Steven Miller
Steven Miller is owner and managing editor of LaoisToday.ie. Husband of Emily, father of William, Lillian and John, he's happiest when he's telling stories
Here are all of Monday’s Laois GAA results
There was a number of Laois GAA games down for decision on Monday night - with ladies football championship, a local derby in Division...
Portlaoise ladies off to winning start
Portlaoise 0-9 St Brigid's 0-7
Laois Ladies SFC Round 1
Last year's beaten finalists Portlaoise did enough to just about get the better of St Brigid's...
Double win for local girl Heather at Laois Point to Point
When Heather Heffernan loaded up her two horses - Scully's Dream and BC's Pride - from her home in Ballymanus near Vicarstown yesterday morning...
Sadness in sporting and farming circles at the death of Mountmellick’s John Challoner
The death has occurred of John Challoner from Mountmellick at the age of 63.
John, originally from Mountbellew in Galway, worked as an agricultural advisor...
Here are all of this week’s Laois GAA fixtures
It's another big week of fixtures on the Laois GAA scene.
MONDAY, MAY 15
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1B
Crettyard V Ballylinan at 7.30pm
Laois Shopping Centre Minor...
Moment in Time: A 2000 champagne party in ‘The Kitchen’ in Portlaoise
Another week, another batch of brilliant photos from Alf Harvey's archives.
This time it's a champagne party in 'The Kitchen' in Portlaoise owned by Jim...
Portlaoise AFC U-19s celebrate double success
Portlaoise AFC 1 Willow Park 0
CCFL U-19 Cup Final
A Fionn Scully goal was the difference as Portlaoise AFC clinched the CCFL U-19 Cup on Saturday...
Laois to face Wexford in Leinster hurling quarter-final
Brought to you in association with Hanlon Kitchens
The Laois senior hurlers will play Wexford in O'Moore Park in the Leinster SHC quarter-final on Sunday,...
Laois hurlers complete Round Robin stages unbeaten with win over Kerry
Laois 2-21 Kerry 3-15
Leinster SHC Round Robin
Steven Miller in Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Brought to you in association with Hanlon Kitchens
The Laois senior hurlers completed...
Laois camogie team reach Leinster intermediate decider
Laois 2-9 Carlow 0-7
Leinster Camogie Intermediate Championship Semi Final
Ballacolla was the venue on a very wet Saturday evening for the Leinster Intermediate Semi-Final. Both teams...
LIVE BLOG: Laois hurlers take on Kerry in Leinster SHC
Brought to you in association with Hanlon Kitchens
We're in Austin Stack Park Tralee for today's Leinster SHC Round Robin game between Laois and Kerry.
Laois...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, May 14, 2017
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm.
Sarah Ann (Sal) Conroy (née O Brien)
39 Hillside, Clonaslee, Laois
Sal passed away...
€50,000 fund available to young Laois entrepreneurs as 2017 IBYE comes into focus
Laois business people under the age of 35 are being encouraged to put their name forward for Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) award which...
Two changes to Laois hurling team for trip to Kerry
Brought to you in association with Hanlon Woodcraft
There are two changes to the Laois hurling team for Sunday's trip to Austin Stack Park in...
Emo win again to keep in promotion hunt
Emo 2-9 Arles-Kilcruise 1-10
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1B
Emo made it back to back wins in ACFL Division 1B this evening thanks a narrow...
Mountmellick company a finalist in National Enterprise Awards
Infrastruct AMS Ltd from Mountmellick has been officially announced by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’ Connor T.D. as a...
St Conleth’s young guns turn over Timahoe in opening round of ladies SFC
St Conleth's 2-12 Timahoe 3-8
Laois Ladies SFC Round 1
Last year's intermediate champions St Conleth's turned tradition on its head in the opening round of...
Big names lined up for Laois Women in Business network event
Fashion, fitness, business and a spot of lunch will be on the agenda next Wednesday, May 17, for Bank of Ireland's Laois Women in...
Almost €250,000 of Cannabis herb seized in a Kildare town
Gardai targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Kildare area have seized cannabis herb and arrested two males following a planned...
All out to deny Sarsfields their five-in-a-row
The Laois ladies senior football championship gets underway this evening when Timahoe and St Conleth's meet in Annanough - and it will be the...
Latest Laois Heritage Society talks will bring you back a few years …
The latest Laois Heritage Society talk is going right back in time!
'The Neolithic Period in County Laois (4000-2500BC)' by Jim Dempsey (AKA Megalithic Phil)...
One of Ireland’s top retail experts to link up with Laois businesses
One of the top retail experts in Ireland has teamed up with Laois Local Enterprise Office to run a Retailer Support Programme for Laois retailers...
‘Kilkenny are the standard bearers, no matter the grade’ says Laois minor hurling boss
How you fare when playing against Kilkenny is the barometer of everything in Leinster hurling, according to Laois minor boss Christy Walsh.
His side play...
Deadman’s Dash proves a winner once again
Even though the numbers were down on previous years the temperature was well up, the sun shone and the clear blue skies overhead made...
Fleming welcomes progress on Commission of Investigation into Project Eagle
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois Seán Fleming has welcomed the fact that the Cabinet has approved the Terms of Reference for the Commission of...
Point to Point returns to Stradbally Hall this Sunday
There's nothing quite like a day at the races and there's no place like Stradbally Hall.
Put the two together and you have a unique...
All Ireland honour for Abbeyleix pub
Morrissey's Pub in Abbeyleix has been crowned as the All Ireland Pub of the Year in the Irish Restaurant Awards.
And there was also an...
The state of play ahead of the final games in the Leinster hurling Round...
Brought to you in association with Hanlon Kitchens
After a break of a week the Laois senior hurlers are back in action this Sunday when...
‘Daft.ie figures are very worrying,’ says Deputy Stanley
Responding to the latest figures published on the Daft.ie website, Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said that the housing policies being pursued by the...
From boys to men – Arlington AFC founders gather 50 years to day after...
They came from all over the country, the county and around the town.
Exactly 50 years after a young group of Portarlington lads decided they...