Steven Miller
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Hard to look past the favourites in both of Sunday’s O’Moore Park county finals
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Final
Ballylinan v Portlaoise in O'Moore Park at 3.45pm. Referee: John Flynn (The Rock)
The Irish folk group The High Kings have a song...
Strong links between the last Ballylinan team to reach a county final and the...
It certainly didn't go the way they had hoped or planned but only once prior to this year did a Ballylinan team play in...
All Ireland minor winners of 1997 to be honoured at county final
The Laois County Board have resurrected the tradition of honouring old teams on county final day.
Last year the 1996 All Ireland minor winners were...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, October 15, 2017
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Beth Bennett (née McEvoy)
O'Moores Forest, Mountmellick, Laois
Died October 13th 2017, peacefully after...
All the results from Saturday’s local sports action
Basketball, ladies football, soccer and hurling are all on the agenda today on a busy Saturday of local sports action.
We're tracking all the games...
Two Ballylinan players have over 60 years service between them – and they’ll be...
Good things come to those who wait. And two long-serving Ballylinan players will be hoping that things will be even better at about 5pm...
End discrimination of women in state pensions, argues Laois TD
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley is demanding that the Government reverse the changes to the State Pension eligibility rules which discriminate against thousands of...
Bruno looking to add latest medal to an amazing collection
County finals are nothing new to Portlaoise, Sunday's clash with Ballylinan in O'Moore Park marking their 11th final appearance in 12 years when they'll...
All Friday night’s sports results
Another busy Friday night of sports action in Laois.
Portlaoise AFC are still waiting for their first win of their Leinster Senior League campaign following...
Laois to face trip to London in 2018 National Football League
John Sugrue will begin his reign as Laois senior football manager with a home game against Limerick in Division 4 of the Allianz Football...
WATCH: The new Laois GAA Training Centre is really taking shape
Anyone who has visited O'Moore Park this year will have noticed considerable changes going on at the adjacent Laois GAA Training Centre.
And Laois GAA...
Road closed on Laois-Offaly border after early-morning crash
Traffic diversions are in place and emergency services are at the scene following an early-morning car crash near Portarlington.
The two-car crash happened on the...
Queues over night in Portlaoise for Niall Horan and Macklemore tickets
Hard-core Macklemore and Niall Horan supporters queued through the night in Portlaoise to get their hands on tickets for their concerts in Ireland next...
Our latest football team of the week
The club football season in Laois is almost at an end.
All competitions bar one will have come to an end by Sunday afternoon after...
WATCH: Celebration video of Laois club following county final win makes for great viewing
This time of the year never fails to provide stories to warm the hearts, local communities coming together as one under the umbrella of...
Top PE honour for Pat Critchley
Pat Critchley is to be given a prestigious award for his outstanding contribution as a PE teacher in Scoil Chriost Ri in Portlaoise this...
In Pictures: Trumera celebrate latest county final success in some style
For a small club, Trumera have had quite a lot of county final success in the last 15 years or so.
Back in 2004, they...
Open weekend at Cistercian Roscrea proves a big success
On the last Monday in August, the Cistercian College near Roscrea in Co Tipperary opened its doors to new and existing students for the 113th...
JOB VACANCY: SuperValu in Rathdowney and Abbeyleix are looking to fill a very important...
SuperValu in Rathdowney and Abbeyleix are looking to hire a Human Resources Manager to work across the two stores.
We are looking for a candidate to:
Manage...
Emo-Courtwood-The Rock and Stradbally Parish Gaels to contest U-17 final
Emo-Courtwood-The Rock and Stradbally Parish Gaels will contest the second ever Laois U-17 football championship final on Sunday afternoon in O'Moore Park.
This will be...
The Laois Twitter reaction as Ireland take step closer to World Cup qualification
You can't beat a big Ireland soccer match for bringing the country together. And what's better than watching it on the telly than sharing...
Machine worth €6000 robbed from Wolfhill premises
A machine worth €6000 was taken from a business in Wolfhill at the weekend as well as a quantity of power tools and handtools.
A...
Appeal for information as car broken into in Mountrath
A laptop and jewelry were among the items stolen from a car in Mountrath on Sunday afternoon.
Gardai in Mountrath are appealing for information after...
High profile line-up for Women’s Enterprise event in Laois this week
RTE's Carole Coleman is the MC and Portlaoise fashion designer Heidi Higgins will give a presentation at an event in the Heritage Hotel in...
‘IVF supports should not be limited to those on medical cards’ says local TD
Kildare South TD Fiona O’Loughlin has welcomed the news that the government will provide funding assistance for families needing IVF from 2019.
With one...
All of this week’s Laois GAA fixtures
It's another busy week with big underage and adult games around the county.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
Midlands Park Hotel U-17 FC Semi Finals
(Extra time if necessary)
Emo-Courtwood-The...
A fiver a week is not a tax reform says Renua leader
Renua Ireland leader John Leahy has warned the Finance Minister and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the people who get up to go to work...
‘The Secret life of Crows’ a surprise hit for Laois birdman
When ornithologist and wildlife expert, Ricky Whelan, set about researching and studying the behaviour of crows in a rookery at the Downs in Portlaoise...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, October 9, 2017
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Margaret (Réid) Corbet (née Foley)
Ballykaneen, Clonaslee, Laois
Margaret (Réid) Corbet (nee Foley), Ballykaneen,...
8 Talking Points after the weekend GAA action
Another hectic weekend of GAA action and plenty of stuff to chew on with county finals and Leinster club games to the fore.
We've picked...