Alan Hartnett
Stradbally native Alan Hartnett is a graduate of Knockbeg College who has worked in the local and national media since 2008. Alan has a BA in Economics, Politics and Law and an MA in Journalism from DCU. His happiest moment was when Jody Dillon scored THAT goal in the Laois senior football final in 2016.
Cassin to the fore as Ballacolla defeat Clonaghadoo for the second year running
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Clonaghadoo 7-6 Ballacolla 6-11
Roinn 3 Hurling Championship
In a repeat of last year's Division 4 decider,...
Courageous Cuddy fires Shanahoe to Division 4 Shield success
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Shanahoe 8-8 Errill 5-2
Roinn 4 Hurling Shield
Shanahoe midfielder Dion Cuddy fired over 4-8 as Shanahoe...
Daly duo down Stradbally as Timahoe claim battle of the parish
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Timahoe NS 4-3 St Colman's Stradbally 1-4
Roinn 3 Hurling Shield
PJ Daly and Liam Daly scored...
Mam of young Laois boy killed in tragic crash pays heartbreaking tribute as fundraiser...
The mother of a young Laois boy who was tragically killed alongside his father in a crash between Tullamore and Mountmellick on Sunday has...
UPDATE: Laois county hurlers and footballers set for busy June
We're almost at the midpoint of 2019 and the Laois GAA inter-county season simply couldn't be going any better.
None of the four Laois teams...
Peters late hat-trick stuns Paddock as Rushall claim final title of Day 2 in...
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Rushall 5-9 Paddock 4-11
Roinn 2 Hurling Championship
What. A. Game.
Paddock led by six points with five...
Killenard are Whelan good as they claim Division 3 hurling glory
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Killenard 4-7 Ballyadams 4-2
Roinn 3 Hurling Championship
A John Whelan inspired Killenard, who scored all but...
Brilliant Buggy leads Ardough to remarkable hurling success
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Ardough 9-13 Castlecuffe 4-3
Roinn 4 Hurling Plate
Muckalee man Ewan Buggy scored a stunning total of...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sheila Crawford (née Wall)
Graigue, Mountmellick, Laois
Sheila Crawford (née Wall) formerly of Graigue,...
Large areas of Laois without power as ESB report major electricity fault
A large area of the county is in darkness tonight following a severe power outage.
According to ESB Networks, parts of Stradbally, Timahoe, Portlaoise and...
Townsend’s late double sees Our Lady’s Meadow Durrow crowned Division 1 hurling champions
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Abbeyleix 1-7 Durrow 4-7
Roinn 1 Hurling Championship Final
Durrown full forward and captain Darragh Townsend struck...
Ryan heroics not enough as Emo claim Roinn 5 hurling title
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Abbeyleix 1-1 Emo 2-4
Roinn 5 Hurling
An outstanding display by Abbeyleix keeper Darragh Ryan wasn't enough...
Doyle and O’Shea guide Abbeyleix to Roinn 5B Camogie triumph
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Abbeyleix 11-1 Portarlington 2-1
Roinn 5B Camogie
Abbeyleix claimed the Roinn 5B camogie title following a fantastic...
Tributes paid to Laois man and son following tragic crash
The man and his son who died in a tragic crash outside Killeigh have been named locally as Vincent 'Finch' Rossi and Sully Rossi.
Vincent,...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Loughlin McEvoy
Lucan, Dublin / Ballacolla, Laois
McEVOY (Lucan, Co. Dublin and formerly of...
ELECTED: Conor Bergin, John King and Ollie Clooney all fill Borris-Mountmellick seats
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John King, Conor Bergin and Ollie Clooney have all been elected to Borris-Mountmellick this evening...
ELECTED: Ben Brennan and Aisling Moran take final Graiguecullen-Portarlington seats
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Independent Ben Brennan and Fine Gael's Aisling Moran have taken the final two seats in...
ELECTED: Ballyroan woman Mary Sweeney takes sixth seat in Portlaoise area
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Ballyroan's Mary Sweeney has taken the sixth seat in Portlaoise for the Laois County Council.
She...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Day 3 of the Local Election...
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Candidates are exhausted, count staff are exhausted and members of the media are exhausted -...
ELECTED: Noel Tuohy takes fifth seat in Portlaoise area
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Labour will have one seat in the next Laois County Council as Noel Tuohy has...
ELECTED: Seamus McDonald takes third seat in Borris-Mountmellick
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Fianna Fail's Seamus McDonald has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the eight count...
ELECTED: Caroline Dwane Stanley takes the third Portlaoise seat
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Sinn Fein's Caroline Dwane-Stanley has retained her seat in the Portlaoise Municipal District.
She polled 1,210...
ELECTED: James Kelly gets the second seat in Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick
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Independent James Kelly has been elected in the Borris-Mountmellick area on the sixth count in...
Manager Sugrue hails debutantes and returning O’Reilly following Westmeath win
Laois manager John Sugrue appeared a very content man when he addressed the waiting media after yesterday's fine win over Westmeath - a far...
Wins for The Harps, Clough-Ballacolla, Borris Kilcotton and all today’s GAA results
Borris-Kilcotton and Clough-Ballacolla remain top of Division 1 of the hurling league following big wins over Abbeyleox and Rosenallis respectively this morning.
Both sides have...
Eight Talking Points as Laois set up Leinster semi final with Meath
The Laois senior footballers are heading back to Croke Park after defeating Westmeath in the Leinster quarter final for the second year running.
They came out...
Laois grind it out to reach Leinster semi final again
Laois 0-12 Westmeath 0-10
Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter Final
The Laois senior footballers are back in the Leinster semi final after a hard fought win...
Carlow coach Poacher infers Laois ‘leaked’ video which led to bans
Carlow football coach Stephen Poacher has inferred that Laois leaked footage of an incident involving himself, manager Turlough O'Brien and midfielder Brendan Murphy that...
Your guide to Laois’s Leinster football quarter-final against Westmeath
Exactly one year ago today, Paul Kingston scored a hat-trick in Tullamore against Westmeath to see Laois into a Leinster championship semi final.
This will...
Extra time heartbreak for Stradbally Town as Monksland claim Combined Counties Cup
Stradbally Town 1 Monksland 3
John Farrell Combined Counties Cup Final (AET)
Stradbally Town's historic 2018/2019 season came to an end in Tullamore this evening as...