A group of asylum seekers who are currently staying in Rathdowney do not know for how long they will be staying in Laois.
According to the Irish Times, who recently visited Rathdowney where they spoke to one of the refugees...
Laois will compete in their first ever Leinster U-20 hurling campaign later this month when they travel to face Kilkenny in the quarter final on June 26.
Manager David Cuddy and his panel have been working hard over the last...
Fine Gael's Willie Aird was filled with emotion as he received the chain of office in the County Council Chamber on Friday.
Laois's longest serving politician was elected by 14 votes to 4 to serve as Cathoirleach for just the...
Well, this is certainly something else.
The Laois senior footballers took on Meath in Croke Park on Sunday in the Leinster semi final and while the result may not have gone their way - they seemed to have picked up...
Sparrow Insurance are looking to hire a Commercial Lines Account Executive.
The Role:
As a member of the Commercial Lines Team your role will involve the development of a strong relationship with our existing client base, provision of excellent service and...
TUESDAY JUNE 11
All Games 7.30pm unless stated
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 4 Round 7
Emo V Portlaoise
Timahoe V Arles/Killeen
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 Round 8
Ballyroan Abbey V O'Dempseys
Mountmellick V The Rock
Rosenallis V Kilcavan
Midlands Park Hotel Under-13 A Football League...
Embrace FARM the support network for those affected by farm accidents will host its Annual Ecumenical Remembrance Service in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary in Abbeyleix on Sunday June 30 at 2pm.
Everyone who wishes to remember a...
Jeremiah Grant Bar & Eatery on Main Street in Portlaoise is one of the most popular establishments around - and it's not hard to see why.
Great food, beautiful setting, a fantastic outdoor area complete with a stage for large...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Aaron Kelly-Gorman
Cherrygrove, Portlaoise, Laois
Deeply regretted by his loving parents Michael Gorman and Fiona Kelly. Brothers Brandon Noah, Junaid, and sisters Cloe and Aisha. Grandparents Fint and Anne,...
Leighanne and Gerard Roche have been fighting a battle that has become all-too familiar for many parents of a child with intellectual disabilities.
Their son Ryan, aged 11, is non-verbal with developmental delays and a sensory processing disorder. On top...
The student council of Portlaoise College played a significant role in the introduction of a new school jumper for the academic year 2019-20 and beyond.
The student council was part of the consultative process and were active in the design...
Last Monday June 3, saw the All-Ireland U-13 Boys’ and U13 Girls’ rounders championships take place in The Heath GAA.
Teams came from all over Ireland to take part in this annual competition and the display of rounders was at...
Laois manager John Sugrue was left rueing missed chances as his side exited the Leinster football championship at the semi final stage yesterday.
Meath scored three goals while Laois failed to raise a green flag as they suffered a fourth...
Portlaoise has been named as the fourth cleanest town in Ireland according to the latest litter league rankings.
Portlaoise was in 21st place when the last Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal) anti-litter league standings were released but is now up...
The Laois footballers will face Derry in Round 2 of the All-Ireland Qualifiers following this morning's draw on RTE Radio 1.
Laois did not enter the Qualifiers last year until Round 4 but now do so two stages earlier following...
The draws for the Laois GAA juvenile hurling and football championships were made in the Midlands Park Hotel last week.
The competitions are following the same pattern as last year in all cases except U-13 in both codes and the...
Sometimes, all you need for a memorable summer holiday is a blanket, picnic hamper, delicious treats and a beautiful place to sit down and take the weight off your feet.
This summer, The Heritage are offering the perfect treat for...
Zest Leisure Club at the Killeshin Hotel are delighted to introduce the launch of Les Mills Virtual this weekend.
Les Mills Virtual offers the world’s best classes to pumping music on a big screen in studio.
It’s a truly inspiring experience...
For this week's Moment in Time we take a look back at the sixth Gordon Bennett Classic Car run which was in June 2008.
Car enthusiasts retraced the route of the world famous race over the four day event.
Close to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Daniel Byrne
O’Moores Forest, Ballyfin, Laois
Daniel Byrne, O'Moore's Forest,, Ballyfin, Co Laois. Died June 8th 2019. Deeply regretted by his wife Kathleen and family, Pat, Danny, Roísín and...
More than 50 scouts from Laois, Offaly and Tipperary arrived in Castletown for their 'Just Add Water' day on the river Nore recently.
The weather was fine as the teenagers made rafts, built a bridge, did some fishing and cooked...
Not for the first time in the history of Laois football, Meath proved too strong for Laois in Croke Park.
This afternoon in GAA Headquarters they recorded a 3-13 to 0-10 win over John Sugrue's side to book a Leinster...
Up to 50 inmates smeared human excrement on the walls of their cells and refused to return from the exercise yard in an incident in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise recently.
The Irish Prison Service confirmed the incident to RTE's...
The Laois footballers were beaten by Meath in the Leinster SFC semi-final in Croke Park this afternoon, ending their hopes of reaching a second successive provincial final.
Here we go through some of the game's main talking points and look...
Meath 3-13 Laois 0-10
Leinster SFC Semi-final
Laois's hopes of reaching a second successive Leinster football final were dashed in Croke Park this afternoon as two first-half Meath goals proved too much to overcome.
It means John Sugrue's men go into the...
NEWS
Laois group against controversial power project issue statement after national exposé
A Laois anti-substation group have issued a statement after RTÉ Investigates exposé surrounding oil leaks
Long-serving Laois school principal reflects on his 40-year teaching career
Holy Family NS principal Mr Des Sutton reflects...
The big day for the Laois footballers has arrived.
The Laois senior footballers are back in Croke Park this afternoon for the sixth time in the last 15 months as they face Meath in the Leinster championship semi final.
John Sugrue's...
This week's Property Watch features five of the most expensive properties for sale in Laois at the moment.
Featured here are properties in Portarlington, Ballybrittas, Durrow and Portlaoise.
Here is this week's Property Watch:
Derry Road, Durrow, Co. Laois
€1,055,000
This spectacular house is...
There is 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 farm technology has been stolen in what is believed to have been a co-ordinated theft of €160,000 worth of John Deere equipment in three counties last week.
Machinery dealers and farmers in Laois, Meath and Wexford were targeted in...
