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SOLAS – Range activities planned as French Festival set to be celebrated this weekend
The highlight of the French Festival celebrations at SOLAS this weekend will be the unveiling of the new 440sq m mural by French Embassy...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, July 14, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Stephen Holohan
Drumcondra, Dublin/Portlaoise, Laois
Holohan, Stephen (Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra and formerly Portlaoise) – July 13, 2022,...
All of Wednesday’s Laois GAA results as Junior hurling championship games come thick and...
It was a busy evening of hurling championship action around the county - with a number of Junior 'C' and underage games down for...
Laois Gardai make arrest and drug driver in stolen car detected by traffic stop
Gardai in Laois arrested a driver and recovered a stolen car following an incident yesterday.
The detection came following an enforcement checkpoint which took place...
Wins for Portlaoise and The Heath as Laois junior ladies football championship gets underway
Portlaoise 2-3 Crettyard 0-4
Laois Ladies JFC Round 1
The Crettyard ladies footballers made their first championship appearance in a number of years on Saturday last...
Are you €500,000 richer this morning? Winning EuroMillions ticket sold in well-known Laois shop
Someone in Laois could be waking up half a million richer this morning.
The National Lottery has confirmed that a EuroMillions ticket worth €500,000 was...
Talking Sport Podcast: Arien Delaney joins us to preview the Laois senior hurling championship
The Laois senior hurling championship is upon us.
And to look ahead to the action, Steven is joined on this week’s Talking Sport Podcast by...
Planning permission lodged for 92-bed community nursing home in Laois border town
Planning permission for a 92-bedroom community nursing home has been lodged in Athy.
St Vincent’s Hospital in Athy on the Laois border are the ones...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Patrick (Pat) Dunphy
Patrick Street, Durrow, Laois, R32 X5N6
Pat passed away at Midlands Regional Hospital after...
Talking Sport Podcast: Ranking Laois’s Top 30 club football teams – and preparing for...
On the latest LaoisToday Talking Sport podcast, we update our club football rankings now that the league has finished and the championship is on...
Search on for new millionaire as shop that sold the ticket in Laois revealed
The search for a new millionaire continues as the National Lottery has revealed the shop in which the ticket was sold.
The winning ticket was...
Tribute paid to Laois man who was a talented sportsperson following sad passing
A lovely tribute has been paid to a Laois man following his sad passing over the weekend.
Paulie Fallon of Arlington Estate in Portarlington passed...
’30 degrees by Monday’ – Laois set to sizzle as temperatures to rise over...
It may be damp and drizzly out there at present - but fear not as this weather will not last.
The dry conditions will resume...
Laois players urged to check tickets as someone in the county is €1 million...
Laois National Lottery players have been urged to check their tickets as someone in the county is €1 million richer.
National Lottery chiefs have confirmed...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
John Fitzgerald
Green Road, Abbeyleix, Laois
Pembroke Pines, Florida and formerly of Bronx, New York and Green...
Talking Sport Podcast: Ladies off to Croker, Emma Lawlor interview and league finals
We are back with our latest edition of the Talking Sport Podcast and the lads are in good form!
And why wouldn't they - as...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, July 11, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Raymond Joseph (Ray) Fitzpatrick
Slieve Bloom View, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois
Raymond Joseph (Ray) Fitzpatrick, Slieve Bloom View, Borris-In-Ossory,...
Wins for Clough-Ballacolla, Abbeyleix and The Harps in latest round of minor hurling action
After the latest round of action in the Laois minor 'A' hurling championship, three teams are tied on four points with three more on...
In Pictures: A selection of great photos from the Folly festival in Cullohill
The height of the summer has brought more than its fair share of local festivals.
This is particularly in the context of the past two...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, July 10, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Margaret Houlihan (née Lawless)
11 Mountain View, Ballyfin Road, Portlaoise
Beloved wife of the late Eugene and...
In Pictures: Laois Cumann na mBan exhibition opens in Mountmellick
History is all around us and that was brought to life in Mountmellick this week as exhibition opened on Laois Cumann na mBan opened...
Big weekend of ladies club football action as junior championship gets underway
The Laois ladies football junior club championship gets under way this weekend with a full round of games on this evening, Saturday, July 9.
Six...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, July 9, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bridget (Bridgie) Hill (née Conroy)
Riverview, Ballyfarrell, Clonaslee, Laois
Bridget (Bridgie) Hill, nee Conroy, Riverview, Ballyfarrell, Clonaslee,...
Laois County Council launch campaign aimed at tackling gum litter
Cllr Thomasina Connell, Cathoirleach of Laois County Council, officially launched the Gum Litter Taskforce's gum litter education campaign recently.
The Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) is...
Adopted Laois photographer set to travel Route 66 for Temple Street fundraiser
2022 marks two decades since the birth of the Route 66 Challenge which has seen over 750,000 miles accumulated and €5 million raised for...
LaoisToday launches digital subscription model for sports coverage
LaoisToday celebrates its fifth birthday this year and the occasion is being marked by the launch of a subscription model for our local sports...
Deep sadness in Stradbally following the passing of much-loved community man
There is deep sadness in Stradbally today as one of it's most loved characters will be laid to rest.
Dick Dillon of Woodview in Stradbally,...
Young Laois woman selected to battle it out for the title of Miss Ireland...
The Miss Ireland competition will take place next month and a young Laois woman is among those vying for glory.
Sarah Corbet from Clonaslee was...
Talking Sport Podcast: Mags McEvoy looks ahead to Laois Ladies’ All-Ireland semi final against...
With club championship action set to begin in Laois next weekend, this is going to be the final 'quiet' one for a while.
While the...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, July 8, 2022
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Ann Stanley (née McLoughlin)
Derry, Rosenallis, Laois
Derry Rosenallis, Co. Laois and formerly O'Moore Street, Mountmellick. Died...