Maths Week 2018 has been launched by Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD.
The worlds largest national maths festival returns for 2018 and is set to attract as many as 300,000 people.
Schools across Laois have so far registered...
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Portlaoise's stranglehold on football in Laois continued in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
Malachy McNulty's men were given their sternest test this year by a gallant O'Dempsey's side but prevailed by six points...
O’Moores 2-11 Buffers Alley (Wexford) 2-3
Leinster intermediate camogie quarter final
O’Moores of Laois are now through to the Leinster intermediate semi final after defeating Buffers Alley of Wexford 2-10 to 1-3 in Mooncoin, Wexford today.
O’Moores took the lead in the third minute to...
Clubs from across the county continued their league and cup campaigns.
Below are all of this weekends soccer results and a round up of reports.
SENIOR DIVISION
Monksland United 3 Mountmellick United 1
There was defeat for Mountmellick United away in Athlone today.
Mountmellick...
Portlaoise 2-16 O'Dempsey's 1-13
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Final
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Portlaoise are Laois senior football champions for a 34th time - and 11th in 12 years - following their latest county final win over...
It has been a crazy week in Laois Today with hurling county finals and feuds, mental health week and another podcast.
Take a look at this week's top stories.
NEWS
Missing Laois man abroad found, he was reported missing on October 10.
Young Laois...
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Ballyroan-Abbey 2-11 Portarlington 3-8
Midlands Park Hotel Minor Football Championship Final
Portarlington and Ballyroan-Abbey will have to meet all over again following a dramatic conclusion to today's MFC final.
Ballyroan-Abbey played with an extra...
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The football season culminates this afternoon and what a finish we have in store.
There are two games down for decision in O'Moore Park and we will bring you all the action...
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Portlaoise’s stranglehold over football in Laois shows no signs of abating and it is unlikely to have changed by 5pm this afternoon.
Malachy McNulty’s men recovered from the 2016 blip against Stradbally...
In relentless rain last night, the Laois Divisional championship began with two keenly contested affairs.
Laois football boss John Sugrue is using the games as trials to choose his panel for the 2019 season and there was a real hunger...
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This one has all the ingredients to be a real cracker.
Ballyroan-Abbey and Portarlington have been the stand-out teams in this age group all year and they will meet in the minor...
The first-ever Women in Agri Contracting Conference is to be held in a Laois venue next week.
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI), is staging its first ever Women in Agri Contracting Conference (WIAC) at the...
St Fintan's Mountrath 3-6 Park Ratheniska Timahoe Gaels 0-9
Midlands Park Hotel U15 “B” Hurling Championship Final
The dreary weather couldn't dampen the celebrations from St Fintan's Mountrath as they finished U15 'B' champions yesterday in the LOETB Centre of Excellence.
Indeed...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joan Long (née Mahony)
'Degorth', Westfields, North Circular Road, Limerick / Durrow, Laois
Joan died (peacefully) at Corbally House Nursing Home. Beloved wife of the late Tom. Dearest mother...
A man from Laois has taken home the title as 24kg kettlebell lifting world champion at the international competition in Lativa on Friday, October 12.
Denis Costello, hailing from Clonaslee, recorded the astounding achievement in the 24kg lc kettlebell lifting...
Borris/Kilcotton 1-21 Portlaoise 1-6
Midlands Park Hotel U15 Hurling Championship Final
There was no stopping Borris-Kilcotton as they cruised to U15 hiurling history in O'Moore Park today. The county champions previously defeated Abbeyleix St Lazarians, Clough-Ballacolla, The Harps and Castletown Slieve Bloom...
It was another hilarious and varied week from Laois Tweeters, with everything from mystery tours, chicken wings and Ticketmaster making a fortune.
It's our tweets of the week.
AS IF I just got on a mystery tour to come back to...
As part of a 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 importantly, it’s...
Laois GAA have proposed a two-game ban for Camross hurler Darrell Dooley following the county final incident that left Rathdowney-Errill's Ross King with a serious facial injury.
The Laois County Board carried out an investigation into the incident and the...
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It’s hard to believe - and it’s probably a label neither will be overly keen on having - but on Sunday when the Portlaoise footballers bid for an 11th Laois SFC...
The staff at the Heritage Hotel and Spa certainly know how to organise a fundraiser.
On Sunday, October 7, a fundraising event was held for Laois Hospice at 11am.
Busy times in Killenard
It commenced from the walking track in the grounds...
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Portlaoise are going for their 11th Laois SFC championship title in the last 12 years when they take on O'Dempsey's on Sunday.
The one blotch on their copybook in that...
It's county final season all over the country at the moment and as well as the Laois senior football decider on this weekend, there's also Laois links in football finals in Kildare and Offaly on Sunday.
Principal of Ballacolla NS...
This week Oscar Romero will become Saint. A life that gave tremendous witness to the poor and vulnerable people from South America.
Archbishop Romero was assassinated in San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, in March 1980 by a right-wing death squad because he refused...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Maura Fennell
Aisling, The Elms, Stradbally, Laois
Fennell, Maura, Aisling, The Elms, Stradbally, Co. Laois, peacefully in the loving care of Kilminchy Nursing Home, Portlaoise on the 10th. October,...
One U-12 rugby team were given the honours to play at half-time at the Leinster versus Wasps champions cup match tonight.
Portarlington RFC did the honours in the RDS and by all accounts, had a superb game and showed the...
Graiguecullen 0-16 Clonaslee St Manmans 1-10
Midlands Park Hotel MFC “B” Final
Cometh the man, cometh the hour. Conor Kelly - playing above his U15 grade - managed to deliver an astonishing twelve out of Graiguecullen's sixteen points to deliver the...
A blast of colour went off in Gaelscoil Phortlaoise today as they raised funds for a very worthy cause.
The pupils and teachers at the school had their colourful non-uniform day and raised €650 for Rainbows Ireland.
Two teachers in the...
Today saw the launch of the brand new Facade Enhancement scheme for Portlaoise.
The first phase of the Facade Enhancement Scheme will focus on Lower Main Street, Bridge Street and the Well Road.
It will assist property owners to improve their...
Yesterday the news broke that Minister for Communications Denis Naughten resigned after he revealed he had four private dinners with the key bidder in the broadband procurement process.
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Communications Brian Stanley TD has said that given...
