Three of the world's most known snooker players will be coming to Portlaoise later this month.
On January 26, Dennis Taylor, Ken Doherty and John Virgo will be in the Midlands Park Hotel for a special exhibition night.
Ken Doherty won...
A new candidate has been nominated to contest the upcoming Fine Gael selection convention to contest next year’s local elections in the Borris-In-Ossory/Mountmellick local electoral area.
25-year-old Conor Bergin, who is a native of Borris-In-Ossory where he is also currently...
Nurses and midwives are set to go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday January 30, with further days of striking in February if their issues are not addressed.
This was announced by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, following...
The Laois hurling and football backroom teams will have tow new kit vans driving them into the New Year.
Once again, two transit connect kit vans have been sponsored by Downey's Autostop Portlaoise.
These are for the Laois hurling and football...
A learner driver has had their vechicle seized for driving unaccompanied.
The driver was caught going at excessive speeds while unaccompanied outside of Portlaoise today, Thursday January 8.
The learner driver was going 52km over the speed limit of 120km on...
A local TD has called for improvements to be made on social welfare assessments, including those under the carers allowance.
Fianna Fáil TD for South Kildare, Fiona O’Loughlin, made the statement following information that reveals over 58 percent of social welfare...
This was a brilliant competition and it received a mammoth amount of entries.
Back before Christmas, we teamed up with Laois GAA to give away one season ticket and a calendar to one of our readers.
The season ticket is a...
RTÉ is back with a new wedding planning show... but this is one with a difference.
'My Big Day: Home And Away' will involve lucky couples getting advice off not one but two wedding planners.
One wedding planner will help them...
Last weekend saw the latter stages of two 2018 football competitions take place - although we now in 2019.
The delayed U-21 'A' championship took a step closer to its conclusion while the 'B' grade came to an end.
St Joseph's...
Laois senior football manager, John Sugrue says that despite having a lot of work to be done before the opening round of the Allianz National Football League, he is confident his team will be ready.
Speaking to Midlands 103 after...
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Laois County Council are set to lose one of their top officials this month.
Director of Services for transportation, emergency services, planning and economic development Kieran Kehoe is heading to Waterford.
He will take up a role with the County Council...
This is simply powerful.
Portarlington native Christopher Booth has opened up in incredible detail about his mental health battle.
The Colaiste Iosagain secondary school teacher penned a piece for A Lust For Life which appeared online yesterday.
With Christopher's permission, we have...
2019 will be a year for going to the polls - with both the Local and European Elections scheduled to take place in Ireland on Friday, May 24.
The Locals will get the bulk of the attention locally but it's...
From Knockmay to Madison Square Garden - 2019 could be set to to be the year of TJ Doheny.
Portlaoise native Doheny rocked the nation when he recorded a stunning victory over Ryosuke Iwasa in Japan to become the IBF Junior Featherweight...
Athy Rugby Club were a dominant force on the local club junior scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s and one of their key men in that era was inducted into the Leinster Hall of Fame at the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Ellen Shortall (née Kiely)
Aughamaddock, Stradbally, Laois / Templemore, Tipperary
Ellen passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving family at Portlaoise General Hospital. In her 91st year,...
A Laois stallion farm will open its doors to racing professionals and fans on Friday and Saturday, January 11 and 12, this week.
Anngrove Stud in Mountmellick is taking part in the ITM (Irish Thoroughbred Marketing) Irish Stallion Trail.
Over 25 stallion...
Now in its 22nd Year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 programme officially opens today for nominations.
The theme of this year’s programme is “Be Brave, Be Bold” and all sectors and businesses of all sizes across the island...
Scoil Chriost Ri basketballers face a very tough battle when they face Holy Faith Clontarf in the All Ireland Senior A Schools Basketball Cup Semi-Final in Inchicore.
Clontarf will field most of the team that comfortably defeated SCR in the...
The Bridge House in Tullamore was the venue for the 2019 Athletics Leinster Star Awards at the weekend. These awards apply primarily to Track and Field Athletics.
Now in its 29th year, the awards honour the achievements of the top...
Portlaoise has fallen ten places according to the latest survey by business group Irish Business against Litter (IBAL).
The Anti-Litter League sees Portlaoise tumble from 11th to 21st place in the table.
Last year, Portlaoise was the cleanest town in the...
Laois County Council collected €5.1 million in Property Tax in 2018, Revenue has revealed.
This represents a €400,000 increase in comparison to the 2017 total.
30,700 properties were eligible to pay the tax in 2018, down from 30,900 in 2017, and...
A total of 69 residential properties changed hands in November in Laois - with one house breaking the €500,000 barrier and two more exceeding €400,000.
The figures for November represent a drop from October - the busiest month of...
The Laois hurlers pushed Dublin all the way in the Walsh Cup in O'Moore Park on Sunday - with manager Eddie Brennan pleased afterwards with his side's performance.
The Kilkenny man had expressed his frustration after the loss to Carlow...
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Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joseph (Joe) Abbott
Mannin, Pike of Rushall, Laois
Joseph (Joe) Abbott, Mannin, Pike of Rushall, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died 5th January 2019 (Peacefully) in the tender loving care of matron...
The first games of the 2019 National League season kicked off this weekend as the Portlaoise Panthers men and women took to the court.
Both teams were victorious following strong performances as the Ladies traveled to Castleisland to take on...
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We are kick starting 2019 with plenty of stories as Portlaoise GAA celebrated their way into the new year, new jobs were announced in Laois and the search for the next Laois Rose got under way.
There were plenty of...
