2018 was a year to forget for the Laois hurlers and although it is not yet over, they have a chance to begin to make amends this afternoon.
Eddie Brennan's charges are in action in Round 1 of the Walsh...
Finding inspiration from the success of the Irish Ladies Hockey Team during the summer, Dunamase College has recently begun to carve it’s own path in to the Hockey World.
While Dunamase College is the first school in Laois to...
A recent table quiz for the Midlands Down Syndrome Centre was a huge success with major funds raised.
Eamon Whelan was the driving force behind it who runs the Dunamase antiques on the Main St.
Eamon had a brother with Down...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Beth) Miller (née Delaney)
Vicarstown House “The Grove”, Vicarstown, Laois/Stradbally, Laois
Elizabeth (Beth) Miller (nee Delaney), Vicarstown House “The Grove” Vicarstown, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Suddenly and Peacefully on...
The defending Laois U-21 hurling champions have been knocked out of the 2018 championship this afternoon.
In a repeat of the final from 12 months ago, Clough-Ballacolla avenged their defeat by Rathdowney-Errill on a scoreline of 3-17 to 2-14.
They will...
Laois 0-6 Meath 3-11
Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Round 1
Just like last season, the Laois footballers have made a losing start to their new campaign as they were well beaten in truly atrocious conditions in O'Moore Park.
There will be...
The number of minor assaults in Laois has risen, while the number of serious assaults has dropped.
According to latest garda figures, the number of reported assaults causing injuries fell from 28 in July-September 2017 to 15 during the same...
We're here in O'Moore Park for the first Laois match of the new season.
Exactly five months ago today, John Sugrue's men went down to eventual All-Ireland semi finalists Monghan by 0-19 to 1-11 in glorious sunshine in Navan.
It brought...
Laois 1-6 Dublin 0-14
Damien Reid U-15 Football Final
A fine second half comeback from the Laois U-15s just fell short in the LOETB Centre of Excellence this afternoon as Dublin claimed the Damien Reid title.
This Leinster competition, played in honour...
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...
Trumera 0-8 Galmoy 0-14
'Leinster Junior Hurling Championship Final'
A Trumera comeback came too late as they crashed out of the All-Ireland series losing out to Kilkenny champions Galmoy in the Leinster Junior Final 14 years ago.
Trumera showed great fight in...
The Laois hurlers begin their 2019 competitive campaign with a Walsh Cup game against Offaly in Birr on Sunday and new manager Eddie Brennan has named his first starting team.
As ever for this stage of a season, it's a...
Cllr Mary Sweeney has asked at the latest Portlaoise Municipal District Meeting that Laois County Council undertake a review of current lighting in Ballyroan village and surrounding areas.
"To ensure that they are all in working order and repair any...
The 2019 campaign for the Laois footballers gets underway tonight as they face Meath in the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.
The match will be played at 6pm in O'Moore Park.
Laois will also face Wexford and Wicklow in the...
If it doesn't feel like too long ago that the Laois footballers exited the All-Ireland Qualifiers in Navan against Monaghan - well that is because it isn't.
Exactly five months ago today, John Sugrue's men went down to the eventual...
Christmas carols remind us that Jesus is very much the reason for the Season.
In a secular culture, these wonderful traditional hymns seems to be at variance with our current time.
For instance no Christmas carol was sung in this year...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Beth) Miller (née Delaney)
Vicarstown House "The Grove", Vicarstown, Laois/Stradbally, Laois
Elizabeth (Beth) Miller (nee Delaney), Vicarstown House “The Grove” Vicarstown, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Suddenly and Peacefully on...
A new 60-bed nursing home is being planned for Graiguecullen.
It is expected the facility at Ballykillen will create up to 20 jobs and will cater for elderly people, including patients with Alzheimer's and dementia.
The home will be constructed on...
Killeshin-Crettyard 4-5 Rosenallis 0-15
U19 football 'B' championship
They say that points win matches but it was goals that did the trick for Killeshin-Crettyard as they saw off Rosenallis in the U19 football 'B' championship in the Centre of Excellence tonight.
Ferocious winds...
There was a great atmosphere around Rosenallis as over 150 juvenile players packed into the local community centre for their awards night.
U5s to U15s were joined on the night by Clare dual star Podge Collins who gave out the...
Portlaoise Gardai are making an appeal for information following a hit and run in the tow on Monday of this week.
"At around 1pm on James Fintan Lalor Avenue in Portlaoise a collision between a car and bicycle took place.
"(The)...
This year’s TidyTowns awards for the Midlands and East region were presented on Thursday, December 6 at a prize-giving ceremony in the Rustic Inn, Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford.
A total of four Laois towns and villages were named as winners in...
A high-profile battle, three new candidates welcomed into the fold, TDs from two different constituencies, a selection of their stalwarts from the past, news on the party's General Election strategy and a controversy over an incorrect email address.
The Fianna...
After the Republic of Ireland made a winning start to the World Military Games Qualifiers in Holland – a draw against France was enough to see them through to the Military World Cup in China next year.
One man in...
Heywood 2-11 Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar 1-15
Top Oil North Leinster Schools junior 'B' final
A freetaker with a range like TJ Reid's, a controversial goal decision and going down to 14 men for much of the second half were just some...
It's coming up to that special time of year.
Children laughing and singing, joy everywhere. As couples come into the festive season, it might be just the right time to pick the perfect ring and pop that question.
Anyone you know dragging...
A 'live crib' in Rathdowney has chosen to raise funds for a local cause this year.
The square in Rathdowney will host a Christmas trees, a selection of live animals and tonnes of lights and amazing scenes for every child...
Pat McDonagh, the Galway businessman behind Supermac's and owner of a number of hotels around the country including the Killeshin in Portlaoise, has said that there's potential to create up to 1,000 jobs within the next couple of years...
The Laois senior hurlers and footballers will begin their O'Byrne and Walsh Cup campaigns this weekend.
The footballers take on Meath in O'Moore Park on Saturday evening at 6pm.
Meanwhile, the hurlers start a day later as they travel to Birr...
In September of this year, a two year old Ballyroan girl captured the hearts of the nation as we saw her and her family deal with her life-threatening illness on the well-received 'The Town' documentary.
Little Mary-Claire Knowles and her...
