Mark Comerford
Fine cup form continues as Portlaoise get the better of UCD
Portlaoise AFC 3 UCD 1
(Metropolitan Cup Round 1)
Portlaoise’s superb cup form this season continued on Friday night with a seismic victory over the visiting...
PortDara Falcons get 2023 off to the perfect start while Portlaoise come up short
Leinster Women's League Division 2
CYM 12 PortDara Falcons 42
PortDara Falcons scored six tries on Sunday sfternoon to beat CYM away in Terenure.
The bonus-point victory...
A huge weekend of cup action as Laois soccer returns
Across the water, English football is this weekend focused on the legendary FA Cup, and here in the Midlands, the CCFL’s cup competitions also...
Portlaoise Panthers fall short in National Cup semi-final
Portlaoise Panthers 63 Phoenix Rockets 65
Division 1 National Cup Semi-Final
Portlaoise Panthers Women’s season is fast coming off the rails as they fell to their...
2022 Remembered: Inside story of life as a prison officer in Portlaoise makes for...
A book review from August where we looked at 'Unlocked', David McDonald's book about life as an officer in Portlaoise Prison.
For the vast majority...
2022 Remembered: Laois Abroad: Meet the 96-year-old Laois great-grandmother who has lived in San...
The 'Laois Abroad' series began back in May with a look at Maureen Dowling, the Camross woman living in the USA.
The first instalment of...
2022 Remembered: Laois’s newest secondary school announce appointment of new principal
We wind the clocks back to May when Coláiste Dhún Másc announced the appointment of new principal, Dympna Kelly.
Laois’s newest secondary school have announced...
2022 Remembered: Laois rugby stars discuss their ‘trip of a lifetime’ to Japan
Back in October, Irish rugby internationals Emma Hooban and Leah Tarpey discussed their summer tour to Japan.
The Irish women’s rugby team travelled to Japan...
2022 Remembered: Leading candidate emerges to fill Laois County Council seat left vacant by...
2022 began with Fine Gael's Barry Walsh emerging as the de facto replacement candidate for Mary Sweeney’s Laois County Council seat.
Ballyroan native Barry Walsh...
CCFL Christmas Team of the (Holiday) Season
As sport takes a break for the festive period, we at LaoisToday thought it would be a good time to reflect on the season...
Classy Clonaslee coast past Abbeyleix
Clonaslee United 3 Abbeyleix Athletic 1
CCFL Division 1
Clonaslee United eased past Abbeyleix Athletic on Sunday morning with a comfortable 3-1 home win.
Bob Downey on...
Portlaoise duo part of Blackrock’s All Ireland League victory
Blackrock 27 Railway Union 7
AIL Women’s Division League Final
Portlaoise women Emma Hooban and Eimear Corri lined out for Blackrock College to win the AIL...
Laois Rugby: The story of the season so far
Christmas is a time for reflection, so we at Laois Today have decided to look back on all the major rugby action from around...
Portlaoise Panthers Ladies suffer their first defeat of the season
St Pauls Killarney 74 Portlaoise Panthers 59
Women's Division 1 22-23
Portlaoise came into today's game top of the Women's Division 1, with a 100% record...
Day to remember for Portlaoise CBS as senior side make a schools rugby double
Portlaoise CBS 18 Ardgillen CS 12
Leinster Schools Senior Rugby - Anne McInerney Cup Final
The Portlaoise CBS senior rugby team made it a day to...
Butler leads the way as Portlaoise CBS claim Leinster junior rugby success
Portlaoise CBS 12 Ardgillen CC 7
Leinster Junior Schools Rugby - Pat Rossiter Cup Final
A terrific second-half performance helped Portlaoise CBS to a thrilling 12-7...
Disappointment for Mountrath CS in schools rugby final in Donnybrook
St Colmcille's 21 Mountrath CS 15
Junior Rugby Development Final
There was disappointment for Mountrath CS in their junior rugby development final played in Donnybrook this...
Portlaoise Panthers extend their unbeaten run with a comprehensive victory over Dublin opposition
Portlaoise Panthers 93 Oblate Dynamos 60
MissQuote.ie Division 1 22-23
Portlaoise Panthers remain the only unbeaten team in the MissQuote.ie Women's Division 1 after a comprehensive...
A Christmas recap of all the soccer from around Laois this season
Thirteen senior soccer teams from around Laois were due to compete across league and cup competitions this weekend, but hazardous weather conditions forced the...
Laois Rugby Christmas XV
Laois rugby is in a very healthy place as we come to the end of 2022, so we at Laois Today have put together...
Catch up with all the action on a bumper weekend of Laois rugby
Catch up with all the action on a bumper weekend of Laois rugby
This was a weekend all about the women of Laois rugby. PortDara...
Catch up with all the day’s soccer action from around Laois
Catch up with all the day's soccer action from around Laois
Clonaslee United, Emo Celtic and Stradbally Town were the big winners in CCFL action...
Laois Rugby Roundup: A mixed day on the road for Portarlington and Portlaoise
Laois Rugby Roundup
Leinster League Division 2B
Birr 19 Portarlington 22 (Riverside, Birr)
Portarlington produced three tries in a dominant second-half display to come away with a...
CCFL Soccer Roundup: Laois teams go well in the cups while Portlaoise win in...
CCFL Soccer Roundup: Laois teams go well in the cups while Portlaoise get back on track in Division 1
As winter draws near, the cups...
‘Problem after problem’ results in a Laois soccer club withdrawing for 2022/2023 season
Those following the CCFL will have noticed that illustrious Portlaoise club, Towerhill Rovers, have been out of action for over a month. The sad...
A tough week for Laois rugby as Portlaoise men’s seniors and PortDara Falcons both...
Portlaoise 8 Newbridge 17
Leinster League Division 2A
Portlaoise men’s seniors fell to a sixth consecutive defeat on Thursday night, losing at home to Newbridge.
A Jack...
Three Laois sides advance as Counties Cup takes centre stage
The 2022 Combined Counties Cup got underway this weekend as teams from across Laois and beyond began their search for silverware.
Cup games always...
Honours even as Mountmellick and Rosenallis get stuck in
Mountmellick Utd B 1 Rosenallis B 1
CCFL Division 3A
It has been a turbulent start to the season for the ‘B’ teams of Mountmellick United...
Laois rugby roundup: Missed opportunity for Portlaoise and all-Laois clash in Women’s AIL
It was another difficult weekend for Portlaoise Rugby Club, as the Senior men’s team had victory snatched away, the Second XVs lost at home,...
Emo Celtic back to winning ways thanks to win over Maryborough
Maryborough 1 Emo Celtic 3
CCFL Division 3A
Second faced third in Division 3A of the CCFL in Ballyroan on Sunday morning as Maryborough FC hosted...