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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.
Propert Marking Machine

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...
O'Moore Park

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...
BallintubbertGardens_house1

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...
Laois County Council General

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...
Dom Dunne Operation Transformation

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...
TV Cameras Laois GAA

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...
Billy Sheehan Laois

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...
Evan O'Carroll Laois footballers

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...
Laois footballers

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...
Turf

‘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...
Willie Dunphy

‘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 footballers

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...
St Mary's Hall Portlaoise Panthers

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...
Laois County Council General

‘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...
Modular Housing Laois County Council

‘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...
Aisling Murphy Mountrath CS Poem

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...
MRHP Resp Paeds 2

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...
Mountmellick General

‘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...
Portlaoise Hospital

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...
Cycle Lane

€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...
Borris-In-Ossory Houses

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...
Laois County Council General

‘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 na Trionoide Athy Junior Football team

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...
Knockbeg College Junior Football Team

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...
Wind Farm

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

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...
Ellen HEaly Mo Nerney

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...
St Peter and Paul's Cemetery Portlaoise

‘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...
St Fintan's Hospital Portlaoise

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...