Steven Miller
Steven Miller is owner and managing editor of LaoisToday.ie. From Laois, Steven studied Journalism in DCU and has 14 years experience in the media, almost 10 of those in an editorial role. Husband of Emily, father of William and Lillian, he's happiest when he's telling stories or kicking a point.
County Final Memory: Significant triumph for Spink in 1986
Spink 1-9 Rosenallis 1-8
1986 Laois JFC Final
In the normal scheme of things, a Junior ‘B’ county final ranks well down the pecking order when...
Wicklow stand in Laois’s way of All Ireland ladies football semi-final place
All Ireland Ladies IFC quarter-final - Laois v Wicklow
In Kinnegad at 4pm
The Laois ladies football team make the familiar trip to Kinnegad this afternoon for...
Talking Sport Podcast: Aisling Quigley interview – making a ladies football comeback and Doing...
Given all that she's been through it would have been very easy for Aisling Quigley to assume that she'd never play for the Laois...
Park-Ratheniska hold on to clinch promotion from ACFL Division 1B
Park-Ratheniska 0-15 Timahoe 0-14
ACFL Division 2 (Promotion Section)
Park-Ratheniska have secured promotion from Division 2 of the Laois club football league following a hard-fought win...
Roundabout sought at landmark Laois junction Simmons Mill
Calls have been made for a roundabout to be installed at the busy landmark Laois junction Simmons Mill.
The junction is at the intersection of...
Stradbally hit 3-17 against Killeshin to seal promotion
Stradbally 3-17 Killeshin 2-10
ACFL Division 1B (Winners Section)
An impressive Stradbally performance away to Killeshin saw them clinch promotion back to the top division of...
Momentous day as Gaelscoil Thromaire is officially opened
The Minister for Education, a Minister of State, two TDs, a bishop and the parish priest were all in Trumera this afternoon for a...
Laois GAA set to meet next week with hurling manager’s position up in the...
Who will be in charge of the Laois senior hurling team in 2023 remains up in the air following a meeting between county board...
Portlaoise and Emo record wins in ACFL Division 1A relegation battle
Portlaoise 1-12 Ballyroan-Abbey 0-7
ACFL Division 1A (Relegation Phase)
A first-half goal from Kieran Lillis helped Portlaoise take a massive step towards Division 1A safety as...
Local council chairman’s role decided by draw as Fine Gael candidate defies party pact
The AGM of the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal District took place in the Laois County Council chamber this afternoon where the only real item of note...
Kinsella opts out of U-20 manager’s role after three years at the helm
Outgoing Laois U-20 football manager Eddie Kinsella won't be putting his name forward for the role for the 2023 season.
Kinsella spent three years over...
County Final Memory: Mountrath beat neighbours Trumera to claim intermediate hurling honours in 2001
This piece originally appeared in our County Final Memory series on August 20, 2020.
Mountrath 1-12 Trumera 1-9
2001 Laois IHC Final
All across Laois there are...
Buster with the winner as Clonaslee-St Manman’s strike late to beat Arles-Kilcruise
Clonaslee-St Manman's 3-8 Arles-Kilcruise 3-7
ACFL Division 1B (Relegation)
A cracker of a goal from full-back Ger 'Buster' Dunne helped Clonaslee-St Manman's to a thrilling win...
‘Support local media – support what’s good’ says Laois councillor
It's not often that the media come in for praise at a public meeting.
More often than not they're being blamed for something.
But at a...
London, America, Canada, Clare – Laois players on the move as transfers confirmed
A number of Laois GAA players have been granted transfers in recent weeks.
With international travel now an option again, going to America for the...
Laois County Council should ‘fast track … modular accommodation to address the housing crisis’
With the influx of Ukranian refugees and the unprecedented increases in housing waiting lists, emergency and direct provision accommodation, Laois County Council should identify...
Council Briefs: CCTV request, Cycle to Work unfairness and Portlaoise footpaths
Council should take over electricity cost of community CCTV
There's not a month goes by where the various issues with CCTV don't raise their head...
Calls for motorway lights to be re-instated – and electric school buses to become...
A Laois county councillor has called for lighting to be re-instated on the M7/M8 motorway at the entrance and exit lanes where they are...
Laois Football Memory: Turley double sees Laois get the better of Kildare in 1996
Laois 3-9 Kildare 0-13
1996 Leinster SFC Quarter-final
When Laois GAA people look back on old Laois-Kildare games, the 2003 Leinster football final stands out like...
Laois GAA seeking applications for U-20 football manager’s role but Kinsella could seek another...
Laois GAA are seeking applications for the U-20 football manager's role for the 2023 season - though outgoing manager Eddie Kinsella may yet seek...
Sadness in Rathdowney at passing of former school principal Michael Dillane
There is sadness in Rathdowney this week at the death of Michael Dillane, the former highly-regarded principal of St Fergal's College.
Originally from Ballylongford in...
‘I’ve better things to be doing than listening to this bullshit’
A Laois County Councillor walked out of a meeting in County Hall this afternoon when he told his fellow elected members “they should be...
End of an era as O’Loughlin calls time on inter-county career
Long-serving Laois footballer John O’Loughlin has announced his inter-county retirement.
O’Loughlin has represented Laois in each of the last 15 seasons, first making his debut...
Further land sold by Laois County Council at Togher as two companies seek to...
Laois County Council have sold a further 3.78 hectares at the Junction 17 National Enterprise Park at Togher in Portlaoise with two businesses paying...
Wholesale change to Laois football team for Tailteann Cup clash with Westmeath
The Laois football team to take on Westmeath in the opening round of the Tailteann Cup shows seven changes from the side knocked out...
Long-serving Laois footballer Begley calls time on county career
Long-serving Laois footballer Colm Begley has officially announced his retirement from the county game, ending an association that stretches back 17 years to 2005.
Though...
Warm welcome for Woodenbridge restoration work though councillors not pleased over snub
There was widespread delight at a recent meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District with the news that the famous Woodenbridge between Ballacolla and Durrow...
In Pictures: A selection of images from Shine 2022 at Emo Court
What a day!
The crowds flocked to Emo Court in their thousands on Saturday for Shine 2022, the inaugural one-day trade-fair style event that had...
Emo GAA crowned champions of Ireland’s Fittest Club Competition
Emo GAA club have been crowned the inaugural winners of the Fittest Club competition hosted today in Emo Court at the Shine 2022 event...
Your A-Z list of exhibitors at Saturday’s Shine event in Emo Court
A couple of years after the idea was first mentioned and after months of planning and a hectic week of preparations, the inaugural Shine...