According to figures released to Sinn Féin, Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise was the second highest spender on agency staff in the country.
According to a statement from TD Brian Stanley, €10.8 million was spent on agency staff by the Portlaoise hospital...
Portlaoise man Kean Kavanagh has been crushing it in the Irish music scene and even further afield for the last number of years.
His hard work and talent is paying off, and Kean is likely to feature alongside Kojaque in...
Two Laois men will be on the sideline for one of Kilkenny's leading senior club teams this year.
Ballinakill's Seamus Dwyer and Portlaoise's Seamus 'Cheddar' Plunkett will take charge James Stephens' club this year.
A club official confirmed the news to...
Gardai are investigating following two separate incidents in Ballyfin in recent days.
Just last night, Ballyfin Community Alert is reporting that there was an attempted break in last night at house in Irey Ballyfin.
The alarm went off and woke the...
An ancient Norman and Gaelic chieftain stronghold on the banks of the River Barrow will one day be the centre-piece of a Barrow Blueway walk, that’s a big ambition of the Lea Castle Conservation Project.
The worthy aspiration will be...
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It’s the weekend again and as usual there is a very varied schedule of events running across the county.
There’s great live music in Kavanagh's Bar and Venue, A Gala Ball in the Heritage...
It is another busy weekend of GAA action with action across all of the codes.
We have hurling, football, camogie and ladies football action to look forward on Saturday and Sunday.
The action begins on Saturday as St Fergal's camogie team...
The Department for Housing, Planning and Local Government has announced a new investment programme for water services in rural areas. The Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme will run from 2019 to 2021.
Laois County Council invites applications from interested parties to...
Entrepreneurs, inventors and investors are always on the lookout for the next big thing.
With climate change and the plague of plastic swamping the planet, businesses are becoming acutely aware that they had better go green or go home.
Enter Ballybrittas...
Whatever about being short-taken, Portlaoise councillors certainly feel they are being short changed and given the run-around over their efforts to have the public toilets in Portlaoise reopened.
The lack of a public convenience in the county Town is far...
It’s not only mid-term for schools this week, but it’s also the halfway point in the Allianz Division 3 football league.
So far, John Sugrue’s Laois have won two of their opening three games and sit second in the table...
One member of Portlaoise Boxing Club will be hoping to win a National title on Saturday at Dublin’s National Stadium.
Christian Cekiso will hope to emulate the heroics of Michael Nevin from 12 months ago when he takes to the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paul Brady
Bantry, Cork / Rathdowney, Laois
Brady, Bantry, Co. Cork and Rathdowney, Co. Laois, February 18th, unexpectedly, at his home. Paul, predeceased by his wife Trisha. Deeply regretted...
They stole hearts at the Portlaoise College Lip Sync and they were at it again in St Colman's NS in Stradbally.
Members of 'The Greatest Show' act who won the Lip Sync a few weeks ago performed at the school's...
The backbone of St Abban's exceptionally strong Senior Ladies team were on show in Abbotstown over the weekend where the female athletes gathered no less than four National medals.
First up, on Saturday was Ruby Millet who continued her exceptional...
Laois woman Sharon Whelehan says she is extremely excited and proud to be opening a salon in Portarlington tomorrow, Thursday February 21.
Sharon, from Killenard and educated in Portarlington, decided to take the leap of faith and follow her dreams...
Any of you who live or have travelled through Stradbally recently will have noticed Laois County Council out in full force laying down some brand new footpaths.
The works actually began before Christmas and are now almost complete.
The matter arose...
Carlow 14 Portlaoise 32
U-15 Rugby Cup Round 1
Portlaoise RFC U15s travelled to Carlow at the weekend for the opening round of the cup and after a hard fought match they progressed to the quarter final stage.
The first ten minutes...
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My, my, my. We think this might have been one of our most far-reaching and eagerly anticipated competitions to date.
The Sweet Bakery opened its doors in Portlaoise on February 12, much to the joy of people all around the...
A Laois county councillor has said that Mountrath and Castletown have been 'abandoned' by Bus Éireann.
Cllr James Kelly made the statement at the latest Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick municipal district meeting.
He asked for date as to when 'promised' bus shelters would be...
Someone, or a group of people, are waking up this morning in Ireland a lot richer than they were this time yesterday.
The EuroMillions jackpot of more than €175 million was won in Ireland somewhere last night.
The winning numbers were...
Prison is a intimidating place to be. Even filming in prison can understandably expose oneself to things they've never seen before.
However that is exactly what director of Inside Ireland's Biggest Prison Aoife Kelleher undertook when her all-female cast shot...
It's not only mid-term for schools this week, but it's also the halfway point in the Allianz Division 1B hurling league.
So far, Eddie Brennan's Laois suffered two defeats at the hands of Galway and Waterford but then recorded a...
An amateur archaeologist says that he has discovered over 40 ancient sites in Laois.
Midlands 103 have reported that amateur archaeologist Simon Dowling identified the sites after they appeared on Google Maps when the website updated with images from June.
The ringforts and...
Two Laois clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2019 season.
2018 Intermediate champions Slieve Bloom have turned to Camross native Mattie Collier to take the reigns their year.
Collier previously managed Rosenallis in the Senior A grade back in 2015...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Georgina (Ena) Dobbin
Stradbally, Laois / Dublin
Dobbin Georgina (Ena) (Stradbally, Dublin, Brownstown) peacefully on 19th February at Droimnin Nursing Home, Stradbally. Dearly loved Aunt of Anne (Nolan) Mark...
Rory O'Connor, the man behind the hugely popular Rory's Stories is one of the guest speakers at an information evening for Leaving Cert students and parents being organised by People First Credit Union in Portlaoise.
The free Practical Information Evening...
Two men were arrested following a number of burglaries in Portlaoise in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, February 16.
The two males, aged in their 20s and 30s were stopped in a vehicle in the town.
Some of the...
What an event this was.
The streets around Graiguecullen were thronged with athletes on Sunday as the annual Graiguecullen Race took place.
This year organisers added a 10k element to the race and that was extremely well received.
A total of 299...
