On this week's Property Watch, we take a look at homes in Laois currently on the market for in or around €150,000.
Four of the properties are located in Portlaoise with the other one in Portarlington.
Full details plus more images...
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...
Twenty five year old Martin O'Reilly swapped the green fields of Killenard for green fields from further afield almost two years ago and hasn't looked back since.
The O'Dempseys man has worked as a green-keeper in America, on Le Golf...
We had plenty of entertaining games throughout the 2018 season in football, hurling, camogie and ladies football.
With the 2018 season officially coming to a close as reigning champions Portarlington took the U-21 football crown again last weekend, we took...
A Laois Agricultural Science student has been awarded a prestigious overseas travel bursary.
Andrew Mansfield from Rathdowney was among six others to receive the Agricultural Science Association professional Work Experience travel bursaries.
The bursaries are in association with Glanbia and the...
The 2018 Laois GAA season finally came to an end last Sunday when Portarlington claimed the U-21 football title for the second successive year.
It brought to an end our coverage of the 2018 season, one that started on December...
Eoin Barry, Labour Party Area Representative for the Graiguecullen Portarlington Municipal District has called for a ban on scam phone call.
He insists that phone operators must do more to protect their customers.
He said: “I am speaking with Laois residents...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Richard Anderson
37 Upper Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois
Ex member of the Defence Forces. Beloved husband of Cecilia and predeceased by his brothers Martin, Michael, Liam and his sister Mary....
Leading Irish protection specialist, Royal London, is calling on the Irish Government to establish a register of Wills to overhaul the current system, which it says, makes the process of locating a Will more difficult than it ought to...
There were great scenes on RTE tonight as a well-known Laois man won big on Winning Streak, spinning the wheel, winning a car and taking home a grand total of €59,000.
Jackie Doheny from Mountrath took his place alongside four...
We’re back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
Beyond excited here @ScoilChriostRi1 today as our girls became Leinster Junior A Cup champions to make the double after the Senior A win on Tuesday. Congrats...
For the third year in a row, Killeshin defender Stephen Attride will be the Laois senior football captain.
Attride was first bestowed the honour in 2017 under manager Peter Creedon and when he departed at the end of that year,...
Republic of Ireland 2 Australia 0
Men's U-16 International Football Friendly
Laois teenager Colin Conroy scored a cracking goal as the Republic of Ireland U-16s defeated Australia at the FAI National Training Centre this afternoon.
Former Portlaoise AFC player Conroy was a...
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has hit out at what he calls 'outdated social housing income thresholds that are leaving Laois families in Limbo'.
The Laois TD said has called for change.
He said: “Hundreds of families across Laois/Offaly are caught...
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...
A well-known Laois pub has been extensively damaged by a fire in the early hours of this morning.
Emergency services attended a fire at Caoch O'Leary's in Ballacolla - with fire crews from Durrow, Abbeyleix, Rathdowney and Portlaoise all attending...
Portlaoise 15 Garda 13
'Greencore Leinster League Division 1 2004'
15 years ago, Portlaoise continued their good start to the year with a good victory over a strong Garda outfit.
After 3 minutes Portlaoise got a good break through the center from...
"The business economy of Portlaoise and Laois is continuing to grow at a rapid rate."
Portlaoise native Eamon Callaghan has recently set up Vision 85 in Clonminam Business Park in Portlaoise, which is a co-working hub that facilitates a variety...
Construction work is about to begin on a kidney dialysis clinic in Portlaoise that will cater for 60 patients from across the midlands.
Ground clearance has been carried out over the past few weeks at a greenfield site on the...
After the buzz and good cheer of the festive season, January can feel like one long and exhausting slog.
Researchers have dubbed January 21st as ‘Blue Monday’ or the most depressing day of the year.
It’s dark and cold outside, summer...
Laois hurling manager Eddie Brennan has hit out at the scheduling of the third level Fitzgibbon Cup competition which could see some of his players five games in 15 days.
The competition gets underway today with the first round of...
This week were back to the healthy wholesome meals.
This week’s recipes is one that will come to please any vegetarians out there.
This is a very basic dish, mainly thrown together by ingredients that are often around the house.
A very...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Gillman
Graiguecullen /Curraduff Newmarket, Co. Cork
Paddy died peacefully in the loving care of Signature Care, Killerig. Aged 100 years. Treasured husband of the late Maura and much...
Seven Laois organisations have benefited to the tune of €139,100 thanks to two government schemes which were rolled out in recent days.
The Community Services Programme Support Fund, unveiled by the Department of Rural and Community Development, saw three organisations share...
Portlaoise boxer TJ Doheny successfully defended his IBF World Super-Bantamweight Title overnight and immediately set his sights on a unification bout with Daniel Roman.
The Knockmay man defeated Ryohei Takahashi in the Madison Square Garden in the first defence of the belt he...
Portlaoise boxer TJ Doheny has done it.
The Knockmay man has held onto his Junior Featherweight world title by defeating Ryohei Takahashi in the Madison Square Garden tonight.
The undefeated Doheny was hotly tipped to regain his crown at 1/50 and gave...
The first snow of 2019 arrived in Laois yesterday and a forecaster is predicting that we are going to see a lot more of the fluffy stuff in the coming weeks.
The Laois Weather Facebook page posted pictures of a...
Fine Gael will run three candidates in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal in this year's Local Elections.
The party held their selection convention in the Gandon Inn this evening where it was decided that Cllr Tom Mulhall, Aisling Moran and Vivienne Phelan...
The new Laois senior hurling captain and vice-captain for the 2019 season have been announced.
Rathdowney-Errill's Paddy Purcell has been chosen as the man to carry-out the main duty in 2019.
The captain's role seems like a natural fit for the...
There was a strong Laois presence on the IT Carlow team as they took on DCU Dochas Eireann in Round 1 of the Sigerson Cup this evening in Dublin.
The side is managed by Portlaoise's Pat Critchley, who was part...
