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The Laois senior footballers have been promoted and will play in the Allianz Football League Division 3 final following today's results.
Laois are top of Division 3 tonight following their 1-15 to...
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Laois 1-15 Carlow 1-12
Allianz Division 3 Football League Round 7
Laois defeated Carlow for the fourth game running as Paul Cahillane and Brendan Quigley inspired them to a brilliant victory.
Cahillane orchestrated everything...
We're back documenting all the news that has taken place in Laois, or involving Laois people, over the past week.
It's our Top Stories of the week.
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Fire near Portarlington train station
A large fire broke out in a building adjacent to...
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The Laois senior footballers take on Carlow in O'Moore Park this afternoon at 2pm.
Anything less than a win for John Sugrue's men will mean that their chances of gaining promotion to Division...
You cannot beat old pictures - and we are going way back here.
Photographer Alf Harvey’s trip around the Laois primary schools back in the early years of the 2000s was a great idea.
And these pictures from 19 years ago...
Remember 7 Days? Ok, Today Tonight then?
Today Tonight Election Specials with Basil Chubb, Brian Farrell and John Bowman. Now there’s an A-Team of number crunchers, statisticians or to give them their correct moniker in the field of politics and...
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The Laois and Carlow footballers are set to do battle this afternoon in a crucial game for both counties.
Laois need to win to have a chance of promotion from Division 3...
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The Laois senior footballers take on Carlow in Round 7 of their Allianz Football League Division 3 campaign this afternoon.
Here we guide you through what you need to know:
When, where, what time?
The...
Laois are out in their final group game of division 2 against Antrim this weekend.
Here's the guide of what you need to know before the game:
When, where, what time?
Laois take on Antrim at home in Durrow on Sunday, March...
It hasn't been easy sailing for the Laois Ladies footballers so far in the league, and they'll be hoping to put the losses behind them as they head down to play Waterford away this weekend.
Here is all you need...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Annie Delaney (née Keegan)
Ballygormill, Timahoe, Laois
Annie Delaney (nee Keegan), Ballygormill, Timahoe, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Died the 22nd of March 2019, peacefully, at home surrounded by her loving...
There was disappointment for both the ladies of Portlaoise Panthers basketball and Portlaoise rugby as they went down in their respective games today.
The Portlaoise Panthers ladies baskteball team went down to Kerry side St Mary's of Castleisland in the...
Emo 3-13 Courtwood 4-10
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1B
Competitive meetings between parish rivals Courtwood and Emo have been rare enough occurrences over the years - but they met this evening in Emo in the opening round of ACFL Division...
Clough-Ballacolla 2-9 Ballinakill 0-6
2004 Laois U-21 HC Final
Not for the first time, an U-21 championship went overtime and into the following year.
On St Patrick's Day in 2005 in O'Moore Park, Clough-Ballacolla and Ballinakill met in the 2004 Laois U-21...
Laois 0-14 Limerick 2-5
All-Ireland Minor ‘B’ Camogie Championship
Laois defeating Limerick in either hurling or camogie is certainly worthy of unanimous congratulations and our minors achieved just that feat today in Kilcotton.
Robert Jones’s side now have three wins from three, with a...
Springtime has arrived and, for many, a long overdue ‘spring clean’ may be imminent.
It’s no secret that clutter is one of the biggest problems that makes a home look untidy.
Not only does a cluttered home make it difficult...
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...
Incredible acts of kindness and generosity were displayed across the globe as we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day.
This was highlighted in Our Lady's Meadow National School, where fifth and sixth class students raised €1,075 out of their confirmation money to present to Down...
Tom McDonald & Associates – Experienced, Professional, Trusted – are delighted to offer to the market this imposing, concrete built four bedroom detached home (approx. 2,345sq.ft.) with paddock and outbuildings on a private site extending to approximately 1.3 acres.
Perfectly...
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The Laois senior football team to face Carlow in Sunday's must-win Allianz Football League Division 3 game in O'Moore Park shows three changes from the side that beat Offaly last weekend.
Robbie...
A village in Laois could be set to receive new road safety measures for traffic control.
Ballaghmore, Borris-in-Ossory, was the subject of discussion for new amber signs, digital speed signs, rumble strips and road markings at the latest Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal...
There was a bit of a shock at the Fianna Fáil European Election selection convention for the Ireland South constituency last week when Wexford councillor Malcolm Byrne beat off long-serving Cork TD Billy Kelleher.
In doing so, Byrne became the...
Tom McDonald & Associates – Experienced, Professional, Trusted – are delighted to offer to the market this quality, concrete built, four bedroom detached family home in Whitefields, Portarlington.
The property is situated within the renowned "Whitefields" estate, located off Station...
There is no disputing but that we live in the digital age. Virtually everything is available online.
However, there is a downside to the digital revolution which can often leave you hanging on, getting the voice message run-around, confronted with...
Time flies when you’re having fun. It certainly has for Portlaoise footballer Zach Tuohy. Where did the last ten years go?
This weekend Zach, the pride of the Town, is himself characteristically humble about it all, but as ambitious as...
According to the English Catholic priest-cardinal John Henry Newman, “Growth is the only evidence of life.”
Life is then most apparent in the springtime with the bursting and budding of flowers, trees, and whistling of birds.
Winter precedes this era of...
The Chamber of Laois County Council was packed on Friday night as some of the county's best Irish dancers were honoured at a Civic Reception.
Cathoirleach John King was joined by fellow Cllrs Padraig Fleming, Tom Mulhall and Paschal McEvoy...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paul McCullagh
Ballylehane Upper, Wolfhill, Laois/Athy, Kildare/Tyrone
Formerly Ardboe, Co. Tyrone. Beloved husband of Órla and dear father of Torin, Aisling, Annie, Raymond, Nadine and Aaron. Very sadly missed...
There will be wild celebrations in Crettyard tonight as one of their most popular sons has claimed an All-Ireland title.
Joe Brennan, of Monavea Handball Club, won the Men’s Emerald Master B All-Ireland Final in Kingscourt in Cavan this evening.
The well-known Laois...
Following a car being broken into in Laois, Gardaí are investigating the incident.
Gardaí are investigating the incident which happened in Capponellan woods near Durrow.
It occurred on Tuesday morning between 9.50am and 11am.
A number of items, including hairdressing equipment worth...
