Speaking on the Budget announced on Tuesday, Brian Stanley TD said: “It’s never been a better time to be a landlord and never worse to be a renter, and it continues under this budget.
“The Government in this budget has...
Alpha Wireless designs and manufactures high performance base station antennas for all applications and standards. They are looking for people that are interested in changing the way wireless networks are built.
Their team works hard to understand the customer’s end-to-end process....
Younger customers at Laois Shopping Centre have just been given a very fun reason to recycle their empty clean plastic bottles.
The shopping centre has launched a super recycling campaign aimed at children.
An iPad and €1,000 for the winner
The centre...
Portlaoise actor Robert Sheehan is returning to the small screen with a starring role in a new ten-part Netflix series.
Sheehan is no stranger to television having played pivotal roles in both Misfits and Love/Hate.
Due to be launched Friday 15...
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One die-hard O'Dempsey's man is wishing he could trade the Swan River of Perth for the gushing River Barrow flowing through Killenard this Sunday.
Dan Culleton will be spending his Sunday glued...
Former Laois Ladies football manager Kevin Doogue has been appointed as the Leinster Interprovincial Manager for 2018.
Doogue stepped down as the Laois Ladies manager in August of this year, after they bowed out of the All-Ireland championship to Roscommon.
The...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Billy Kirby
Gurteen, Cullohill, Laois
Peacefully at St.Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny following a period of residence in the loving care of the nurses and staff of Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget....
A regular rounders correspondent for LaoisToday, Jamie Dowling has penned a piece on how he has learnt to deal with mental health issues, and wished to share these tips during World Mental Health Day.
As the quote goes when the...
Here are all of this week’s golf results from the weekend.
We also have some pictures from Portlaoise Golf Club.
RATHDOWNEY GOLF CLUB
Men’s Singles Open Hamper
1st Eddie Kelly (6) (Mountrath) 40pts
2nd Eamon Whelan (12) 39pts
Gross: Lar Ryan (-2) 35pts
3rd Robert Jones...
12 Acres Brewing Company have taken home the Gold medal at the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards in Dingle last week.
It is a huge achievement as they beat two of Ireland's largest microbreweries to the top spot, O’Hara’s from Carlow...
Members of Music Generation Laois have been given the honour to perform for leaders in education at major conference in Farmleigh House.
On Monday, October 8 2018, 13 young musicians from Music Generation Laois travelled to Dublin to perform at...
Laois senior football boss John Sugrue has announced the squads that will take part in the Divisional Competition.
A total of 113 players have been split into four different districts in the county.
East Central, North/North West, South East and North...
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue has started to announce the Budget for the coming year.
This is the third and final budget under the confidence-and-supply agreement and contains new tax cuts and spending increases.
Laois people can expect an extra €5...
The residents of Portarlington are set to wake to fields of yellow next Spring as 'Operation Daffodil' flourishes through the town.
The Dublin Road Business Park and the TheGardenshop.ie have teamed up with Portarlington Tidy Towns to launch 'Operation Daffodil'.
David...
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-18 basketball team have achieved the remarkable and are now representing Ireland at the World Schoolgirls Championships in Crete next April.
The Portlaoise school managed to achieve this accolade after they defeated Pres Castleisland in a...
The Laois senior football county final is just five days away and the excitement is building all the time.
And to officially begin our county final build-up, we ventured over to Killenard - the home of O'Dempsey's GAA.
And to say...
Midlands 103 brought home a staggering amount of accolades at the National Radio Awards last Friday, October 5.
Among those to gather top prizes on the night was Midlands 103 presenter and Laois native Ann Marie Kelly.
Ann Marie picked up...
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-18 basketball team from Portlaoise will bid for the honour of representing Ireland at the World Schoolgirls Championships in Crete next April when they take on Pres Castleisland in a playoff game in UL tomorrow...
The imminent storm due to visit Ireland this week could turn into 'a weather bomb'. This is according to Cathal Nolan, from the Midland Weather Channel.
Nolan predicted a severe weather warning on the Facebook page, and explained his observations.
"The...
Lennon's of Durrow will play host to a fundraiser event for CRY Ireland (Cardiac Risk in the Young) on Saturday, October 13.
The highly visual night is being produced by two bands - US and Them are combined musicians from...
Vikki Mulhall, wife of the late Alan Mulhall, has praised the support of her friends, family and other groups in Laois for their help coming up to this weekend's memorial run.
Alan, who worked as an electrician, was killed in...
The Laois-Offaly Garda Division had football success to celebrate last week when they got the better of their Dublin South Central colleagues in the final of their annual All Ireland championship played in Cusack Park, Mullingar.
Managed by Ivan Cunnane...
Two Laois lads will be hoping to make their mark on the European scene in 2019 as Waterford FC qualified for European football last night.
Stradbally's Garry Comerford and Clonaslee's Niall Corbet play for the League of Ireland Premier Division...
Long awaited works on Portarlington's Barrow Bridge are underway and will hopefully be complete just before Christmas.
The bridge links Laois and Offaly, and will get new parapets, smart new railings and attractive lighting as a part of the project,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Paddy Monagher
Sranure, Cloneygowan, Offaly / Portarlington, Laois
Formerly Main Street Portarlington. Peacefully at his residence surrounded by his loving wife and family. Deeply regretted by his loving wife...
In the early part of the 2000s, John Conroy's wife Noreen was diagnosed with cancer.
At the time the Portlaoise man was a Corporal in the Air Corps, where he'd been for over 20 years. He later took early retirement...
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O'Dempsey's are one of the proudest GAA clubs in the county and next Sunday they will end a 35-year wait since their last Laois senior football final appearance.
They are rank outsiders...
People with town street houses and rural houses that are vacant and in poor condition need to be aware of the Repair to lease scheme - according to Cllr Tom Mulhall.
The Fine Gael Cllr said: "This scheme was introduced...
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It was an unusual pairing but it was certainly a successful one as Clough-Ballacolla-Mountrath claimed MHC glory yesterday.
Teenage sensation Cillian Dunne put in a simply stunning display to lead his...
The hurling season has concluded and what a year it has been.
Sunday saw the conclusion of the Senior, Senior A and Minor hurling championships.
Clough-Ballacolla-Mountrath and Portlaoise inflicted misery upon The Harps as they defeated them in both the Minor...
