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.
Deaths in Laois – Monday, July 1, 2019
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Timothy (Tim) Kilmartin
Camross, Laois
Timothy (Tim) Kilmartin, Camross, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. June 30,...
Kavanagh and Dunphy fire Laois to Joe McDonagh Cup glory
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Laois 3-26 Westmeath 1-21
Joe McDonagh Cup Final
Laois are the Joe McDonagh Cup champions after Mark Kavanagh...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as the Laois hurlers go for Joe McDonagh...
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The big day has arrived for the Laois senior hurlers.
They are here in Croke Park for...
Eight Talking Points as Laois footballers move a step closer to Super 8s
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Today saw the Laois senior footballers power past Offaly into Round 4 of the All-Ireland qualifiers, with an a...
Sublime Kingston brothers lead Laois past Offaly and into Round 4 of All-Ireland Qualifiers
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Laois 0-20 Offaly 0-15
All-Ireland Football Championship Qualifiers Round 3
Brothers Donie and Paul Kingston kicked ten points between...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as the Laois footballers face Offaly in the...
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The Laois senior footballers are back in action this evening as they face Offaly in Round 3...
Your guide to Laois’s Round 3 All-Ireland Qualifier clash v Offaly
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Laois take on Offaly in Round 3 of the All-Ireland Football Qualifiers this evening.
Here we guide you...
GAA personalities set to collide as Laois face Clare in GAA Masters
Two of GAA's most well-known personalities are set to go head to head on a pitch in Laois this afternoon.
Joe.ie's Colm Parkinson will be...
All of Friday’s Laois GAA results and Feile update
The Football Feile get underway this evening in Connacht with six Laois teams getting their campaigns underway.
The Harps, O'Dempsey's and St Conleth's have a...
BREAKING: Laois senior football team named for All-Ireland Qualifier against Offaly
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Laois senior football boss John Sugrue has named his team for Round 3 of the the All-Ireland...
Laois councillors request meeting with Housing Minister following ‘stupid’ affordable housing plan
Laois County Councillors are requesting a meeting with the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy after they deferred a vote on a draft Affordable Housing...
Camross’s Phelan hoping to realise childhood dream with Laois in Croke Park
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Camross defender Joe Phelan is hoping to realise a childhood dream this Sunday when Laois take...
Laois Ladies U-15 Development Training set to commence
The Laois Ladies U-15 Development training is for girls born in 2004 and will commence on Saturday June 29 from 11am to 12.30pm.
Please note...
Six Laois football teams set to go for All-Ireland Feile glory in Connacht
This year six Laois teams – four in football and two in ladies football – will be heading to Connacht for the Feile na...
BREAKING: Portlaoise Mail Centre set to remain as An Post announce Cork closure
The 200 strong workforce in Portlaoise Mail Centre can breath a sigh of relief this morning as An Post has decided to shut its...
Laois County Council pledges to build homes for Travellers in new plan
Laois County Council has pledged to build 40 new units after Councillors adopted the Traveller Accomodation Programme 2019 to 2024.
Under the plan, 37 new...
Selector Fitzgerald delighted to balance busy family life with hurling as big day approaches
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Tommy Fitzgerald was delighted when he got the call from manager Eddie Brennan at the start...
Laois Councillor hits out at ‘long delay’ in delivering Local Election results
A Laois County Councillor has hit out at the slow pace of counting in the Local Elections in the county at the end of...
Seven Talking Points as Laois U-20 footballers progress to Leinster quarter final
Last night saw the Laois U-20 footballers dethrone the reigning Leinster and All-Ireland football champions Kildare in Newbridge.
Billy O'Loughlin's men produced a brilliant second...
Super second half sees Laois U-20s dump All-Ireland champions Kildare out
Laois 0-17 Kildare 1-11
EirGrid Leinster U-20 Football Championship Round 1
The Laois U-20 footballers have dumped All-Ireland champions Kildare out of the Leinster championship in...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois U-20 footballers face Kildare in Newbridge
The Leinster U-20 football championship gets underway tonight as once again Laois travel to Newbridge to begin their campaign.
Laois led here by eight points...
O’Loughlin’s Laois aiming to knock-out All-Ireland champions Kildare with goals
The Laois U-20 footballers have a real spring in their step heading into tonight's opening round of the Leinster football championship after bagging the...
Here’s your guide to the Laois U-20s Leinster championship clash with Kildare
The Laois U-20 footballers take on All-Ireland champions Kildare in Round 1 of the Leinster championship this evening.
Here we guide you through what you...
All of this week’s Laois GAA fixtures with Newbridge, O’Moore Park and Croke Park...
Laois U-20 footballers, masters footballers, senior footballers and senior hurling are in action in a mental week which also sees the Palmer Cup final...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, June 25, 2019
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Jack Dickinson
Derryguile, Mountmellick, Laois
Dickinson, Earlsfield, London and formeryly Derryguile, Mountmellick. Passed away peacefully on March 14th 2019. In...
All of Monday night’s Laois GAA results
It was a very busy night on the GAA front with games in hurling and football as well as one county game.
Leinster U20HC Quarter...
Five-star Kilkenny end Laois U-20 hurlers Leinster campaign at first hurdle
Laois 0-10 Kilkenny 5-21
Electric Ireland Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship Quarter Final
The Laois U-20 hurlers suffered a heavy defeat in the Leinster championship quarter final...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois U-20 hurlers face Kilkenny in Leinster...
David Cuddy's Laois U-20 hurlers begin their Leinster championship campaign against Kilkenny in O'Moore Park this evening.
This is a straight kcock-out championship and Laois...
Fundraiser announced for family of tragic Laois father and son killed in accident
Details of a fundraiser for the family of a Laois father and son who tragically lost their lives in a car accident in May...
Meet the American Laois hurling fanatic who has never seen the O’Moore men play
Laois fans come in all shapes and sizes but this one is certainly out there in a league of his own.
Bruce Schaefer, from Eugene,...