Alan Hartnett
Laois GAA on the hunt for new Games Development Officer as Muldowney takes career...
Laois GAA will be on the look-out for a new Games Development Officer as their longest serving one has requested a career break.
Ciaran Muldowney,...
Mountmellick reach JHC final as they see off The Harps
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Mountmellick 2-14 The Harps 0-13
Laois Shopping Centre JHC Semi Final
Mountmellick remain on course for back-to-back...
Gardai launch investigation following fatal road crash in Laois
Gardaí have launched an investigation following a road accident which claimed the life of a man last night in Laois.
Gardai confirmed that a 49-year-old...
All of Saturday’s Laois GAA results
An extremely busy Saturday of GAA has come to an end.
We had a triple header of Ladies finals in O'Moore Park as St Paul's,...
Conroy brothers fire Slieve Bloom to IHC final
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Slieve Bloom 2-14 Clough-Ballacolla 0-14
Laois Shopping Centre IHC Semi Final
Slieve Bloom are one step away...
Lyons and Phelan fire Castletown to JHC final
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Castletown 1-11 Rathdowney-Errill 0-7
Laois Shopping Centre JHC Semi Final
Martin Phelan and first half sub Seamus...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the SHC ‘A’, IHC and JHC action from around the...
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It is an extremely busy Saturday in the local GAA scene.
The three Ladies football finals...
County Board chairman O’Neill takes up whistle again as refereeing crisis intensifies
Laois GAA officials have been banging on about a shortage of referees for the last few years and now it has really come to...
Portlaoise Panthers men and women prepare to commence new season
The basketball season begins this weekend with one of the Portlaoise Panthers senior teams set to be in action.
The Men's team are in Division...
Electric Picnic tickets SELL OUT in record time
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Wow.
Such is the demand for tickets that all Early Bird, Loyalty Tickets, Family Camping, Family Campervan and...
In Pictures: Castletown and Portlaoise celebrate football and hurling glory
Before the Electric Picnic, the second and third adult championship finals of the year were contested in O'Moore Park.
On Tuesday last, Castletown took on...
WATCH: This campsite at Electric Picnic was left absolutely spotless
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There was shock and outrage when a video was released on Tuesday of bulldozers attempting to clean...
Laois premises searched in suspected €14.6 million money laundering scam
Gardai have announced that a major search operation is underway this morning into a money laundering operation.
They have begun searching 15 premises in different...
Meet the Laois man who has coached the Down camogie team to an All-Ireland...
The Down camogie team will contest the All-Ireland Intermediate final on Sunday in Croke Park and a Laois man has played a big role...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, September 6, 2018
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joe Carroll
Marian Ave., Portlaoise, Laois
Peacefully at home in the loving care of...
All of this week’s golf results and pictures
Here are all of this week's golf results from the weekend.
We also have a selection of pictures from Portlaoise Golf club and The Heath...
Former Portlaoise AFC player named in Republic of Ireland U-16 squad
Former Portlaoise AFC player Colin Conroy has been named in the Republic of Ireland U-16 squad for upcoming friendlies.
This continues the teenagers remarkable rise...
Laois hurlers and footballers set to begin 2019 league campaigns on the road
The provisional Allianz National Hurling and Football League fixtures have been released.
The Irish Independent is reporting that county boards were circulated the schedule via...
Excitement building as National Ploughing Championships site almost ready
With just under two weeks to go to the staging of Europe’s largest outdoor event, the site in Screggan, Tullamore is really taking shape...
Calls for Mountmellick to get Autism Spectrum Disorder Units
Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley is calling for Autism Spectrum Disorder Units to be provided in Mountmellick Schools.
Deputy Stanley said: "There is an urgent...
Appeal launched to locate caravan stolen from Electric Picnic
The owner of a caravan stolen from the Electric Picnic festival has launched an appeal to locate it.
Warren McClelland, of Caravan Hire Ireland, had...
In Pictures: Rainbow People celebrated on 25 year anniversary
An event to commemorate the visit of the Rainbow People to Ballyhupahaun took place at the Hare’s corner and MDA Centre in Mountmellick recently.
The...
Double championship glory for Laois pair in America
While a lot of us were living it up in a field in Stradbally over the weekend, two Laois men were doing something entirely...
Laois town named in 10 ‘best places’ in Ireland list
Abbeyleix has been shortlisted in the top 10 'best places' in Ireland, it has been announced.
The Royal Planning Planning Institute run 'Ireland’s Best Places'...
Incredible fundraising effort helps bring seriously ill Laois man home from Tenerife
Last month we brought you the very upsetting news that a young Laois man had fallen seriously ill on a Spanish island.
Daniel Wolski and...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Joe Carroll
Marian Ave., Portlaoise, Laois
Peacefully at home in the loving care of...
Laois GAA club suffers sickening weekend attack by ‘idiots’
The Heath GAA club grounds were vandalised over the weekend.
Substantial damage was done to the outside of the club with several windows broken.
The damage...
Draw made for JFC semi finals and all this week’s GAA fixtures
The draw for the semi finals of the Junior A football championship have been made.
There will be a repeat of last year's epic semi...
Portlaoise shoppers encouraged to go plastic and packaging free on Friday
Shoppers in Portlaoise will have the opportunity to shop waste free this Friday, as the Eastern Midlands Regional Waste Management Office (EMWR) joins forces...
Our latest football team of the week as it is the end of the...
There was a jam-packed schedule of games in Laois prior to the Electric Picnic last week.
We had two SFC replays, a Junior B final...