Jess the sheepdog and 60 lambs that were stolen from a petrol station in Graiguecullen yesterday are still missing.
The Kealy family from St Joseph's have been up since dawn this morning trying to locate them after they endured a...
Last month 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 in...
On this, the last Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year, the Feast of Christ the King, The Gospel reading was about the Last Judgement.
It is an extraordinary text which is not just about a future moment in history, but...
The Courtwood footballers are just one step away reaching the Leinster club intermediate final.
And after Eddie Kinsella's men travelled to Louth two weeks ago, they are back on the road again today against Two Mile House.
The Kildare champions go...
Laois social enterprises are being encouraged to apply to the €1.6 million social enterprise development fund.
Social Innovation Ireland (SIFI) launched the €1.6m Social Enterprise Development Fund for a second year running.
The fund is financed by the Department of Rural...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Louise Fitzgerald
Clane, Kildare / Mountmellick, Laois
Fitzgerald, Louise, Clane, Co. Kildare & late of The Rock, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, November 22nd 2018, peacefully at St. Brigid's Hospice, The...
We thought we had a happy conclusion to this story but now it appears that we actually haven't.
Earlier today, we reported that a jeep with a trailer containing 60 lambs and a sheepdog named Jess had been stolen.
The vehicle...
We bring you some absolutely brilliant news tonight!
A jeep with a trailor containing 60 lambs attached to it that was stolen in Graiguecullen this evening has been located.
The vehicle was taken around 4pm this afternoon.
The owner had gone in...
Abbeyleix 3-13 Clonaslee-St Manman's 1-13
Laois Shopping Centre U-19 'B' HC Final
The hurling season in Laois continued tonight with the first U-19 final - with Abbeyleix seeing off the challenge of Clonaslee-St Manman's in Portlaoise.
In what was the first U-19...
A young Laois man has launched an appeal to locate his father's stolen jeep.
The vehicle, which had a trailer containing 60 lambs attached to it, was stolen in Graiguecullen this afternoon around 4pm.
The owner had gone in to a...
Here are all of this week’s golf results from the week gone by.
We also have some pictures from Portlaoise Golf club and The Heath Golf Club.
Portaoise Golf Club held a 3-ball scramble in aid of Pieta House and raised...
Gardai have announced they will install two permanent speed vans on the M7 between Junction 8 and 11 in a bid to deter motorists from speeding.
Works are currently proceeding to widen the stretch of the road from two lanes...
The Irish Grain Growers Association - which has a considerable Laois membership - are holding their AGM next week, which will be attended by Andrew Doyle, Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture.
The AGM takes place in the...
An additional €1.2m in funding will be made available for ongoing works at Emo Court, a much-needed boost for one of Laois's favourite locations.
Laois-Offaly TD and Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, announced the news that €1.2m in...
They say that behind every good man is an even better woman - but in this case here, the women are doing it all by themselves.
The GAA is known inherently as a male dominated organisation.
All of the members of...
The seasonal setting had all the mystic and magic of a romantic hideaway, and on this occasion it was book lovers who were converging on The Walled Garden, in The Pantry Café in Portlaoise on Friday evening last.
The garden...
Glen Cooper, the manager in Mountrath Mart, says there is a level of negativity around beef farming at the moment that he has never experienced before.
And he also hit out at the 30-day movement rule in the Quality Assurance...
We're just over a month away from Christmas now and you are already inundated with ads for the festive season.
But if you take a close look at one of the ones on TV at the moment, you will spit...
Portarlington have a new manager - and it is someone who is very well known across the county.
Gracefield native Martin Murphy will take on the senior footballers for 2019.
Des Cooney and Noel Coss have stepped aside after several years...
A Laois craftsman and fast-rising talent in handmade furniture circles will showcase his amazing steam bent wood pieces at Gifted – The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair.
With over 500 designers, makers and artisan producers displaying original gifts, the traditional...
The Portlaoise footballers are trying to win their first Leinster football title since 2009 and their next step is a semi final clash with Kilmacud Crokes on Sunday.
The Dublin champions have been the undoing of the Town at provincial...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Eddie Keogh
The Borness, Mountmellick, Laois / Multyfarnham, Westmeath
Eddie Keogh, The Borness, Mountmellick, Co. Laois (formerly of Lismady, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath) died peacefully 21st November 2018 at home...
A Rathdowney housing estate built in 1995 is to be taken in charge in 2019.
Brodericks housing estate in Knockiel, Rathdowney is proposed to be taken in charge by Laois County Council by next year.
The issue came up at the...
Road closures are in place and Gardai are at the scene of a crash on the Laois-Offaly border.
Gardai are attending the incident this Thursday evening close to Portarlington Golf Club at Garryhinch.
Motorists are advised to avoid that area if...
These girls and boys from Gaelscoil Phortlaoise are seriously talented.
We headed out to the Portlaoise primary school this afternoon where the kids from second class treated us to their rendition of one of the hit songs from the popular...
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Christmas is very much in the air this weekend with Santa in at least four locations in Laois.
We’ve craft fairs and markets so there is lots of opportunity to get some unique Christmas...
Ballyfin GAA are hosting a race night in the Deadman’s Inn on Saturday, November 24 at 9.00pm.
Eight races are taking place on the night, with a raffle taking place for all the jockeys entered to get the chance to...
This will brighten up your afternoon.
At a wedding in Portlaoise last weekend, the couple involved decided to have their first dance performed by members of the Midlands ISL choir.
Midlands ISL Learners was founded by Portlaoise woman Karen Chadwick who aims...
The death has occurred of a well-known Laois man.
George Patrick Dobson, from Portlaoise, passed away unexpectedly at the Midlands Regional Hospital yesterday.
George, who is believed to have been aged in his 70s, was well known all over the county.
He...
One Laois girl has officially declared her intentions and another is also thought to be in the mix ahead of next year's Macra na Feirme presidential elections.
Veronica Wheatley, from Doonane near Crettyard, the current Laois county chairperson and a prominent...
