The Cheltenham Racing Festival begins next Tuesday and one GAA club has come up with a novel way to keep you interested in the four day event.
Erin's Own, from Castlecomer in Co Kilkenny, have teamed up with fantasycheltenham.ie to...
There was great excitement in Portlaoise FET Centre as they celebrated both National Adult Learners week and Pancake Tuesday.
Portlaoise FET Centre we offer adult literacy courses, intensive literacy courses, ESOL classes, QQI modules at Levels 1-5 and a range...
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It’s another busy weekend in Laois with the launch of our first large festival of the year, the Mountmellick Drama Festival.
This festival brings eight nights of the highest quality amateur drama to Laois and...
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Leinster U-15 Division 1 league
Portlaoise RFC U-15s travelled to Birr at the weekend for the last of the regular league games, a match that would determine the quarter final seedlings.
Portlaoise went into this game four points...
Laois woman Nancy Poulain and her Irish Wolfhound Lobo are all set for this year's international Crufts show.
In March, the best trainers and dogs from all over the world gather to compete in the UK competition.
Lobo is 16 months...
International Women's Day 2019 will be an important day for Midlands 103 as the radio station will be presented by women all day.
The compelling story of Kathleen Chada, a Carlow mum lobbying for law reform following the murder of...
The best places to eat and drink in Laois were chosen at an awards ceremony in the Killashee Hotel, Kildare.
Establishments in Portlaoise, Portarlington, Emo, Ballyfin, Rathdowney, Stradbally and The Heath received awards in a range of different categories.
Batonis of...
As it stands, Portlaoise has one of the highest rates of declared female candidates of any local election area in the country.
According to research collected by Maynooth University lecturer Adrian Kavanagh, Portlaoise has five selected/declared female local election candidates so...
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Laois dressing rooms after games with Kilkenny haven't been the most joyous of places over the years, but the tide changed as Laois recorded a famous victory over the Cats, who...
It is less than three months until the Elections and our third Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as the countdown continues to this year’s Local Elections.
Minister for Justice and Local Election candidate visit local...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
William Murphy
Knockbawn, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully in the wonderful care of The Community Nursing Unit, Abbeyleix, surrounded by his loving family. Devoted husband to Breda, loving father to Henrietta...
Cara Phelan from Portlaoise camogie club entered a recent Liberty Insurance Ireland competition.
The prize was to attend the Women in Sport event in Fallon & Byrne in Dublin on Tuesday.
Cara really enjoyed the event and was delighted to meet...
All of this weekend's CCFL fixtures as the season continues.
SATURDAY MARCH 9
All games at 2.30 unless stated
Under 17 Premier Division
St Francis v Mullingar Ath; Iona Park Athlone; Midlands
Under 17 Division 1
Clara Town v Rosenallis; Stanley O’Hara Park Clara; Offaly
Horseleap...
For the first time in 16 years, Knockbeg College were crowned Leinster U-16 champions by defeating Martist of Athlone this afternoon.
The team that won in 2003 featured a host of players that would go on to win the All-Ireland...
Knockbeg College 3-10 Martist Athlone 4-6
Top Oil Leinster School's U-16 Leinster 'A' Football Final
What a team and what a win.
Knockbeg College are the best U-16 team in Leinster after they came out one point winners over Martist of Athlone...
Excitement is at tipping point as the final preparations are put in place in the lead up to the 29th Annual Mountmellick Drama Festival this March.
Run under the auspices of the Amateur Drama Society of Ireland, the festival runs...
The Department of Education has granted funding for a new purpose built ASD unit in Rath National School.
€15,500 was granted to equip the new unit.
The new building incorporates two classrooms with associate classroom safe bases, a para-educational room, a multi-sensory...
St Vincent’s Hospital Mountmellick to go to construction next year.
This is according to Laois TD Brian Stanley.
Deputy Stanley has said “I have been informed in a reply to a parliamentary Question to the Minister that the first phase of...
The new 'Barack Obama-style' plaza planned for Portlaoise is still awaiting the decision of An Bord Pleanala over whether or not it can proceed.
LaoisToday understands that one objection has been lodged with the appeals body after planning permission was...
As Laois's clash with All-Ireland champions Limerick draws closer on the horizon, we look at the injury news and updates for the coming weekend.
It is unlikely that the senior hurling management will be making too many changes to their...
According to one Ireland South MEP, the European Parliament are now one step closer to abolishing seasonal clock-changes.
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee has today said that seasonal clock changes should be abolished in 2021 and it is up...
The Knockbeg Army will be out in full force this afternoon as they will go for Leinster U-16 'A' football championship glory.
The final will take place in either O'Moore Park or Ratheniska at 12.30pm and standing in their way...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Hickey
Quigley Park, Rathdowney, Laois
Hickey, Quigley Park, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, March 4th 2019. Peacefully at his home. Paddy, predeceased by his beloved grandson Darren, his brothers Tommy...
12-years-old Aisling Ramsbottom is the toast of her school at Timahoe NS today as she returned from the Intel Mini Scientist National Finals as All Ireland Runner Up.
The talented student wowed nine sets of judges throughout the day in...
Gardaí at Carlow Garda Station are investigating the discovery of a suspected cannabis grow house on the Tullow Road area of Carlow Town today.
Approximately 170 mature cannabis plants were discovered along with a significant quantity of harvested plant material.
The...
It was a rare and remarkable sight. Scoil Chriost Rí and St Mary's CBS joined forces in an afternoon of mixed sport events to highlight the inequalities between men and women in sport.
Organised by the Transition Year Young Social...
A local community group has hit out at the erection of a mast in their village.
Durrow Community Forum (DDF) took to Facebook to release a statement after a mast was placed just outside their town.
They say this was done...
Dysart Motors have driven home the Vehicle Recovery Operator Award of the year at the SIMI Irish Motor Awards.
This year the Society’s Annual Dinner with the SIMI Irish Motor Industry Awards were held on Thursday, 21 February at the...
Laois GAA have backed world champion boxer TJ Doheny's bid to have a fight in O'Moore Park.
The Portlaoise fighter made the revelation of his desire to have a bout in his home town on Midland 103 at the weekend.
And...
There is surprise this morning with the news that Laois's leading businesswoman is departing her role with one of the world's biggest corporations.
Louise Phelan, from Donaghmore in Rathdowney, has decided to step down as vice-president of PayPal.
The Irish Independent reported...
