Alan Hartnett
Laois County Council to explore purchasing ‘property marking machine’ to help combat crime
Laois County Council is to explore the possibility of purchasing a 'property marking machine' in a bid to help combat crime.
The issue came before...
Big changes coming to football championships in Laois as ‘B’ grade introduced in Senior...
The structures of the football championships have long been a talking point in Laois for many years.
While most people agree with the schedule and...
Laois wedding venue secures two prestigious accolades at national awards
Stradbally’s spectacular wedding venue Ballintubbert Gardens & House has been announced as a winner in the national wedding venue awards.
The celebrated wedding venue has...
Funding for first ever biodiversity officer approved for Laois County Council
Laois County Council has been given approval to appoint the first biodiversity officer to the county.
The announcement follows a commitment in the Programme for...
Final Operation Transformation ad-break challenge hero revealed as attention turns to Timahoe
Operation Transformation will come to an end on Wednesday week after a six week spell where Laois has been to the forefront.
The RTE TV...
Laois hurlers set for TV appearance as GAA confirm schedule for this weekend
The Laois senior hurlers will be on our TV screens this weekend after the GAA confirmed its schedule.
Willie Maher's charges are up against Davy...
Laois manager Sheehan pleased with how footballers dealt with set backs during Wexford win
Laois Senior football manager Billy Sheehan was pleased as his side defeated Wexford on Sunday in Division 4.
Speaking afterwards, the Laois boss was particularly...
Seven Talking Points after the Laois senior footballers made it back to back wins...
The Laois senior footballers made it two Division 4 league wins from two games as they defeated Wexford this afternoon.
Billy Sheehan's charges ran out...
O’Moore Park hoodoo ended as Laois footballers defeat Wexford to maintain perfect Division 4...
Laois 1-18 Wexford 1-13
National Football League Division 4 Round 2
The Laois senior footballers have ended their more than three year wait for a win...
‘Almost 19,000 tonnes of peat and peat mixed products exported to Japan since 2011’...
Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has confirmed that Ireland has exported 18,715 tonnes of peat and products mixed with a...
‘It is a huge honour for me and my family’ – Laois hurling captain...
Laois senior hurling captain Willie Dunphy has spoken about the honour that it is to skipper his side this year.
The Clough-Ballacolla man is into...
Laois Senior football team named for Division 4 clash at home to Wexford
The Laois senior football team has been named ahead of Sunday’s Division 4 Round 2 clash at home to Wexford.
Unsurprisingly, manager Billy Sheehan has...
Portlaoise Panthers to ‘have leading role’ as agreement reached to lease St Mary’s Hall
Portlaoise Panthers basketball club are to have a 'leading role' in the management of St Mary's Hall under a new agreement signed recently.
At Monday's...
‘We need to look after people who are getting up for work’ – Fiery...
There were fiery exchanges in the adjourned Laois County Council meeting on Monday following a discussion over housing stock and income thresholds in the...
‘No consultation planned’ with local communities where refugees are housed in Laois
There are no plans to hold consultation meetings with local communities if and when refugees are moved into a particular area in Laois.
The issue...
Mountrath Community School student has award winning poem published
Leaving Certificate student Aisling McEvoy has had her first poem published in the anthology ‘Confessions of a Clockwalker’.
Aisling is a 6th year student in...
Portlaoise Hospital launches tool to help caregivers of children with allergy and asthma
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise Paediatrics Allergy and Respiratory Services have launched a series of videos to educate caregivers of children with asthma and allergies.
Parents...
‘We need a definitive end to the N80 Mountmellick Relief Road saga’ says local...
Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has said that she has written to the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland...
Figures for 2022 show that Portlaoise Hospital A&E ‘one of the busiest outside Dublin’
Figures released by Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley today show that, in 2022, Portlaoise Hospital was one of the busiest outside of Dublin.
A total...
€3,300,000 for allocated for Laois walking and cycling active travel infrastructure for 28 projects
€3,300,000 has been allocated by the National Transport Authority (NTA) for the provision of walking and cycling Active Travel infrastructure in Laois.
This investment being...
Council to acquire 26 new houses in Laois village in bid to alleviate local...
Laois County Council are to purchase 26 new houses in Borris-In-Ossory in a bid to alleviate local housing need in the village.
The houses have...
‘Next thing, you’ll want to remove the Angelus’ – Councillors disagree over suggestion to...
Laois County Councillors clashed in the chamber on Monday over a suggestion that the prayer should be discontinued.
Before the start of every monthly meeting,...
Ardscoil Athy way too strong for Good Counsel as they power into South Leinster...
Ardscoil na Trionoide Athy 3-16 Good Counsel 1-5
School’s Junior A South Leinster Football Championship Semi Final
There will be big Laois involved in this year's...
Brilliant Byrne sees Knockbeg past Naas CBS and into Junior South Leinster final
Knockbeg College 3-6 Naas CBS 1-10
School's South Leinster Junior 'A' Football Championship Semi Final
Knockbeg College battled their way to a Junior South Leinster final...
Laois Chamber Alliance urges businesses to register for Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme
Laois Chamber Alliance is urging Laois businesses to check their eligibility and avail of the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS).
The Department of Finance...
Only 47 people fined for dumping in Laois in 2022 ‘despite countryside being destroyed’
There was anger in the Laois County Council Chamber yesterday as it was revealed that only 47 people had been fined for dumping in...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Anne (Nancy) Gillen (née Phelan)
Passlands, Monasterevin, Kildare / Mountmellick, Laois
Passed away peacefully in the wonderful...
Six Talking Points after the Laois Ladies suffered their first defeat of 2023
It was a bitterly disappointing Sunday for the Laois Ladies as they were beaten by 18 points in St Loman's by Westmeath.
Laois never got...
‘Never seen anything like it’ – Concern as no tenders received to carry out...
Concerns have been raised after it was revealed that no tenders were received to carry out works in St Peter and Paul's Cemetery in...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses MIDOC situation following question from Laois TD
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has addressed the situation surrounding the out of hours GP service in Laois - known as MIDOC.
At the end of last...