LaoisToday Reporter
LaoisToday Podcast: Claire Byrne on Laois roots, her career rise and the broadcasting challenges...
Claire Byrne was the special guest on the LaoisToday Podcast on February 19, 2021.
On this week’s LaoisToday podcast, presenter Brian Moss is joined on...
2021 Remembered – Remembering the great Lulu Carroll: ‘A volunteer all the way to...
Back in February, we remembered the life of Laois great Lulu Carroll and the massive impact she had on Laois Ladies football.
A couple of...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, December 31, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Denis Lowry
Cremorgan, Timahoe, Laois
Denis passed away, unexpectedly, in Saint James' Hospital, Dublin, in the company...
2021 Remembered – Breaking Ball: Remembering 10 fine Laois football wins in Ulster over...
Back in June, before the Laois footballers headed off to face Down in Newry, we looked back at some great Laois victories up North.
There...
2021 Remembered – WATCH: Stunning views of Laois hotel and golf course as staff...
Back in February, the staff at the Heritage Hotel and Golf Resort in Killenard were the latest group to take part in the Jerusalema...
New Year’s Day walk in Timahoe in memory of Johnny Dalton scaled back due...
The New Year's Day walk in Timahoe in memory of the late Johnny Dalton is being scaled back to a much smaller event due...
2021 Remembered – Mixed emotions for Portlaoise youngster as bad injury makes it a...
Back in June, Portlaoise won the U-13 'A' football championship. However, it was a bitter sweet moment for one of their players who suffered...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Meet the Killeen teenager who used lockdown to...
Back in August, we spoke to Arles-Killeen footballer Oisin Byrne about his thriving sports gear and equipment business.
The pandemic has taken so much away...
2021 Remembered – Two Knockbeg students receive maximum 625 as Vicarstown trio get 1,800...
Back in September, two Knockbeg College students were awarded 625 points in their Leaving Cert results.
Two Knockbeg College students have received the maximum amount...
2021 Remembered – Laois Doctor on Covid-19 Vaccines: How they work and why they’re...
Back in Dr Sean Montague informed us about everything we needed to know about the Covid-19 vaccines.
2020 saw the world ravaged by Covid-19 but...
Introducing the 2021 LaoisToday Minor football Team of the Year
The Minor Football Championship came to a conclusion back in September as Graiguecullen defeated Na Fianna Og to claim the cup.
It was a right...
2021 Remembered – Laois family win prestigious GAA award for outstanding service
Back in February, a family from St Jospeh's won a prestigious GAA award for outstanding service.
A Laois family has been named as the winners...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, December 30, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Peter Nolan
Killanure, Mountrath, Laois, R32 TH77
Peter Nolan, Killanure, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died 28th December 2021, (peacefully)...
2021 Remembered – Laois Abroad: Meet the Stradbally woman who followed her heart and...
In our final instalment of the Laois Abroad series for 2021 we met a woman from Stradbally who shared all of her experiences of...
2021 Remembered – Laois man elected new president of Macra na Feirme
Back in April, Errill man John Keane succeed Thomas Duffy as president of President of Macra na Feirme.
A Laois man has been elected as...
2021 Remembered – PJ Kelly: ‘I sincerely am privileged and honoured’ to be new...
In December, PJ Scully became Laois GAA chairman as he was elected at Laois GAA's annual convention.
New Laois GAA chairman PJ Kelly says he...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Meet the Ballinakill entrepreneur who has developed his...
Back in August, we met Ballinkill entrepreneur Edwyn Siney who shared told us about how he developed Brew Water.
The pandemic has taken so much...
2021 Remembered – In Pictures: ‘Ceremony in extraordinary times’ as hundreds of children confirmed...
Back in September, hundreds of children made their Confirmation in O'Moore Park.
O’Moore Park has seen a lot over the years but hundreds of children...
2021 Remembered – New chapter for popular Polish lady as she takes ownership of...
Back in September, Mountmellick woman Ela Oczachowska opened her new shop Your Stop shop in the square.
When Ela Oczachowska arrived in Ireland as a 19-year-old,...
LaoisToday Podcast: Cathal Berry on his first year in the Dáil, hopes for Portarlington...
Portarlington-based Kildare South TD Cathal Berry featured on the LaoisToday Podcast in February 2021.
It’s exactly a year since the 2020 General Election and on...
Introducing the 2021 LaoisToday Minor hurling Team of the Year
A thrilling Minor hurling Championship came to a conclusion back in October as Camross defeated Abbeyleix to deny them a two in a row.
It...
2021 Remembered – ‘John Taylor should have received an All Star … indeed he...
Back in January, Pat Critchley spoke to Tomas Moore on Inside the White Line Podcast about how he believed John Taylor should have won...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Anne Gilligan (née Thompson)
Coolbanagher, Emo, Laois
Anne Gilligan (née Thompson), Coolbanagher, Emo, and late of The...
2021 Remembered – Laois Abroad: The remarkable adventure of a Portlaoise woman in Sydney...
In our penultimate instalment we met Jacqui Duncan who told us all about her fascinating life travelling to Spain, United Arab Emirates and Chile....
More than 1,000 booster Covid-19 vaccine appointments available in Portlaoise
More than 1,000 Covid-19 booster vaccine appointments are available to book in Portlaoise between now and New Year's Eve.
The HSE have confirmed that appointments...
2021 Remembered – Laois native appointed to top job in Limerick Institute of Technology
Back in February, Ballacolla native Seamus Hoyne, was appointed LIT's new Dean Flexible and Work Based Learning.
Limerick Institute of Technology’s Director of Industry Engagement...
2021 Remembered – Two Laois soccer players sign professional first-team contracts with Bohemians
Back in March, two Portlaoise men signed their first ever professional contracts with Bohemians.
League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians have confirmed that eight...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Meet the Stradbally Personal Trainer who turned his...
Back in August, we spoke to Stradbally Personal Trainer Tom Shiel who shared how his personal journey led to a thriving business.
The pandemic has...
2021 Remembered – REVEALED: Our choice of the top 25 TikTok-ers in Laois
Back in April, we compiled a list of our top 25 TikTok-ers.
TikTok is huge all the over the world at the moment, and with...
LaoisToday Podcast: Liam O’Neill on his early years, his breakthrough in Laois and his...
This episode was originally broadcast on January 15, 2021.
Another guest on the LaoisToday Podcast in 2021 was former GAA President Liam O’Neill from Trumera.
In...