We enjoyed a thrilling week of football last week and because of some of the results, we are set for more of the same this week ahead.
We had four Round 3 games in the SFC with two of them...
Laois Partnership Company invites applications for the following proposed Training Courses.
The courses are available to unemployed individuals in Laois and preference is given to persons with lower level education (Junior Cert or below).
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The Electric Picnic dominates everything in Laois this week - with the GAA fixtures all shoe-horned into the mid-week slots in order to leave the weekend entirely free.
And with a couple of senior football championship games finishing level last...
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Around 125,000 people turned out in Phoenix Park on Sunday for the Papal Visit and the portaloos used on that day are currently en route to Stradbally.
The Irish Mirror is reporting thousands of...
Last night, a campaign to raise funds to bring a very ill Irish man stranded in Tenerife was launched.
Sara Lukaszewska and her boyfriend Daniel Wolski, who are both originally from Poland but are now Irish citizens, were on holiday...
Lilly's Bar and Restaurant is Portlaoise's newest venue and has a strong GAA links, with Laois footballer Kieran Lillis at the helm and Dublin's Bernard Brogan also involved.
This Thursday night, they're holding a GAA Discussion night ahead of the...
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After a year of waiting, Electric Picnic is nearly here again!!
And this morning the stages times have been announced. Who's on what stage and what time is all revealed below as organisers...
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With camping equipment being advertised outside shopfronts and welly boots on sale, it can only mean one thing. The Electric Picnic is back.
The whole county, dare I say country, are waiting in...
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This week is the last week of Cul Camps in Laois before children head back to school, but it ended on a high with the Cúl Camps in The Harps and Clough-Ballacolla.
Young...
There was another busy week of soccer fixtures with games on across the counties in the CCFL.
Mountmellick had a good 2-1 win over Tullamore Town in the Senior Division while there were wins for O'Moore FC and Stradbally Town...
Three Portlaoise Panthers did their club proud at the FIBA European U-16 Championships in Montenegro last week.
Shauna Dooley, Ciara Byrne and Gillian Wheeler represented Ireland and opened the tournament in fantastic match against Luxembourg, where they won 73-68.
The three...
The Laois Local Enterprise Office is a wonderful resource for people in business - and among the course they're running this autumn is their ever-popular Start Your Own Business programme.
It is important to plan in advance of setting up...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Siobhan Coffey (née Kane)
12 The Glebe, Stradbally, Laois / Athy, Kildare
(Formerly 1 Avondale Drive, Athy).
Requiem Mass at 12 noon on Tuesday, 28th August in the Church of...
The girlfriend of a seriously ill Laois man stranded on a Spanish island has launched a desperate plea for funds to get him home.
Sara Lukaszewska and her boyfriend Daniel Wolski, who are both originally from Poland but are now...
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Ballyfin Gaels 2-10 The Heath 2-13
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Relegation Semi-Final
A superb individual display from The Heath forward Evin Keane was enough for them to see off the challenge of...
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Arles-Killeen 2-15 Clonaslee St Mamman's Gaels 1-8
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Relegation Semi-Final
Arles-Killeen have preserved their senior status for another year after defeating Clonaslee-St Manman's Gaels in O'Moore Park this afternoon.
Killeen led by...
Survival is the name of the game in O'Moore Park this evening.
These are the semi finals that no club wants to be in at the start of the year - but four teams have found themselves here.
Arles-Killeen drew with...
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Portlaoise 0-9 Timahoe 1-5
Laois Shopping Centre IFC Quarter-final
Timahoe and Portlaoise went head to head in Ratheniska this afternoon in the Laois IFC with three great saves from experienced goalkeeper Michael Nolan helping...
Our top stories this week varied from the Rainbow people of 1993, the Rose of Tralee and a cocaine seizure in a Laois town.
Here's our top stories.
NEWS
Remembering Ballyhupahaun’s Rainbow people of 1993 was a beautiful piece of nostalgia this...
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Mountmellick Gaels 3-18 The Rock 0-4
Laois Shopping Centre IFC Quarter-Final
There's a huge rivalry between The Rock and Mountmellick footballers but today's Laois IFC quarter-final in Portarlington will go down as one of...
The Laois IFC quarter-finals take centre stage this morning with two 12.30pm throw-ins.
In Portarlington we have the clash of neighbours Mountmellick and The Rock, their first championship meeting between the sides in a decade and the first at this...
This week's Property Watch feature, we are going to take a look at the area of Stradbally. As the town braces itself for another weekend of music, fun and madness, we take a look at some of the properties...
There is a number of job vacancies being advertised in Laois 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...
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It's nearly here. Electric Picnic week is upon us and the excitement is bubbling nicely.
To look ahead, we dedicated this week's LaoisToday podcast to the incredibly popular event - and we were...
Another day, another busy championship schedule.
The latest phase of club football championship games in Laois concludes today (although will resume on Tuesday night) with the two intermediate quarter-finals and the two senior relegation games down for decision.
We look ahead...
Fianna Fáil TD for South Kildare, Fiona O’Loughlin says the latest report from Geo-Directory sites on commercial vacancy rates is further evidence that the recovery has not reached Laois.
The report reveals that 14.2 percent of all commercial properties are...
Camross 0-8 Naomh Eamann 1-5
U14 'B' championship final
We knew Camross and Naomh Eamann in a final would be a thrilling match like the Camross versus Castletown matches of times gone-by, but this 'B' championship final exceeded expectations in terms...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Una Noone (née Carroll)
Ballycarroll, Portarlington, Laois
Peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Oakdale nursing home Portarlington. Loving wife of the late Frank, twin-sister of the...
The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) is urging Government to retain the 9% VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality industry.
They have published a report claiming that 1,457 new jobs have been created in Laois since the introduction of...
The Harps 4-9 O'Moores 2-2
U14 camogie championship 'A' final
This 'A' championship final saw Laois's two All-Ireland winning Feile teams battle it out to be crowned the top U-14 side in Laois.
This match showed the strength of underage camogie in...
