The Raheen Panto group staged their 32nd Anniversary Pantomime ‘Cinderella’ in Heywood Community School Gym last week.
This was made possible by kind permission of the Board of Management and Principal Mr Philip Bowe.
This was the Group's third year at...
Knockbeg College 1-14 St. Peter’s (Wexford) 0-7
Top Oil South Leinster Junior Football “A” Final
Knockbeg College have been crowned South Leinster 'A' U-16 champions following an emphatic victory over St Peter's of Wexford in Ferns this afternoon.
The side, managed by...
According to Laois TD and Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan, €12,823,820 has been allocated to assist the repair of regional and local roads in Laois.
€3 million of this has been allocated to the completion of the Portlaoise...
Mountmellick CS 25 Kishoge Community College 45
Boys U-16 Leinster Basketball Final
Mountmellick Community School's U16 boys team came up just short of a Leinster basketball title in the National Arena today.
Mountmellick CS basketball has gone from strength to strength, and...
Laois TD Sean Fleming has called on Minister for Health Simon Harris to immediately cancel and withdraw the proposals on his desk for the total downgrade of the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.
"The Minister has a report on his...
Portlaoise CBS 4-10 Heywood CS 1-11
Top Oil South Leinster Junior Football 'C' Semi Final
Emo sharpshooter Paddy Hosey was in inspired form this afternoon as his hat-trick helped Portlaoise CBS get the better of fellow Laois school Heywood and reach...
We all know someone who should do this.
As the current season airs, applications are already open for the next series of the First Dates Ireland.
Laois applicants have so far done very well on Ireland's most popular dating show. Who...
Some of the young Laois rugby stars of the future are giddy with anticipation today as they get set to play a mini game at the Irish Women's Rugby Six Nations game.
Portlaoise U12 girls team will make the journey...
Laois TD Brian Stanley told the Dáil that there is a 'chronic need' for a new building for Kolbe Special School yesterday, January 31.
Kolbe Special School has 40 students under the age of 18 with severe physical and intellectual...
There was a number of young Laois rugby players involved in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup this week.
Luke Rigney from Portlaoise, whose dad Des played at a high level with Buccaneers and was also heavily involved with Portlaoise over...
Love is in the air at Mountmellick Drama Group as they prepare for their Spring production of Bernard Farrell’s Lovers at Versailles.
The play is set in the Sullivan house in the immediate aftermath of the sudden death of family patriarch,...
It may have been freezing cold and snowing outside but there was a clear spring in the step of the Fine Gael members who packed in to St Fintan’s Hall in Mountrath last night to have their say in...
There's set to be serious style in Timahoe later this month as the local community are holding a charity fashion show in aid of Mary Claire Knowles and Timahoe Community Hall.
The style stakes will be high in Timahoe Community...
Ahead of Round 2 of the National Football League Division 3 where Laois face Louth in Croke Park tomorrow, we take a look back at the most famous encounter between the pair.
Laois and Louth wouldn’t be two counties that...
Scoil Chríost Rí competed a remarkable feat last year as they qualified to represent Ireland in the International Schools Basketball World championships in Greece 2019.
This is the third time the Portlaoise school have competed in this tournament, having previously...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Byrne
Ballacolla, Laois / Lucan, Dublin
Very deeply regretted by his family and a large circle of friends. Reposing in Guilfoyles Funeral Home, Castletown, (Co Laois) on Friday...
On Saturday, Kelly's Bar in Borris-In-Ossory donated €3,225 to Laois Offaly Families For Autism (LOFFA).
At the end of November the pub held a shave or dye event to raise money for the charity. A lot of their customers took...
IT Carlow are the only college with Laois lads present who have made it through to the knock-out stages of the Fitzgibbon Cup.
Last year's Ryan Cup winners, which is the second tier, Maynooth, had The Harps' Daniel Comerford and...
Laois senior football manager John Sugrue has named his team to face Louth in Round 2 of Division 3 of the National Football League.
Following on from the win over Down last weekend, manager Sugrue has made two changes to...
The second years of Portlaoise College were a captive audience for professional boxer and RTE boxing analyst Eric Donovan today.
Fitting so much into a short space of time, Eric’s talk was ideal for teenagers covering so many aspects from...
Our third Podcast of 2019 is here and it is all about the GAA once again.
Three Laois teams are set to be in action this weekend and we examine their chances.
This week, our host Brian Most is joined by three...
Shock and sadness spread through Abbeyleix and Ballyroan on Wednesday evening as news broke that Parish Priest Fr John Cummins had passed away.
Originally from Newbridge, the well-known Parish Priest was killed following a tragic accident at his home on...
This is sure to make for fascinating television.
What it is like to live and work inside Ireland’s largest prison is set to be brought to our TV screens next week.
Virgin Media One have been given exclusive access to all...
Mountrath CS 0-5 Presentation De La Salle Bagenalstown 0-11
Top Oil South Leinster Post Primary School Senior Football 'C' Final
The rain fell like ice from the sky and the wind blew in gale-force-fashion as Mountrath Community School lost out to Presentation...
As nurses and midwives went on their first scheduled 24 hour strike yesterday, Laois nurse Sinéad Keane spoke on Ireland AM about Irish nurses wanting to come home but feeling as if they would be giving up on their good...
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After a relatively quiet January this weekend is a really busy one. Dunamaise Arts Centre is buzzing all weekend with comedy, the Fureys and writing workshops.
The Laois Hunt Ball is on in Durrow...
There is widespread shock and sadness as Abbeyleix and Ballyroan Parish Priest Fr John Cummins was killed in a tragic accident yesterday evening.
The Parish Priest, who had only taken the post in 2017, was killed following a tragic accident...
A well-known Laois farmer has hit out at what he deems unfair elements of farm payments - and said that the work put in by additional family members needs to be highlighted by the IFA.
Liam Delaney, who is chairman...
The draws for the Kelly Cup and the Palmer Cup were made at last night's Laois County Board meeting.
Defending champions O'Dempsey's have not entered this year and with no Gaels teams in Laois this season, just nine teams are...
Last November, Kildare man David Gibson was announced as the new Laois Ladies football manager.
Gibson has taken charge of a much-changed Laois side to the one that won the Leinster intermediate final last year.
The average age of the squad...
