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Manager of the month award for Laois ladies football boss
Kevin Doogue has been named as the Lidl/Irish Daily Star Ladies Football Manager of the Month for February following Laois's successful start to their...
Peregrine Run hoping to strike a blow for the small owners and trainers
The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival followed a similar enough narrative. A couple of wins for Michael O'Leary and Gordon Elliott, a couple...
Portarlington draw is enough to avoid relegation
Portarlington 8 Newbridge 8
Rugby - Leinster League Division 2A
Portarlington have maintained their status in Division 2A of the Leinster Rugby League thanks to a...
Cheltenham 2017: Your race-by-race guide to Day 2 of the festival
The experts at the Preview Night in Kavanagh's Bar in Portlaoise had a mixed first day at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival.
Tony Mullins was right...
Laois U-21 team named for semi-final clash with Offaly
The Laois U-21 team to take on Offaly in tomorrow night's Leinster semi-final shows one change from the side that beat Louth last week.
Midfielder...
Portlaoise girls denied in All Ireland semi-final
Loreto Cavan 2-10
Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise 0-11
Ladies Football Post Primary Schools Junior 'A' All Ireland semi-final
The Scoil Chriost Ri junior ladies football team were...
Fianna Fail ready for election – and for power again – claims Sean Fleming
Portlaoise Hospital, the housing crisis, employment in the Laois region, a swipe at Fine Gael and a declaration that Fianna Fail are ready for a...
Corri the match winner as Blackrock book AIL final place
Portlaoise girl Eimear Corri got the winning try for Blackrock in the All Ireland League (AIL) Womens Cup semi-final on Sunday.
Corri's late try was...
One of the hottest Cheltenham favourites started his journey in Laois
Altior goes off as one of the hottest favourites of this week’s Cheltenham festival and in one corner of Laois they’ll be keeping a...
Cheltenham 2017: Your race-by-race guide to Day 1 of the festival
Cheltenham gets underway tomorrow and we were in attendance in Kavanagh's Bar in Portlaoise last Thursday for their now annual Preview Night.
The panel of...
Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney will be in Laois this Wednesday
The current Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney from Chicago, will visit Laois this Wednesday as part of her tour of the country this week to...
‘A lot of energy from last general election … target now is second seat’...
Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin has told the Laois members of the party to target a second seat in the county in the next...
Moment in Time: Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day parade in the year 2000
It's not today nor yesterday, times were different then.
So goes the opening line of a catchy Saw Doctors song. This year we're bringing you...
In pictures: The Fianna Fáil faithful turned out in force to meet Michael Martin...
A crowd of almost 250 people attended the Fianna Fáil dinner dance in the Castle Arms Hotel in Durrow on Friday night.
Fianna Fáil party...
Body of missing Monasterevin woman is found
The body of a woman missing from Monasterevin has been located.
Eileen Roche was reported missing from Monasterevin, on Thursday, March 9, and Gardai announced...
All the weekend CCFL soccer results
Your full run down of the weekend CCFL soccer results.
LFA Youths Cup Quarter Final
Birr Town 2, Sacred Heart 3
U-17 Cup Group 1
Hodson Bay 9...
All your Laois GAA results this weekend
There was plenty of action around the county over the weekend - here are the Laois GAA results from the last couple of days.
Allianz...
Wins for Rathdowney-Errill and Abbeyleix in opening round of hurling league
The Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 1 season got underway on Sunday with wins for Rathdowney-Errill and Abbeyleix.
Rathdowney-Errill were made work hard by a...
Sunday Interview: Local political life – ‘You need a tough skin and a hard...
For as long as Tom Mulhall can remember he has been involved in community groups and committees, going to meetings, trying to get things...
Portlaoise reach Leinster U-16 cup semi-final
Portlaoise 17 Tullamore 7
Leinster U-16 Rugby Cup Quarter-final
Portlaoise RFC triumphed over Tullamore on Saturday to reach the semi-final of the Leinster U-16 Cup.
Portlaoise got...
LIVE: Follow all of the local sports action this Sunday afternoon
Another Sunday, another busy schedule of local sports action for us to keep track of.
It's a lovely day out there and there's a hell...
Portlaoise stay up while Port target second game in three days
Portlaoise RFC will play in Division 1B of the Leinster League again next season after they recorded a 42-14 bonus point win away to...
Laois camogie lose again in low-scoring clash
Carlow 0-5 Laois 0-3
Littlewoods Camogie League Division 2
The Laois camogie team are still waiting for their first win of the season following a narrow loss...
Panthers bring playoff hopes to last day of the season
Portlaoise Panthers will go into their final game of the Womens Superleague season with a chance of reaching the top four playoffs following their...
It’s Sunday – so here are the week’s top stories
It was another busy week in LaoisToday and once again we were delighted to bring you some great local stories.
Whether it's serious news, local...
Laois athletes among the medals at All Ireland schools cross country
The All-Ireland Secondary Schools Cross Country took place in Mallusk in Antrim on Saturday. This is the highlight of the secondary schools athletics calendar,...
Laois fall to big loss to Limerick
Limerick 6-33 Laois 1-19
Allianz Hurling League Division 1B
Where do you start? What can you say?
The Laois hurlers were beaten by Limerick by 29 points...
LIVE: Follow our live blog of tonight’s hurling league game between Laois and Limerick
Saturday nights in the spring time invariably mean National League games under the lights of O'Moore Park.
This is our fourth game here in six...
Laois Fianna Fail stalwarts praised by Michael Martin
Laois County Councillor Jerry Lodge - who will this year celebrate 50 years as an elected representative - was singled out for special praise...
Gardai searching for missing Monasterevin woman
Gardaí are seeking the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of 60-year-old Eileen Roche, who is missing from her home in Monasterevin since Thursday.
Eileen,...