For this week's Moment in Time, we look back on the Laois Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships in 2010.
The races were held in the O'Dempsey's GAA grounds for the first time in a number of years. The steep incline...
The meeting of the two sides has become regular fixture since Galway entered the Leinster Hurling championship.
Laois pressed Galway to within two points in the Leinster quarter-final in 2014, when Cheddar Plunkett was at the helm.
In 2016, Laois faced...
On this week’s Property Watch, we are taking a look at some of the most expensive homes in South-East Laois.
These range in price from €220,000 to €325,000.
Each of the properties are located in different areas in the south-east of...
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...
In October 2018, the news broke that a French-born Stradbally woman, Elizabeth O’Kelly, who passed away in December 2016 at the age of 93, left €30m to five Irish charities.
Elizabeth lived in a Georgian House near the Market Square...
Six players from Laois enjoyed Shield glory on the 2019 Leinster team for the Lidl Post Primary Schools Interprovincials which took place yesterday in Kinnegad.
Rebecca Reddin, Erone Fitzpatrick, Emma Lawlor, Alice Dunne and Laura Mooney, who had just won another...
Laois manager John Sugrue was pleased with his side's attitude in the second half of their win over Down in Newry on Saturday night as they turned a five-point deficit early in the second half into a six-point win.
Laois...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Josephine Fitzpatrick
Rialto, Dublin / Mountmellick, Laois
FITZPATRICK Josephine (Rialto, Dublin 8 and formerly of Graigue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois) January 25th, 2019 – (peacefully) in the loving care of...
Laois take on Galway this afternoon in the opening round of their Allianz Hurling League Division 1B campaign.
Here we guide you through what you need to know:
Team News
Players opting out of the Laois panel have been well documented in...
Laois 2-15 Down 1-12
Allianz Football League Division 3
The Laois footballers produced a wonderful second-half performance to get the better of Down in the opening round of the Allianz Football League in Newry this evening.
It was a real gutsy performance...
The Laois senior footballers are in Newry this evening as they take on Down in the opening round of their Allianz Football League Division 3 campaign.
It's a meeting of a Laois side promoted from Division 4 last year and...
We’re back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
In the car & my 5 yr old boy, who is learning his weather words as gaeilge Is very proudly trying to teach our 2 yr...
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...
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Boys U-16 Leinster Basketball Semi Final
After a string of hard-earned wins, the U16 Mountmellick Community School boys team are deservedly heading to the National Basketball Arena.
Mountmellick CS basketball has gone from strength to strength, with...
Ballyfin College 0-16 Heywood CS 0-6
2000 South Leinster Colleges JFC 'B' Final
Our Remember the Game series is the South Leinster Colleges JFC ‘B’ final - an all-Laois affair in O’Moore Park on January 24, 2000.
Ballyfin College were 0-16 to...
Details for a huge concert, People Power Charity Concert, featuring Laois artists in aid of three very worthy organisations have been announced.
Kolbe Special School, the Cuisle Centre, and Nakhon Si Thammarat Home For Boys in Thailand are all set to...
Claire Melia is a name known in all basketball circles throughout Ireland.
The Portlaoise Panthers U-20 captain worked for a lifetime's worth of achievements, including captaining her Ireland U-18 to the European Championship final in 2017.
Now, she is ready to...
Laois take on Down in the opening round of their Allianz Football League Division 3 campaign this evening.
Here we guide you through what you need to know:
When, where, what time?
The game throws in at 7pm in Down's home venue...
On Friday, February 1 we celebrate St. Brigid's Day, a day which brings great hope.
St Brigid brings with her a story of compassion, generosity, healing and renewal.
These early February days mark the beginning of Spring. Yes, it may still...
After being announced as vice captain of the Laois hurling team for 2019, Joe Phelan emphasised the importance of giving it his all and setting a good example in the role.
"It's a huge honour to get the call today....
In the Dáil this week, statements were made about broadband problems in Laois and Offaly.
Laois TD Brian Stanley highlighted nine areas of Laois not receiving the required high-speed broadband.
In Laois alone, there are 12,721 houses or premises left to...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Donohue
Main Street, Stradbally, Laois
John passed away peacefully in Portlaoise General Hospital in the presence of his loving family. Devoted husband to Vera and sadly missed by...
Laois hurling manager Eddie Brennan has made two changes to the side which played Dublin in the Walsh Cup.
John Lennon returns from a ligament injury while Castletown's Conor Phelan makes a start at midfield.
There are a number of players...
Today a maginificent mural was unveiled at the Old St Peter’s Graveyard, Railway Street, Portlaoise.
The Walls project endeavours to inspire interest in the heritage and archaeology of the town and county for the next generation. It is part of...
Six players from county Laois are set to feature on the 2019 Leinster team for the Lidl Post Primary Schools Interprovincials.
Rebecca Reddin, Erone Fitzpatrick, Emma Lawlor, Alice Dunne and Laura Mooney are all representing Scoil Chriost Rí, while Ballyroan's Arianna...
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Top Oil Rest of Leinster PP Schools Senior 'B' quarter-final
Mountrath CS have continued on their winning streak and have made it through to the Rest of Leinster Schools Senior 'B' semi-final after a three...
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Boys U-19 Leinster Basketball Semi Final
There was heartbreak for Mountmellick Community School U-19 Boys basketballers last week as they just missed out on a place in the All-Ireland basketball finals.
They took on Colasite...
Portlaoise College students recently enjoyed a trip to Windmill Lane recording studios in Dublin.
The second years had a great day exploring the studios with their VIP All Access Passes.
Windmill Lane, also known as the U2 Studio, is home to...
The Laois senior footballers and hurlers have provided injury updates ahead of the weekend's matches.
The Laois footballers have a number of players out through injury for the Down game which takes place tomorrow in Newry.
Manager John Sugrue explained: "We...
Our second Podcast of 2019 is here and we are back with a bang.
With the National hurling and football leagues returning this weekend, we examine what you can expect to see from our footballers and hurlers over the coming...
