LaoisToday Reporter
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Bishop (née Conroy)
St Joseph's Terrace, Mountmellick, Laois/Clonaslee, Laois
Mary Bishop (née Conroy)....
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These comments certainly provoked a serious reaction.
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2018 Remembered – Fianna Fail choose successor for vacant Portlaoise seat following death of...
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2018 Remembered: Kilcruise footballer goes above and beyond to earn his team a draw
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We love to see Laois people doing well - and this lad has certainly done well.
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What an amazing woman.
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2018 Remembered – In Pictures: Four Laois men among 182 new gardai
The Gardai have gone on a serious recruitment in the last few years.
And a number of Laois men and women have taken up the...
2018 Remembered: Laois Leaving Cert student has research paper published in medical journal
In March of this year a young Laois man recorded an incredible feat of having his research paper published in a medical journal.
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2018 was a year that saw an incredible number of four Laois people appear on the hit National Television Lottery show Winning Streak.
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Brought to you...
2018 Remembered – One of the all-time Laois greats made a return last night...
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Still doing what he does...
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