Mark Comerford
Planning: Applications made for medical clinic in Mountrath, car rental hub in Portlaoise, ball...
Medical Clinic, Mountrath
Giselle Lopes Semedo dos Reis has applied to the County Council seeking planning permission to form a new medical clinic in Mountrath.
The...
ACFL Division 6: Clonaslee-St Manman’s hold off resilient Park-Ratheniska to win dramatic final
Clonaslee-St Manman's 2-9 Park-Ratheniska 0-13
ACFL Division 6 Final
Clonaslee-St Manman's are the new Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 6 champions after a dramatic final against...
ACFL Division 7: Three-goal St Joseph’s win first adult football final of 2024
St Joseph's 3-14 Courtwood 0-15
ACFL Division 7 Final
St Joseph's have won the first adult football league final of 2024, beating Courtwood in an excellent...
Renewed calls for increase in rate of pay for carers currently in receipt of state...
Renewed calls have been made to increase rate of pay that currently apply to carers in receipt of state pensions.
There is a belief that older...
Remarkable season sees Laois soccer clubs capture league titles, cup glory, Club of the...
The 2023/24 soccer season brought a significant level of success for the Laois clubs, with five senior teams tasting glory.
Laois has over 30 active...
Laois students honoured at ceremony recognising their grá for Gaeilge
Students from Timahoe National School were presented with a Gaelbhratach flag at a ceremony in Roscrea for their promotion of the Irish language.
The student...
Local cousins’ lemonade stand at Cemetery Sunday helps raise money for The Friends of...
Six young cousins from Laois have come together for the second year in a row in a marvellous display of community spirit and youthful...
Former Laois mink farm and processing plant set to be replaced just months after...
The owners of a former mink farm and processing plant in Laois have applied to the County Council for planning permission in the hopes...
Mountmellick United celebrate momentous CCFL Club of the Year award for 2024
A month after their men's senior A team were crowned Division 1 champions, Mountmellick United have been named as the CCFL Club of the Year 2024.
The...
ACFL Division 2: Wins for Park-Ratheniska and Rosenallis as Relegation Group intensifies
Park-Ratheniska 2-14 Mountmellick 0-16
ACFL Division 2 Round 2 Relegation Group
Two goals in four minutes from sub Stephen Knowles helped Park-Ratheniska to a first win...
Laois boss McNulty praises ‘extraordinary work-rate’ as Laois end championship drought against Kildare
Laois ended a two-decades long drought against Kildare in the championship by beating the Lily Whites in Tullamore on Sunday.
Manager, Justin McNulty said he...
Caroline Dwane Stanley says Sinn Féin ‘has to go back to basics and get...
It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council.
They...
In Pictures: A magical weekend of creativity during Laois Cruinniú na nÓg
Cruinniú na nÓg, the national day of creativity for children and young people, was held over the weekend, with children throughout Laois given the...
Laois semi-final confirmed for Croke Park this weekend to be broadcast live on TV
The GAA have confirmed that Laois will return to Croke Park this weekend, and what's more, the game will be shown live on television.
The...
Seamus McDonald: ‘I get great help from my family and I get great support...
Fianna Fáil's Seamus McDonald will soon begin his fifth decade in local politics, having first been elected in 1985.
Cllr McDonald was successfully re-elected in...
Laois duo to cycle Malin Head to Mizen Head for CJ’s Rainbow Charity
CJ McCann, from County Roscommon, was just 21-months-old when he lost his battle with ATRT (atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor) — a rare and aggressive...
Catherine Fitzgerald: ‘It’s an honour to represent your local community’
Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, winning six out of 19 Council seats at last week's Local Elections.
Among those elected...
ACFL Division 1 and 3: Courtwood see off Ballyroan-Abbey while Lawlor goal crucial for...
Courtwood 1-10 Ballyroan-Abbey 1-6
ACFL Division 1 Winner's Group Round 1
Courtwood's outstanding start to the season continues with an opening-round win away to Ballyroan-Abbey in the...
Aaron Kelly: ‘I’m happy with how I did. As a first-time candidate you’re always...
It was a bitterly disappointing election campaign for Sinn Féin as the party failed to add to their two seats in Laois County Council.
However,...
James Kelly: ‘I’m buzzing but exhausted, if that makes sense. I have been working...
Independent Cllr James Kelly was comfortably re-elected to Laois County Council earlier this week, returning to the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District on the 7th count.
The...
Fintan Cuddy: ‘You don’t lose your first election – you start from zero. I’m...
With the 2024 Local Elections now in the rear-view mirror, the 19 successful candidates will be making all the headlines.
But a special space must...
ACFL Division 1: Four-goal Graiguecullen too strong for Ballyfin
Graiguecullen 4-11 Ballyfin 0-14
ACFL Division 1 Relegation Group Round 1
Graiguecullen have made the perfect start to the Relegation Group in the Laois Shopping Centre...
Portlaoise student to represent Ireland and UK at Microsoft World Championships in USA
A Portlaoise student has beaten off competition from all over Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales to be crowned the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist UK...
ACFL Division 2: Wins for O’Dempsey’s, Emo and Rosenallis, while Killeshin and Mountmellick draw
O’Dempsey’s 1-7 The Heath 0-8
ACFL Division 2 Round 8 Winners Group
O'Dempsey's finished top of the Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 2 after the first...
Joey Kennedy: ‘There’s no point sulking over it. Even though I didn’t win a...
Fianna Fáil are once again the largest party in Laois, having won six of the 19 County Council seats on offer in last week's...
Aisling Moran: ‘I’m not afraid to say what needs to be said. And I...
Independent Aisling Moran was comfortably re-elected in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District in the Local Elections.
This was Moran's second election to contest but her first...
Vivienne Phelan: ‘What a weekend … I’d written myself off on Saturday’
The story of the 2024 Local Elections in Laois was undoubtedly the remarkable comeback of Fine Gael's Vivienne Phelan.
The Stradbally woman was as much...
Fianna Fáil’s Bracken ‘grateful to the people of Mountmellick’ after securing re-election
The results are in and the the Laois County Councillors to serve from 2024 to 2029 have been elected.
Day 3 of the count on...
Shane Bolger on life in America and the strange experience of facing Laois for...
Killeshin man Shane Bolger has made a name for himself since joining American outfit, New York, and was back in Laois on Sunday with...
Lucky Laois pupils win special visit from Paul O’Connell and Linda Djougang with ALDI...
Ireland rugby legend, Paul O'Connell was in Laois recently, giving pupils a once in a lifetime event to train with the ALDI Play Rugby...