More than 500 prisoners have had to sleep on the floor of cells in the Midlands Prison Portlaoise over the the last three months.
The figures were released by the Department of Justice show that November 2018 was the worst...
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It's our fifth Podcast of 2019 and it's as jam-packed as ever.
Host Brian Moss is joined by Steven Miller and Siún Lennon where they reflect on last week's sporting action and look ahead to this weekend's fixtures.
Plenty of talking...
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious road accident in Athy after a woman was knocked down by a lorry on the bridge in the town opposite AIB.
The woman was knocked down by a lorry while she...
How great is this.
How many people have said that they'd love to strap a camera onto themselves and look back on all they got up to during the Electric Picnic.
Well one Laois man took it upon himself to do...
Figures released for all of 2018 to by the HSE highlight the number of elderly patients, those over 75, who had to wait over 24 hours for care in Emergency Departments (ED) last year.
A total of 581 were forced...
SVT Activity and Wellness Hub are delighted to announce an exciting new initiative at junior parkrun in Vicarstown for local primary schools.
Vicarstown junior parkrun is a weekly 2k run, for 4 to 14 year olds, along the Grand Canal...
Concerned Stradbally residents congregated in St Colman's National School last night for a public meeting organised by the Stradbally Community Development Association (SCDA) on fears over traffic issues in the town.
On top of the agenda was the potential for...
The Annanough footballers have a new manager.
Dublin native Donal Horgan has taken the reigns of his adopted club for this year.
Winning junior championship manager Colin Miller has stepped aside and Horgan, who is originally from St Brigid's in Dublin,...
RTÉ Weather and National Lottery presenter Nuala Carey is urging the people of Laois to support the Irish Cancer Society on Daffodil Day following the loss of her father to cancer in November.
Nuala helped the Irish Cancer Society launch...
Laois camogie's campaign begins with the Littlewoods Ireland camogie league on Sunday 17 February.
Laois are competing in division 2 of the national league, meeting Antrim, Derry, Dublin and Kilkenny in group 3.
In the Leinster senior championship, Laois face a...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Seamus (James) Brown
The Strand, Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Ballickmoyler, Laois
Seamus (James) Brown, The Strand, Ballickmoyler, Co. Carlow, passed away peacefully on February 11th, 2019 at St. James Hospital,...
Naomh Éamann Camogie Club recently celebrated a fantastic sporting year with an Awards and Presentation Ceremony in the newly refurbished Castletown Community Centre.
Naomh Éamann had much to celebrate, having secured both a Division A U-12 County championship and an...
Portlaoise 3 Pembroke Wanderers 1
Ladies Leinster Hockey League Division 9
Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club moved on from last week’s loss with a convincing win over Pembroke Wanderers 7th on Saturday 9th February 2019 in Kilkenny.
Portlaoise faced an initial threat on their...
Love is in the air this week and we teamed up with the Midlands Park Hotel for a brilliant prize.
It was our birthday last Thursday as we turned two and as it's Valentine's Day on Thursday, we thought what...
Laois actor Robert Sheehan has opened up on how he would like to have a child.
The 31-year-old Portlaoise man who previously starred in shows such as Misfits and Love/Hate, made the revelation in a recent interview with the Irish...
Who doesn't like a cream bun or an eclair? Who isn't fond of freshly baked bread? Who doesn't need a birthday cake, a wedding cake or a christening cake at some stage?
Sweet Bakery has opened in Portlaoise this week...
Age is no barrier to anything - and Mountmellick native Joe Kelly is testament to that.
Joe appeared on The Ray D'Arcy Show on RTE on Saturday night having learned to swim at the ripe old age of 62.
He appeared...
Portlaoise southpaw boxer TJ Doheny is set to feature in a new multi-part documentary series on Eir Sport.
'The fighter' TV series is set to appear on our screens on Sunday, February 24 - beginning with an exclusive interview with...
While the country is pre-occupied with the looming prospects of a hard Brexit and its border implications, an electoral boundary review is causing consternation closer to home.
“I can’t get my head around it. What a mess. Who comes up...
The Laois football management will review video footage of the incident which saw wing back Martin Scully receive a straight red card after 55 minutes of Sunday's win over Sligo.
The Ballyroan-Abbey man collided with Sligo wing back Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch...
Clonad have a new manager for the 2019 season - and it is a very familiar face.
Fint Duff will be at the helm this year, a role he previously held in 2017.
Back then, he guided Clonad to the IHC...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Charlie Mooney
7 Botley Court, Portarlington, Laois
Unexpectedly at the Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Bridie, sons Cathal, Conleth, Padraig, John Paul, Declan and Christopher...
The Midlands Park Hotel is a busy and vibrant spot in the heart of Portlaoise and this Friday, February 15, the popular Charter Bar will host a cocktail party with live entertainment and great offers to launch their new...
Contestants in the Portlaoise College Lip Sync Battle brought the audience to their feet on Friday, February 8.
The Midlands Park Hotel was the place to be as hundreds packed into the function room in the Portlaoise hotel for a night...
The nurses' strike has been called off moments ago following the outcome of Labour Court talks.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psyhciatric Nurses Association have suspended industrial action scheduled for this week.
The three-day strike due to begin...
In other places they are celebrated, places of curiosity and curios, of gems of shops, art and café culture.
But in Portlaoise some of its laneways are the neglected poor relation, out of sight and maybe even avoided.
There are now...
Laois had an amazing weekend of athletics in the Athlone Indoor arena.
Laois Athletics two recent Leinster Juvenile Star Award winners for 2018 put in performances over the weekend in Athlone AIT Arena that will make them favourites again for...
Laois musician Senan Moran was heard playing the fiddle on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta recently where he competed to win the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal.
The fiddle competition was held in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork last week with the...
With spring calving now underway on many Irish farms, IFA Health and Safety Executive William Shortall has encouraged farmers to be extremely vigilant on their own safety.
An average, 9% of farm fatalities are caused by cow and heifer attacks...
