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Deaths in Laois – Monday, August 12, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bernard Cawley
Derrycloney, Mountmellick, Laois
Suddenly at his residence. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Anne, sons...
Leaving Cert Results? Consider a PLC at LOETB Abbeyleix Before College!
Thinking about college but unsure which path to take? LOETB Abbeyleix offers Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses that can be the perfect bridge between...
Laois IFC: Timahoe have that bit extra to see off Ballyroan-Abbey and book quarter-final...
Timahoe 1-13 Ballyroan-Abbey 0-13
Laois IFC Round 2 Qualifier
Timahoe needed extra time to see off Ballyroan-Abbey in Stradbally this evening to book their place in...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, August 11, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Elizabeth (Betty) Walsh (née Doran)
Errill, Laois
Elizabeth (Betty) Walsh (née Doran), Walsh's shop, Errill village, Co....
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, August 10, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Vera Kearney (née Hynes)
Mountmellick, Laois/Drimnagh, Dublin
Mountmellick, Co. Laois and formerly of Carrow Road, Drimnagh, D12,...
Laois IFC: Impressive Crettyard blow Arles-Kilcruise away with strong second-half showing
Crettyard 4-19 Arles-Kilcruise 1-8
Laois IFC Round 3
Crettyard laid down a serious marker this evening as they booked their place in the Laois Shopping Centre...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Friday’s Laois club football championship action
The action in the Laois club football championship continues this evening with one senior, one intermediate and three junior games down for decision.
Ballyfin and...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, August 9, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Donal Whelan
Crettyard, Laois
Donal Whelan, Doonane, Crettyard, Co Laois passed away peacefully at Waterford University Hospital...
Laois IFC: Nolan on the double as Park-Ratheniska see off Annanough to book semi-final...
Park-Ratheniska 2-8 Annanough 1-3
Laois IFC Round 2
Cian Nolan struck two second-half goals as Park-Ratheniska booked their place in the Laois Shopping Centre IFC semi-finals...
Live Blog: Follow all the updates from Thursday’s Laois club football championship action
It's back to football championship action this evening as Round 2 of the Laois SFC and IFC gets underway.
O'Moore Park is back in use...
Laois Football Podcast: Intermediate football, junior football and The Olympics!
There are four big games down for decision in the Laois intermediate football championship this weekend.
There are three local derbies - Arles-Kilcruise v Crettyard,...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, August 8, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Teresa Bergin (née Deegan)
Garraí na dTor, Lispole, Kerry, V92DK13/Pike of Rushall, Laois
On the 6th of...
Celebrating a milestone: The success of girl boarders at Rockwell College
Last year, Rockwell College proudly welcomed girls to its residence for the first time, with 21 girls staying on campus for the 2023/24 academic...
Laois Football Podcast: Looking ahead to Round 2 of the senior club championship
It's another bumper weekend of club championship action and this latest episode of our Laois Football Podcast looks ahead to Round 2 of the...
10 clubs represented in our Round 2 Premier IHC and IHC Team of the...
The Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC and IHC saw Round 2 action conclude last week.
From the games, we have picked out our team of...
Captain C-Fennell ‘living a dream’ as she prepares to lead Laois out in Croke...
The Laois camogie team are getting ready to take part in an All-Ireland final on Sunday against Tipperary.
The game will be played in Croke...
Laois Hurling Podcast: Meet the managers and players ahead of camogie All-Ireland final v...
Excitement is building in Laois this week as the camogie team are set to play in an All-Ireland final.
Laois will face Tipperary in the...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Fran (Frank) Naughton
Ballina, Mayo / Portarlington, Laois / Wicklow
Formerly of Portarlington, County Laois and Wicklow....
All Ireland Camogie Final: Profiles of the Laois girls going for glory in Croke...
The Laois camogie team will make the trip to Croke Park this Sunday for the All Ireland Junior camogie final where they will take...
Laois Hurling Podcast: Looking back on a dramatic round 2 of hurling action
It was a dramatic weekend in the Laois Shopping Centre hurling championships.
In the SHC, two sides are out. Rosenallis and Castletown have been eliminated...
Laois GAA Fixtures: Football championships return ahead of Electric Picnic break
It's another absolutely hectic week of Laois GAA fixtures with a jam-packed schedule of games around the county.
The Laois camogie team are in the...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Maura Russell
Celbridge, Kildare/Ballinasloe, Galway/Clonaslee, Laois
Formerly Mackney, Ballinasloe, Co.Galway and Larragan, Clonaslee, Co.Laois. Counsellor and Psychotherapist...
The Cube: Supporting Laois’s Greener Future
The CUBE is a 10,000 square foot building spanning over three floors, located in the heart of Portlaoise Town overlooking the Old Fort of...
Down Memory Lane Podcast: Champions League drama, Ian Robertson and the end of the...
1999 was another eventful year both locally, nationally and internationally.
Who’ll ever forget Manchester Utd’s treble winning season and in particular their incredibly dramatic Champions...
From the Archives – Bank Holiday Weekend Read: Looking back at the extraordinary life...
Siun Lennon wrote this piece on LaoisToday in January 2019.
In October 2018, the news broke that a French-born Stradbally woman, Elizabeth O’Kelly, who passed...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, August 5, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Rita Conroy (née Maher)
Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois/Rathoe, Carlow
Rita Conroy. Beladd Portlaoise. August 3rd 2024. Peacefully at...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action as Round 2 of the hurling championship...
Round 2 of the Laois Shopping Centre hurling championships will come to a conclusion this afternoon with three more games down for decision.
There is...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, August 4, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sean Madigan
Old Forge Crescent, Mountrath, Laois / Clonmel, Tipperary
The death has occurred of Sean (Goo)...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action from a SHC double header and Clonad v...
Round 2 of the Laois Shopping Centre hurling championships continues at two venues today.
There is a double header in O'Moore Park and a standalone...
LaoisToday QuizCast: Electric Picnic place up for grabs
LaoisToday will be making its Electric Picnic debut this year when our popular QuizCast takes its place in the Ah, Here tent in Mindfield...