Year Football Final 2010'
Knockbeg College and Portlaoise CBS faced off in the 2nd year final in O'Moore Park nine years ago.
Knockbeg began the game well with good scores coming from...
Laois 0-13 Kildare 1-2
All-Ireland Minor ‘B’ Camogie Championship
Laois camogie have topped group one of the minor 'B' championship following wins over Roscommon, Meath, Limerick and, as of today, Kildare.
Robert Jones's side lead from the off, and held Kildare to only...
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Scenes of joy and jubilation swept through St John Locke’s in Callan today as Scoil Chríost Rí Portlaoise were crowned All-Ireland Post Primary School senior ‘A’ champions -...
The Laois footballers are on their way back to Croke Park!
For the fifth time in the last 12 months, John Sugrue's O'Moore men will head to GAA HQ to contest a game.
Following today’s remaining Allianz Football League Division 3...
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Knockbeg College 0-14 St Colman's College Newry 3-6
All-Ireland U-16 'A' School's Paul McGirr Cup Final
Knockbeg’s All-Ireland football dreams have ended in controversial circumstances in Kinnegad this afternoon.
Referee Liam Devenney’s decision to...
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Scoil Chríost Rí 3-10 Loreto Clonmel 2-10
All Ireland Post Primary School Senior ‘A’ Championship Final
Scoil Chríost Rí have done it! The Portlaoise school have been crowned post-primary senior A...
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There could be an U16 All-Ireland title on its way back to Laois this evening.
The Knockbeg U-16 footballers are in an All-Ireland ‘A’ Colleges football final against St. Colman’s College Newry...
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It's all systems go for Scoil Chríost Rí as they are in an All-Ireland Post Primary Senior ‘A’ final against Loreto Clonmel of Tipperary today.
John Scully’s side are meeting last...
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...
It was one of the most popular GAA programmes ever made – and after its successful return last year, Underdogs is back again.
The Underdogs is a reality TV programme that sees well-known GAA coaches put a team together of...
The Knockbeg Army will be out in full force this afternoon as they will go for the All-Ireland U-16 ‘A’ football championship glory.
The Paul McGirr Cup final will take place in Kinnegad at 2pm and standing in their way...
Sure I love the dear silver that shines in your hair. Does anyone recognise that song? An old, old Irish favourite, Mother Machree.
I remember my father singing it to us and the words have been flowing through my head...
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Today sees Scoil Chríost Ri in the penultimate final of the Post Primary Schools competition as they face Loreto Clonmel in the senior 'A' final.
We will be at...
Brain Tumour Ireland has established a new support group for the South East and Central Leinster.
Founded in 2012, Brain Tumour Ireland is a national registered charity working to inform and support brain tumour patients and their families. Brain Tumour...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joan O'Sullivan
Old Road, Cashel, Tipperary / Coolrain, Laois
Joan O'Sullivan, Old Road, Cashel, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Laurelhill, Coolrain, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, March 29th. 2019. (peacefully) Surrounded...
An incredible Laois woman who channelled her grief into something positive for thousands of people left the Late Late Show audience in awe tonight.
Ballinakill woman Colette Byrne launched widow.ie after the loss of her husband Peter Byrne.
Peter was only...
There were two football games in Division 1B and 2 of the local football league this evening.
Arles-Killeen travelled to Stradbally in 1B while Rosenallis made the long trip to Annanough in Division 2.
Here is a rundown on how both...
Another brilliant event from Generation Music Laois.
Music Generation Laois hosted a performance by The Paul McIntyre Trio in Laois Music Centre, Church Avenue, Portlaoise last week.
This intimate concert featured jazz standards from the Trio of professional musicians, led by...
A total of €60,000 in funding has been allocated for seven Laois projects under the Historic Structures Fund and Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2019.
This is according to Laois/Offaly TD and Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan.
This €60,000 for...
St Brigid's camogie club are one step away from winning the division three Leinster league.
They take on Castleknock in the National Sports Campus-Abbotstown-Blanchardstown Aiden on Pitch 2 3G on Sunday, March 31 at 12pm.
Ahead of St Brigid's battle for...
An incredible Laois woman who channelled her grief into something positive for thousands of people is set to appear on the Late Late Show tonight.
Ballinakill woman Colette Byrne launched widow.ie after the loss of her husband Peter Byrne.
Peter was...
2019 marks the centenary year of Barrowhouse Gaelic Football Club being founded.
To mark the occasion a committee has been formed to produce a book on the history of the club in words, photographs, and stories.
On Wednesday March 27, a...
There are two very important things to remember this Sunday: Mother's Day and spring forward the clocks!
Yes it's that time of year again - where you try and figure out which one of your internet contraptions automatically adjust the...
Hefty insurance bills and spiraling premiums are crippling small businesses and in some instances it is driving them to the wall.
Laois County Council heard that insurance costs were one of the reasons cited in the recent closure of...
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The Knockbeg U-16 footballers are on course for All-Ireland glory this weekend when they face St. Colman’s College Newry of Down.
The game takes place at 2pm in Kinnegad on Saturday and...
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All-Ireland football finals have been few and far between for Laois teams over the years, but one team has defied those odds as they reach for a top tier national title.
Scoil...
The 150th anniversary of the creator of the Heywood Gardens today will launch the inaugural Twin Trees festival.
Sir Edwin Lutyens was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
He is known especially...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Conway Domoney
Delgany, Wicklow / Monkstown, Dublin / Ballyroan, Laois
Formerly of Monkstown, Co. Dublin and Ballyroan, Co. Laois. In his 96th Year, after a short illness. Peacefully...
