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JOB VACANCY: Laois Chamber Alliance seeking to hire Tourism Development Executive

Laois Chamber Alliance are recruiting for a Tourism Development Executive! This is an exciting opportunity to work with Laois Chamber Alliance, developing and promoting tourism...

JOB VACANCY: Backup Power Solutions are hiring field service engineers

Backup Power Solutions are Hiring Field Service Engineers. Established in 2007, we have offices in both Portarlington and Newtownards. Our engineers look after our large client...
Timahoe New Year's Day Walk

Magic Mo to lead the way in Timahoe New Year’s Day walk

The New Year's Day walk in Timahoe has long been a reliable date in the diary - and after a couple of years off,...
Portlaoise Youthreach

Portlaoise Youthreach students raise over €2,500 for Pieta House following Christmas Market

Youthreach in LOETB’s Portlaoise Further Education and Training Centre held a Christmas Market on December 8, raising over €2,500 for Pieta House in the...
EU Just Transition Map

Laois to benefit from €169 million EU Just Transition funding boost

Laois is one of the counties set to benefit from a €169m funding boost from the EU Just Transition scheme. Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon...

Mulhare and Maher take individual honours but double gold for St Abban’s at Laois...

Fresh from helping Ireland win bronze at the European Cross Country championships in Italy last week, Mary Mulhare was closer to home on Sunday...
Killeshin book

Killeshin man writes the history of his local church and community

A book on the history of the Holy Cross Church in Killeshin and its community was recently published by well-known local author Pat Whelan. The...
Death notices in Laois

Deaths in Laois – Monday, December 19, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Rita (Margaret Mary) Brophy (née Bolger) Limerick Street, Roscrea, Tipperary / Mountrath, Laois Rita (Margaret Mary) Brophy,...
Thomasina Connell new baby

Baby joy as Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Thomasina Connell welcomes new arrival

Thomasina Connell, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, has given birth to a baby boy. The Portlaoise-based Fine Gael councillor shared the news on social media...
Head colds in children

Head colds in children: A Laois-based pharmacist advises on what to do and what...

A head cold is an umbrella term which encompasses all those annoying symptoms that we come to expect at some point during the winter...
Deaths in Laois

Deaths in Laois – Sunday, December 18, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Pat Holohan (née O'Neill) Twoomey Park, Mountmellick, Laois Pat Holohan Twoomey Park, Mountmellick Co. Laois. Died December...

The week that was: Our most viewed stories of the past seven days

1 - Deep sadness in Laois town as teenager passes away following brave cancer battle There is deep sadness in Mountmellick this week following the...

Introducing the 2022 LaoisToday Ladies Football Team of the Year

For the fourth year running, the Laois ladies senior football championship got a different winner. Following on from St Conleth's success in 2021, Portlaoise re-emerged...
Death notices Laois

Deaths in Laois – Saturday, December 17, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Pat Holohan (née O'Neill) Twoomey Park, Mountmellick, Laois Pat Holohan Twoomey Park, Mountmellick Co. Laois. Died December...

Change of government needed, not Lanigan’s Ball says Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley

Sinn Féin TD for Laois-Offaly Brian Stanley has said “that rather than a change of Taoiseach, the country needs a change of Government’’. Ahead of...
Sharon Crean RIP

Laois man charged with the murder of Mountmellick mother of one

A Laois man has been charged with the murder of a Mountmellick mother of one following an incident on Wednesday. Sean Egan, aged 36, with...
Talking Sport Podcast

Talking Sport Podcast: Ross retires, Laois football and hurling panel updates and big appointment...

The big local GAA story of this week was the news that Ross Munnelly had brought the curtain down on his 20-season intercounty career. Steven...
Hurling General

Castlecomer CS defeat Heywood CS but both teams advance in the Leinster schools hurling...

Castlecomer CS 1-18 Heywood CS 2-8 Leinster 'B' Schools Hurling Championship Round 2 Castlecomer and Heywood played out a very entertaining affair on Wednesday - with...

Deaths in Laois – Friday, December 16, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Sharon Crean College Avenue, Mountmellick, Laois/Arklow, Wicklow Predeceased by her father Thomas. Much loved mother of Lorcan....
Sharon Crean RIP

Garda investigation continues as woman killed in Mountmellick named locally as mother of one

Gardai are continuing to investigate all the circumstances of a suspected fatal assault on a woman that occurred yesterday afternoon in Mountmellick. The woman who...
SOLAS

SOLAS – Christmas Markets, Carols and Hot Weather!

SOLAS is heading into its final weekend of Christmas markets. The weather while adding a Christmas feel has definitely been a little on the...
Death notices in Laois

Deaths in Laois – Thursday, December 15, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Anne Moore (née Kelly) Boley, Ballylinan, Laois, R14 C990/Athy, Kildare Predeceased by her loving husband Paddy and...

Man in his 30s arrested after woman killed in Mountmellick

Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances of a suspected fatal assault on a woman that occurred this afternoon in Mountmellick. The woman, aged in her...
Shane O'Neill Portarlington RIP

Deep sadness as Laois father passes away following accident in Spain

There is widespread shock and sadness in Portarlington this week following the tragic passing of a father and husband. Shane O'Neill died on Sunday following...
Denise Geoghegan RIP

Shock and sadness in Laois town as mother of three passes away suddenly

There is shock and sadness in Portarlington following the news that a mother of three has passed away. Denise Geoghegan passed away suddenly on Tuesday...
The Heath Tractor Run

In Pictures: Great turnout and craic at fundraising Tractor Run on The Heath

There's nothing like a fundraising Tractor Run to bring a rural community together. And so it was on The Heath on Sunday morning as a...
Dail

‘Unsustainable immigration levels are pushing us toward the tipping point of catastrophe’ claims local...

Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to engage with Ireland’s EU partners to pause immigration applications. The Independent TD...
Cross Country Championships

Stage set for the 59th running of the Laois Cross Country Championships this weekend

The 59th running of the Laois Senior Cross Country will take place on Sunday December 18 in Barrowhouse. The hosting of this year’s event is...
Deaths in Laois

Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Shane O'Neill Church View, Portarlington, Offaly / Portarlington, Laois Tragically, following a drowning accident, in Gran Canaria....
Vaccine

HSE reminds people to check when next COVID-19 booster due ahead of Christmas

The HSE is urging everyone to check they are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine boosters. They are speaking especially to healthcare workers, people...