Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kay Walsh (née O’Rourke)
Athlone Road, Ferbane, Offaly / Mountrath, Laois
Kay Died on December 9th 2018, peacefully with her family. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Paddy...
The format for the Senior and Senior A hurling championships will remain as they were in 2018 for 2019 following a decision at last night's County Board meeting.
Club delegates were asked to consider a proposal from the Fixture Review Committee...
Property crime has dropped by almost 15% in Laois according to the latest garda figures.
There were 333 reported thefts and burglaries in the county between July and September this year, down from 391 during the same period last year,...
Delegates from the clubs in Laois have voted in favour of radical proposals that will change the way Gaels teams are formed and operate at tonight's Laois County Board meeting.
After a lengthy debate, which lasted well over an hour,...
One of the longest running Christmas Markets in Laois, the Abbeyleix Christmas Market & Craft Fair, returned to its home in the Market Square at the weekend.
Now running for its seventh year, the Christmas Market – which is presented...
For the fifth consecutive year, Timahoe NS proved themselves to be the ‘cream of the crop’ at the Intel Mini Scientist Regional Finals.
Twelve-year-old Aisling Ramsbottom, who is in 6th class, was crowned regional champion for her project entitled ‘MOO...
A Mega Social Night has been planned for later this month by Portlaoise RFC.
The event will take place in Lilly's Portlaoise on December 28 for all senior players both men and women, parents from the youth teams and in...
A Laois community group locked in conflict with Eirgrid over the proposed development of a substation in their area say that the site is a real threat to the water supply of thousands of Laois residents, schools, farms and...
A battery won't be left in Emo by the time this initiative finishes.
Emo Tidy Towns, Emo National School, Laois County Council and WEEE Ireland have launched a used battery recycling project to run from end November to early February...
Local Councillor Tom Mulhall has welcomed the announcement of €1.2m funding to Laois County Council for the provision of six new social homes at The Orchard, Stradbally, Co. Laois.
Speaking this morning, the Fine Gael councillor stated:
“Having previously discussed the...
The GAA Centre in Portarlington is a big place but it was packed on Friday night as local priest Fr Sean Hyland launched a book detailing his incredible life story.
Whisperings of My Soul tells Sean Hyland's story, from growing up...
The proposed hurling amalgamation between Ballinakill and Abbeyleix won't be going ahead as it failed to get sufficient support from the club's Extraordinary General Meetings which were held at the same time on Sunday evening.
The proposal to join the...
57 groups and charities in Laois have benefited to the tune of €31,000 thanks to the Electric Picnic Residents Committee.
Every year the Electric Picnic Residents Committee in Stradbally is presented with tickets by organisers of the three day event...
Life Insurance forms the cornerstone of all successful Financial Plans. We cannot predict what life has in store but when it comes to things like premature death (or specified illness), people often think it will never happen to us.
However...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas alright - the soccer fixtures are getting considerably lighter.
The CCFL leagues will take a break after next Sunday for a couple of weeks - and even this week's list of games...
It may only be December and it may only be the O'Byrne Cup - but Laois manager John Sugrue pulled no punches in his analysis of his team's performance following their loss to Meath on Saturday night.
The Kerry native...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kay WALSH (née O'Rourke)
Athlone Road, Ferbane, Offaly / Mountrath, Laois
Kay Died on December 9th 2018, peacefully with her family. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Paddy...
It was a busy weekend for the Panthers men in the Division 1 National league as they took on WIT Viking on Saturday evening and Limerick Celtics this afternoon.
The men secured one out of two wins which now leaves...
After amazing displays of determination and tenacity on tonight's show, the McDonald family from Ballyroan are now through to the final of the hugely popular Ireland’s Fittest Family.
They are also the only team with two female members through to...
It was a busy weekend of soccer action with a number of games down for decision, including a local derby.
Towerhill Rovers and Stradbally Town were on winning sides while Rosenallis and O'Moore's both suffered defeat.
John Farrell CCFL Cup 2nd...
Portlaoise 35 Railway Union 19
Rugby - Leinster League Division 2A
Portlaoise picked up their first five-try bonus point of the season as they ended 2018 on a winning note thanks to an impressive win away to Dublin side Railway Union.
The...
The Heath defeated Rosenallis on a double scoreline of 2-8 to 1-4 to go through to the U-21 'B' football championship final.
Donagh Callaly got the first goal of the game before U-17 sharpshooter Leon Holland hit two back for...
Laois 2-16 Offaly 1-16
Walsh Cup Round 1
The 2019 season got off to a very promising start for the Laois hurlers today as they got the better of Offaly in the opening round of the Walsh Cup in Birr.
A number...
It was another busy week in LaoisToday and we’ve picked out some of the top stories of the week for you to look back on.
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Back to the future as popular hotel manager takes charge in the Killeshin Hotel once...
Last month, the soccer community was shocked by the events of a match in the Combined Counties Football League which left a referee in hospital.
During a league game between Horseleap United and Mullingar Town, official Daniel Sweeney was set...
We’re here in St Brendan's Park, Birr for the first Laois hurling match of the new season.
Last night the first Laois game of the season took place, with an experimental Laois football side being well beaten by Meath in the...
This week's Moment in Time looks back to the launch of "Abbeyleix, Our Lives, Our Town".
The launch took place on December 3 ten short years ago, in the Abbeyleix Heritage House.
It looks like there was a great crowd there...
We're back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
My taxi mans name is “Yu Gou” very tempted to start shouting his name at every green light we come to. Gentleman all the same.
— Ross...
This week's Property Watch will focus on houses for sale in Laois for €200,000.
With the shortage of housing available around the urban hub of Dublin, people are creeping to commuting towns.
Portlaoise and Portarlington are being considered commuter towns and...
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...
