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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

Talking Sport Podcast: James Finn, Darren Strong and Portarlington shock Portlaoise

It was another busy weekend of championship action and our Talking Sport Podcast is a bumper edition with two special guests and looks back...

Some brilliant Paul Dargan photos from a busy weekend of Laois football championship action

A September weekend and a typically busy couple of days on the GAA pitches of Laois. But in a year where supporters aren't permitted to...
Football General

First-half goals key as Ballyfin go through to quarter-finals

Ballyfin 2-11 Ballyroan-Abbey 2-8 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 2 Ballyfin are through to the Laois SFC quarter-finals following a good win over Ballyroan-Abbey in an...

Draws made for Round 3 of Laois SFC as well as relegation playoffs and...

The draw has been made for Round 3 of the Laois senior football championship. And the pairings are also known for the relegation playoffs and...

Killeshin back on track after impressive win over Courtwood

Killeshin 2-15 Courtwood 2-11 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 2 Last year's beaten finalists Killeshin are back on track in the Laois SFC as they put...

Killeen find form to win the latest Battle of Arles

Arles-Killeen 2-15 Arles Kilcruise 0-12 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 2 A devastating second quarter from Arles-Killeen, when they outscored Arles-Kilcruise by 2-5 to 0-2, was...

LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Sunday’s Laois GAA club championship games

It's another busy day of club football action in Laois in the men's and ladies championships. We will be keeping you updated throughout the day...
Sean Fleming Sean Lemass

Sean Fleming, Lemass and early General Election memories

What's talked about at a family kitchen table can have such long-lasting, lifetime influences. In the Fleming's home place in The Swan, political talk was...
Zach Tuohy

Injury means Tuohy’s landmark 200th appearance is delayed as Geelong produce lovely tribute video

Zach Tuohy will have to wait another week at least to make his landmark 200th AFL appearance but his club Geelong have produced an...
Laois GAA

Previewing all of Sunday’s Laois GAA club football championship action

It's a busy day of action again on the Laois club football scene - with three senior, two intermediate, two junior and two senior...

Charlie Flanagan among the new directors of cross-border peace-keeping charity Co-operation Ireland

Long-serving Laois Fine Gael TD and former Minister Charlie Flanagan has been appointed as a director of Co-operation Ireland, a charity that promotes and...

Owens holds his nerve as Emo see off O’Dempsey’s

Emo 2-13 O'Dempsey's 2-11 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 2 Emo are the first team through to the Laois SFC quarter-finals following a thrilling win over...

LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from Laois SFC as neighbours Emo and...

The Laois senior football championship resumes this evening with Round 2 - with neighbours Emo and O'Dempsey's meeting in the LOETB Centre of Excellence...

Deputy Flanagan leads the tributes as long-serving Fine Gael activist and former councillor Dave...

Deputy Charlie Flanagan has led the tributes following the death of Dave Conroy from Derrycloney, Mountmellick, a long-time supporter of Fine Gael and a...

Coronavirus: 42 new cases and no further deaths as outrage over Killarney party

There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today but 42 new cases. It means there has been a total...
Mark Kavanagh of

Rathdowney-Errill at their ease as they put 3-30 on Castletown

Brought to you in association with Telfords, Portlaoise and Mountrath Rathdowney-Errill 3-30 Castletown 0-9 Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 2 Mark Kavanagh hit 17 points and James...
The Laois minor hurling panel has been named

Brilliant Rosenallis knock Camross out of the championship

Brought to you in association with Telfords, Portlaoise and Mountrath Rosenallis 2-20 Camross 3-9 Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 2 Rosenallis have knocked Camross out of the...

Looking ahead to all of Sunday’s Laois hurling and camogie action

  Laois Shopping SHC Round 2 - Camross v Rosenallis In MW Hire O'Moore Park at 2pm The first game of the day in O'Moore Park is...

County Final Memory: Walsh inspires Ballinakill as they end years of disappointment with intermediate...

Ballinakill 4-12 Clonaslee 2-8 1995 Laois IHC Final There are few clubs in Laois that have to beat down the door and endure as much heartbreak...

Coronavirus: 142 more cases but no further deaths

There have been been 142 new confirmed cases but no new Coronavirus-related deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There is now a...

More great Back to School photos from around the county

Starting or going back to school is a momentous occasion in any young person's life. For those who are going through the system, this week...
2020 Back to School

In Pictures: Students in high spirits as schools re-open around the county

Five and a half months since closing their doors last March, primary school students from around the country went back to the classrooms today. It...
Championship Draw

Draws made for Round 2 of Laois senior and intermediate football championship

The draw has been made for Round 2 of the Laois senior football championship. Champions Portlaoise will play Portarlington in a repeat of last year's...
Paul Lawlor will be hoping to fire and manage Emo back to the big time

Emo impress to beat 2019 finalists Killeshin in Laois SFC opener

Emo 1-16 Killeshin 2-5 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1 Emo turned in a hugely impressive performance to get the better of last year’s beaten finalists...

Moore on form as Ballyfin record narrow win over neighbours Rosenallis

Ballyfin 3-10 Rosenallis 2-12 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1 Ballyfin recovered from a sluggish first half to record a deserved win over neighbours Rosenallis in...

Laois beef farmer elected to national IFA role following postal ballot

Declan Hanrahan, a suckler and beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, has been elected vice-chairman of the IFA livestock committee. Hanrahan is the current livestock representative for...

Previewing all of Monday night’s Laois GAA action as championship season gets underway again

The Laois GAA club scene returns tonight with six adult championship football games across the county - all of them to be played behind...

Coronavirus: 61 new cases but no deaths as Phil Hogan saga drags on

The Department of Health have announced a total of 61 confirmed Coronavirus cases but no new deaths. It means that there are now 27,969 confirmed...

#LoveLaois: Remembering nine magical days for Laois teams in Croke Park

As a county, we're obviously not Kerry or Kilkenny or Dublin. We don't have countless All Irelands to our name. But we have had some...

County Final Memory: When Arles-Killeen got the better of Arles in the 1997 intermediate...

Arles-Killeen 2-6 Arles 0-10 1997 Laois IFC Final The split in Arles in the early 1990s is one of the biggest ever internal stories in Laois...