Portlaoise 19 Wexford Wanderers 23
Leinster Rugby League Division 2A
Portlaoise's chances of making an immediate return to Division 1B of the Leinster Rugby League were dented this afternoon in Togher.
The home side went down by four points to Wexford Wanderers...
O'Dempsey's 4-8 The Heath 0-10
Laois Shopping Centre 2018 U-21 'B' Football Championship Final
Mark Barry has begun 2019 in the same form as he ended 2019 as an expert display of shooting led O'Dempsey's to U-21 'B' glory in Annanough...
Dublin 1-18 Laois 1-16
Bord na Mona Walsh Cup
The Laois senior hurlers went down to Dublin in their concluding Walsh Cup game in O'Moore Park this afternoon - but there was plenty of positives for manager Eddie Brennan in what was a very spirited...
Portarlington 2-15 Portlaoise 1-5
Laois Shopping Centre U21FC Semi Final
Favourites going in, Portarlington showed exactly why they are earmarked as the team to beat in this U-21 competition.
Both teams were denied goals by the crossbar, but Colm Murphy and Eoin...
St Joseph's 3-9 Ballyroan-Abbey Gaels 2-9
Laois Shopping Centre 2018 U-21 'A' Football Championship Semi Final
A game that had everything began the 2019 club season in Laois and saw St Joseph's reach the 2018 U-21 football championship final.
This tie between...
Eddie Brennan's charges are out in the third round of the Walsh Cup this afternoon against Dublin at 2pm.
Five changes have been made to the side who lost out to Carlow in the second round of the pre-season competition.
Laois...
For this week's Moment in Time, we looked back to the archives towards the Portlaoise GAA Juvenile awards night in 2008.
Groups including the U7 and U8s, right up to the U14s were celebrated on the evening, which included footballing...
It is a massive day in the 2018 GAA season - although we are in 2019.
The U-21 football championship, in both grades, has three huge games taking place around the county this afternoon.
These matches were supposed to take place...
In this our first Property Watch of 2019, we take a look at four houses for sale for under €300,000 around the county.
Coolrain, Ballinakill and Killeen provide the locations for these gorgeous properties.
Check them out below:
Coolrain, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois
€220,000
This...
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...
A Laois priest and a woman who lived in a Laois Direct Provision centre were featured on Liveline's Callback programme on Thursday, Janaury 3.
In August 2017, father Paddy Byrne took to RTÉ Liveline to speak vividly about living conditions...
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...
Christmas is a great time for catching up with old friends - and that's exactly what The Heath GAA did on December 28 when they held a reunion in Treacy's for the members of the club's 1993 Laois SFC...
Last year the Irish Independent obtained an exclusive extract of the book 'A Century of Politics in the Kingdom - A County Kerry Compendium'.
Here, authors Owen O'Shea and Gordon Revington depicted an infamous incident where a Laois TD was assaulted by...
The HSE is urging parents in Laois and around the country to be vigilant about their children's health as schools re-open tomorrow morning.
Doctors say that the flu season has arrived later this time than usual due to the warm...
Eddie Brennan's charges are out in the third round of the Walsh Cup this Sunday against Dublin at 2pm.
Five changes have been made to the side who lost out to Carlow in the second round of the pre-season competition.
Laois...
Laois 2-11 Wicklow 2-10
Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Round 3
The Laois footballers got their first win of the new season thanks to a late goal from half-time sub Paul Kingston in the O'Byrne Cup away to Wicklow this evening.
Played in...
We’re back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
You see, @sarahcareyIRL, it starts with dropping the s after the apostrophe in Jesus’ and, sooner or later, it leads to atrocities like this. My eyes...
2019 will be The Year of Geography. This is an initiative, headed up by the Geographical Society of Ireland, but also involving geography teachers and other members of the Irish geographical community, to better illustrate what modern Geography is...
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...
Round three of the Walsh Cup is being played this weekend, with Eddie Brennan's men facing Dublin at home.
Brennan has made a total of five changes to the side that lost out against Carlow.
One notable name missing from the...
Portarlington 45 Clondalkin 17
Leinster Rugby League 2004
15 years ago, a Portarlington rugby team began the New Year with a big win in the Leinster Rugby League.
They had ended 2003 with a 29-0 win over Coolmine and followed that with...
Laois retailer Clelands’ supermarkets has informed its customers that they will not be selling below-cost farm produce.
Clelands have suffered a loss in profits since making the decision, but owner Alex Cleland has stood by arrangement in support of the...
A loyal customer has returned to collect his 30th car in 30 years from Downey's AutoStop in Portlaoise.
William Bannon has bought 30 Ford cars in the past 30 years - for as long as Downey's have been selling them.
On...
Just before Christmas, Cistercian College Roscrea celebrated its annual Carol Service in the Monastery Church at Mount St Joseph Abbey.
Afterwards the President of the Past Pupils Union Mr Fergal Keane presented the PPU Gold Medal to James Dunne.
The Portarlington...
This evening, the Laois senior footballers will bring the curtain down on their latest O'Byrne Cup campaign.
John Sugrue’s men travel to Bray Emmett’s to face their hosts in a game that is a dead rubber for both teams.
Laois lost...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Lily) Lawlor (née Doran)
"Rose Cottage", Cooperhill, Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Ballickmoyler, Laois
Lily Lawlor died January 4th 2019, (peacefully) at home after a brief illness. Beloved wife of...
Sister Wendy Beckett, recently died aged 88, could be dismissive of the high-profile television work that made this hermit nun with owl-like glasses into an unlikely household name during the 1990s.
“If I had known how much time it would...
St Brigids Camogie Club are hosting a Family Walk/Run on Sunday, January 6 in order to raise funds for the club.
Registration will take place at 11:30am followed by the walk/run taking place at 12pm.
Organiser Teresa Bourke said: "The route...
The party atmosphere was in full-flight as members of Portlaoise RFC capped off 2018 with a night out in Lilly's Bar, Portlaoise.
Irish international Emma Hooban was also presented with a bouquet of flowers as a token of appreciation.
2018 saw...
