Portlaoise 5 Navan 1
Leinster Ladies Hockey League Division 9
The New Year brought with it a brand new set of hockey jerseys and a victory for Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club.
The club took on Navan 2nd on Sunday 13th January 2019 in...
The showpiece weekend on the basketball calendar took place over the last few days in Tralee.
Laois club Portlaoise Panthers had an unprecedented four teams taking part in the Hula Hoops National Cup.
There were two Women's teams and two Men's...
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois-Offaly, Barry Cowen has expressed concern at the number of vacant posts in occupational therapy services in Laois-Offaly.
Deputy Cowen was commenting as a HSE response on capacity outlined that “even if all posts were filled...
A Michelin accredited chef is setting up business locally.
Keith Boyle is opening a new restaurant in Castlecomer this Spring.
The Lady Anne restaurant is located in the Creamery House and will be open four nights a week from Thursday to...
Beechfield Healthcare is seeking to hire a Customer Services/Telesales Representative to join their office support team.
The ideal candidate will have min 2-3 years' experience working in a back-office function dealing with customers, processing orders and generating invoices.
You should be...
The BT Young Scientist competition concluded last week and a young man from The Swan was amongst the winners.
Evan Hogg, who is in third year, came third in the Individual Intermediate Biology category.
His project investigated whether it is more effective...
It looks like Fine Gael will run four candidates in the Portlaoise Municipal District in this year's Local Elections.
The party are holding their selection convention in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise this Wednesday, January 16, and four names have...
We have no Life Insurance. How much should we have? OR We have some Life Insurance. Do we have enough?.
These are common questions we are asked every day in Peavoy Financial Planning. The New Year offers an ideal time for you to...
'Phenomenal', 'amazing', 'unbelievable'.
These were just some of the words used by Portlaoise Panthers U20 Women's coach Jack Dooley to describe being in a National Cup final at that age group for the first time ever.
"Awh amazing, it unbelievable," Jack...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Maura Horan
Strahard, Mountmellick, Laois
Maura Horan Strahard, Mountmellick, Co.Laois. Died Peacefully January 12th surrounded by her loving family and staff at Oakdale Nursing Home Portarlington. Predeceased by her...
Portlaoise 8 Clondalkin 20
Leinster Rugby League Division 2A
Portlaoise RFC's hopes of an immediate return to Division 1B are in tatters after they fell to a home defeat to Clondalkin in Togher this afternoon.
It means that with just three games...
There is never a dull moment in Laois and this week, there were plenty of happy and uplifting stories to help us continue to ease into January.
There is a wide range of topics from boxing to First Dates Ireland...
Portarlington 2-8 St Joseph's 0-7
Laois Shopping Centre 2018 U-21 Football Championship Final
Portarlington waited 24 years to be crowned U-21 champions in 2017 and they have now made it back-to-back crowns as they lifted the 2018 version this afternoon against...
13 days into 2019, the 2018 Laois GAA season will come to an end this afternoon.
Portarlington and St Joseph's will meet in the U-21 football final in Stradbally at 1pm.
The competition was delayed starting in 2018 due to the...
Portlaoise Panthers 71 Belfast Star 81
Hula Hoops U-18 National Cup Semi Final
The curtain came down on the National Cup weekend for Portlaoise Panthers in Kerry this morning.
Jack Scully's U-18s went down to a very strong Belfast Star team who...
For our second Property Watch of 2019, we are taking a look at the most expensive properties in county town of Portlaoise.
Among the properties featured include houses on the Dublin Rd, in Maryborough Village, on the Mountrath Rd, Stradbally...
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...
There is seemingly no end to the amount of Laois people who are appearing on the latest series of Winning Streak.
Last night's show saw Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy pull yet another Laois name out of the drum -...
Ten percent more players have registered to play camogie for Laois clubs in 2018 compared to 2017.
Approximately 1,486 players were registered across the 10 clubs in 2018. This is up from 1,348 registered in 2017.
All clubs apart from Clonad...
Great news for all those who didn't manage to get their hands on an Electric Picnic ticket this year.
Tour de Picnic is back and could give you the chance to get your hands on a ticket while cycling for...
Laois GAA are currently in the middle of moving from Parkside to their new offices in the LOETB Centre of Excellence.
They are due to move fully into the new centre by Tuesday, January 15.
Laois GAA secretary Niall Handy said people...
13 days into 2019, the 2018 Laois GAA season will come to an end this afternoon.
Portarlington and St Joseph's will meet in the U-21 football final in Stradbally at 1.30pm.
The competition was delayed starting in 2018 due to the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Maura Horan
Strahard, Mountmellick, Laois
Maura Horan Strahard, Mountmellick, Co.Laois. Died Peacefully January 12th surrounded by her loving family and staff at Oakdale Nursing Home Portarlington. Predeceased by her...
Portlaoise Panthers 50 Ulster University Elks 71
Hula Hoops Women’s Division 1 Cup Semi Final
Portlaoise Panthers Women's National Cup dreams were dashed this evening by a Kollyns Scarbrough inspired Ulster University Elks in Tralee.
Peter Duignan's side led by a point...
We’re back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
You think Liverpool and spurs are bottlers? Should see my tinder conversations, atrocious
— Jigger (@jakdelaney_97) January 8, 2019
Tinder can be tricky.
At EP I got talking to...
Laois teenager Colin Conroy played 60 minutes for the Republic of Ireland as they lost 3-0 to a strong German side today.
Former Portlaoise AFC player Conroy was named in the starting 11 for the Republic of Ireland, in the...
Operation Transformation walks took Laois by storm today, Saturday January 12.
Nearly 1,000 participants attended the four events around the county, with Emo recording the largest turnout of roughly 400 people.
Stradbally, Durrow, and Portlaoise were the three other locations for...
First Spirits Ireland 0-17 Mergon International 1-13
Interfirms Leinster Junior final
It took serious battle and grit in Park-Ratheniska today but First Spirits Ireland have won the Interfirms Leinster junior competition.
They began with a lead they never relinquished, thanks in no...
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...
Portlaoise Panthers 62 Dublin Lions 67
Hula Hoops Under 20 Men's Cup Semi Final
A poor second quarter showing cost Portlaoise Panthers U-20s dearly as their cup dreams ended this afternoon.
Jack Scully's side allowed Dublin Lions to build up a sizeable...
