LaoisToday Reporter
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action from Wednesday’s Laois club hurling championship action
The Laois club hurling championship gets underway this evening with three games down for decision.
The big game is the meeting of Clough-Ballacolla and Abbeyleix...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Colt-Shanahoe
The 2024 Laois Premier Intermediate hurling championship gets underway this week and Colt-Shanahoe are in action on Thursday.
They are in the Intermediate champions from...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Rathdowney-Errill
The 2024 Laois senior hurling championship gets underway this week and county champions Rathdowney-Errill are in action on Thursday.
They begin against defending champions Camross...
Sadness in Timahoe and Durrow communities at the death of Mick Carroll
The death has taken place of Mick Carroll, a Timahoe native who has lived Durrow in Durrow for a long number of years.
Aged in...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Camross
The 2024 Laois senior hurling championship gets underway this week and county champions Camross are in action on Thursday.
They will be in the Centre...
Laois Hurlers Golf Society announce next outing for Mountrath Golf Club
The Laois Hurlers Golf Society are set to tee off again with their latest outing.
The Inter-County Presidents Prize, hosted by Richard Moloney, will take...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Clough-Ballacolla
The Laois senior hurling championship gets underway this evening with Clough-Ballacolla taking on Abbeyleix in Colt.
Clough-Ballacolla were dominant in Laois but that was ended...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Mountmellick
The Intermediate hurling championship gets underway on Wednesday night and Mountmellick are among the first teams in action.
They reached the semi finals of this...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Mary Carroll (née Cuddy)
Main St., Borrisoleigh, Tipperary/Mountrath, Laois
Mary Carroll (nee Cuddy), Main St. Borrisoleigh, formerly...
All of Tuesday Laois GAA results on another busy night of action
It was a busy evening on the Laois GAA scene with a number of Junior ‘B’ and ‘C’ hurling championship games as well as...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Slieve Bloom
The Intermediate hurling championship gets underway on Wednesday night and Slieve Bloom are among the first teams in action.
Relegated from Premier Intermediate last year,...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Mountrath
The Intermediate hurling championship gets underway on Wednesday night and Mountrath are among the first teams in action.
They reached the quarter final last year...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Abbeyleix
Defeated Senior hurling finalists last year, can Abbeyleix back it up this year and go one further?
They surprised everyone last year by getting straight...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Clonad
The Intermediate hurling championship gets underway on Wednesday night and Clonad are among the first teams in action.
Gary Moore's charges reached the semi final...
In Pictures: Portlaoise AFC’s girls-only soccer camp hailed a fantastic success
Portlaoise AFC recently held a girls-only soccer camp for female players of all ages at the club grounds, Rossleighan Park.
The camp was organised in...
Talking Sport Podcast: Meet the Laois teenager who is off to represent Ireland at...
The 2024 Paris Olympics gets underway on July 26 and there will be Laois interest in this edition.
Portarlington's Alanna Fitzpatrick is part of Team...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Niall (Cornelius) Dunne
Beechfield ,and formerly of Cill Sileach, Ballyfin Rd., Portlaoise, Laois
Niall (Cornelius) Dunne. (Fondly...
Laois JFC ‘A’: Graiguecullen put up big score to get the better of Killeshin
Graiguecullen 4-20 Killeshin 3-7
Laois JFC 'A' Group A
Ross Hennessy and Aidan Bradley got two goals each as Graiguecullen recorded a big win away to...
Salty Dog and Stradbally Inn set to return for Electric Picnic 2024 with lineup...
The return of Salty Dog and Stradbally Inn have been announced for Electric Picnic 2024.
Step aboard the battered deck and behold Salty’ Dogs top...
Talking Sport Podcast: Tailteann final review, what comes next and Up Armagh!
The latest episode of the Talking Sport Podcast is here and we are looking back at the Tailteann Cup final.
Alan Hartnett is joined by...
Two projects announced to help house people with intellectual disabilities in Laois
Capital funding has been announced for two Laois disability projects which will help house local people with intellectual disabilities.
The two projects will provide a...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, July 15, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
David (Davy) Tobin
St. Fintan's Terrace, Mountrath, Laois
David (Davy) Tobin, St. Fintan’s Terrace, Mountrath, Co. Laois....
Over €4million boost for rural Laois development under newly launched LEADER scheme
The announcement of over €4million funding for rural development projects in Laois was celebrated recently in the offices of Laois Partnership Company, at the...
The week that was – our most read stories of the past seven days
1 - Sadness at death of Portarlington auctioneer Kate O’Shea
The death occurred this week of Kate O’Shea after a short illness, a Portarlington-based auctioneer,...
In Pictures: Supporters out in force as Laois go down fighting in Tailteann Cup...
In the end it wasn't to be - but the Laois footballers went down fighting in Croke Park on Saturday in the Tailteann Cup...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, July 14, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Grace Donnelly
22A Lake Avenue, Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Laois
Died peacefully in the loving care of the staff...
Heartbreak for Laois Ladies as last second Kildare penalty relegates them from SFC
Kildare 1-10 Laois 1-8
Ladies All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Relegation playoff
Laois's stay in the Ladies Senior All-Ireland football championship is over after they were relegated...
Planning permission expected to be granted for new 1,000-student secondary school in Portlaoise
Coláiste Dhún Masc / Dunamaise College Portlaoise has applied to Laois County Council for planning permission to build a brand new secondary school in...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, July 13, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Cyril Brennan
‘The Laurels’, Slatt, Wolfhill, Laois/Athy, Kildare
Predeceased by his parents Gerald and Kathleen, sisters Margaret...
Laois Football Podcast: Tailteann Cup Final preview live in the Square Bar
We had a star-studded line up of guests in the Square Bar in Portlaoise as we recorded a Friday night episode of our LaoisToday...