Local Enterprise Week was held all across the country last week - with numerous events held in Laois from Monday to Friday.
Free one-to-one mentoring sessions, a business women's lunch and seminars on productivity and digital trends were part of...
Scoil Criost Rí 7-11 Presentation College Tuam (Galway) 1-5
All Ireland Post Primary School Senior ‘A’ Championship Semi Final
Scoil Chriost Ri have an All-Ireland final to prepare for after they cruised past the challenge of Tuam in Mullingar this afternoon.
The...
Fianna Fail TD Sean Fleming has said that the progress in relation to providing a new school building for the Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise is painfully slow.
The Castletown native has called the delay a 'disgraceful treatment of children'.
He...
It's the moment we've all been waiting for - the first lineup for Electric Picnic 2019 has been announced.
The Strokes, Florence and the Machine, Hozier and The 1975 are all headlining the festival.
Dermot Kennedy, Billie Eilish, Jess Glynn, Christine...
Former RTE newsreader Aengus MacGrianna is urging businesses in Laois to support cancer patients and their families by getting behind the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on Friday, March 22.
This is to ensure as many patients as possible receive...
It’s always a most enjoyable day and this year’s St Patrick’s day festivities around Laois will bring a bit of fun and joy to every community in the county.
We reckon there will be 13 parades across Laois over the...
A Laois and Sarsfields ladies footballing legend has officially announced her decision to hang up her boots.
After previously announcing her retirement from the inter-county game in September 2014, Tracey Lawlor, now O'Leary, made the decision to step away from club...
Laois football captain Stephen Attride has a busy few weeks ahead of him – his county is in a battle for promotion to Allianz League Division 2 while his Knockbeg College side play the Masita McGirr Cup final at...
Laois may have played against Limerick last weekend, but one Laois senior hurler is now representing a Limerick university as UL take on LIT in the freshers' hurling final tomorrow.
The Harps man Ciaran Comerford has started every game of...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Liam Brennan
The Village, Ballylinan, Laois / Urlingford, Kilkenny / Fairview, Dublin
Following a short illness.
Deeply regretted by his loving wife Mary, sons Billy and Patrick, daughters Caroline and...
It is less than three months until the Elections and our sixth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as the countdown continues to this year’s Local Elections.
Local Election Campaign Launch for Thomasina Connell
Portlaoise Electoral Area...
Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington are looking to fill the following position:
Health Care Assistant
Required for: Part-Time Shifts (Mornings, Weekdays & Weekends)
Requirements:
Be passionate about caring for our residents
FETAC Level 5 in Care of the Elderly or equivalent
To apply:
Send CV to:...
Gardaí in Portlaoise are investigating the theft of a lawnmower in Laois.
A Red Castle Garden TX102 ride on mower was taken from a private residence in Courtwood, Vicarstown, during the night of the Sunday March 10.
Anyone with information on...
Rathdowney fell under a magical spell as witches, wolves, a royal family, a woodcutter, a Baron & a Duke, some baddies, Laurel & Hardy, hot angels and the Three Musketeers descended upon the Laois town at the weekend.
Freaky spells, a...
Gardaí wish to seek the public's assistance in locating the whereabouts of a missing Portlaoise man.
57-year-old William Delaney is missing from the Portlaoise area since Wednesday January 31.
William is described as 5"6, with medium build, black/grey hair and blue...
Two Laois schools have been selected for the All-Ireland final of the Junk Kouture creative fashion contest.
Scoil Chriost Rí's 'Truth Lies Within' and the 'Butterfly Effect' team from Mountrath CS are through to the grand finale in the 3Arena...
Some Laois people are in 'fear for their lives' from illegal money lenders - a Laois County Councillor has claimed.
Cllr Caroline Dwane-Stanley made the comments at a recent meeting of the Joint Policing Commission.
The Sinn Fein Cllr said that...
This is a huge sum - fair play to all involved!
The 2019 Lollipop Day Campaign was held nationwide on Friday March 1 and Saturday March 2.
From these two days, the Portlaoise committee raised an amazing €3,400 for this very...
Leinster League Div 1 Quarter Final
Portlaoise 26 Arklow 5
Portlaoise RFC U15s played host to Arklow at the weekend in the quarter final of the Leinster league Div 1.
From the start Portlaoise attacked and Cian Coffey did his job to...
There were exciting scenes at Dublin Airport yesterday as 91 athletes from right across Ireland, including basketball player Keith Murphy from Laois, got set to jet off to Abu Dhabi for the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
Ballybrittas native...
JS Dooley Contracting Ltd in Portlaoise, is seeking to fill the following position:
Quantity Surveyor
This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding midland-based Building Contractor with a strong portfolio of repeat clients.
The position will be office based in Portlaoise...
An extended family from Laois are aiming to make a difference to the lives of others with a series of fundraisers for Pieta House after the death of a family member.
Adam Kennedy was 15 years old when he lost...
O'Dempsey's footballer Conor Meredith has opened up about his experiences of his time in both the GAA and in Australian Rules in an interview on Newstalk's 'Off The Ball'.
Meredith, who scored a hat-trick in the 2007 Leinster minor final win...
It is less than three months until the Elections and our fifth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as the countdown continues to this year’s Local Elections.
Sewage problem in Ballybrittas and Graigueaverne
The residents in Ballybrittas and Graigueaverne...
Brought to you in association with The Brewery, Rathdowney
The Laois senior hurlers saw their league campaign brought to an end on Saturday night as they lost in the quarter final to All-Ireland champions Limerick.
Now that the dust has settled,...
A senior economist with AIB believes it will be the middle of the next decade before the housing market settles.
John Fahey, a senior economist with AIB, was speaking at the bank's annual Residential Property Outlook Lunch in the Midlands...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sheila Cash
Dangenroe, Castletown, Laois / Offaly / Kildare
The sudden death of baby Sheila Cash, Dangenroe, Castletown, Co. Laois on Sunday 10th March 2019. Reposing at her residence...
There was serious style on show at the Shanahoe Ladies GAA Dinner Dance over the weekend.
Hundreds packed into the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel to celebrate a brilliant 2018 of Ladies football in the club.
Shanahoe captured the Division 3 league title...
It's not just for Local and General Elections that the constituencies have been re-drawn.
The same is the case for the upcoming European Elections, with Laois moving out of the Midlands-North West constituency to the Ireland South.
It now means that...
GAA and rugby fans are set for a fixture dilemma this weekend.
With St Patrick's Day on Sunday, the GAA has decided to play all of this weekend's National Football League games on Saturday.
This is the same day that Ireland...
