To Berlin and back: Laois woman Molly Donnery on forging a creative career
Based between Berlin and Laois, a traditional Irish and contemporary singer and film producer, will release an EP later this year.
Molly Donnery hails from...
Seven Talking Points for the long awaited line-up announcement for Electric Picnic
The line-up for the 2024 edition of the Electric Picnic Arts and Music Festival was announced yesterday.
After months of waiting, there is plenty to...
Your guide to the game as Laois take on Meath in round 2 of...
Joe McDonagh Cup Round 2 – Laois v Meath
In Trim at 3pm
Team News
Laois senior hurling manager Willie Maher has made four changes to the...
Laois U-20 boss Carter: “We came here on a revenge mission from three years...
Laois U-20 manager Damien Carter was in good spirits after watching his side overcome Kildare in Hawkfield on Friday evening.
After a tough opening round...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, April 27, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Bridie Flynn (née Keane)
Rathcore, Enfield, Meath, A83 KN93 / Enfield, Kildare / Stradbally, Laois
The death...
ACFL Division 3 and 4: Arles-Kilcruise and Portlaoise maintain 100% record while Kilcavan get...
Arles-Kilcruise 2-12 Timahoe 3-6
ACFL Division 3
Arles-Kilcruise picked up their fourth straight win in the Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 this evening as they...
Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship: Quarter-final awaits as Laois come away from Hawkfield with an...
Laois 2-19 Kildare 0-16
Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final
Laois are through to the quarter-finals of the U-20 Leinster Championship after a comprehensive victory over...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action as the Laois U-20 hurlers face Kildare...
It is a massive weekend for county hurling in Laois and the action gets underway this evening in Hawkfield.
The Laois U-20 hurlers face Kildare...
Additional funding announced for some of the special schools around Laois
In a very welcome piece of news, it has been announced that three special schools across County Laois have been allocated new funding.
The schools...
BREAKING: The line-up announcement for the 2024 Electric Picnic has been made
At long, long, last - the line-up for the 2024 edition of the Electric Picnic Arts and Music Festival has been announced.
While the festival...
Gold for Turner at Para Swimming European Championships in Portugal
For the second time this week, Nicole Turner reached the podium at the Para Swimming European Championships.
The Portarlington swimmer took gold in 50m freestyle...
Local Elections: Fine Gael look to increase council seats in Laois as change of...
There was a little bit of everything at the Fine Gael Local Elections launch in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel last night.
A nod to their...
Full list of properties sold in Laois during March, including two sold for over...
There were 73 residential properties sold in Laois in the second month of the year according to the Property Price Register, a significant decrease...
List of walks for Slieve Bloom Walking Festival on May bank holiday weekend
The Slieve Bloom Walking Festival - one of Ireland’s oldest walking festivals - is twenty-eight years running this year.
The 28th annual event will take...
Laois soccer club resurrected after 33 years claim historic League title
Laois soccer club, Grange United are the newly crowned North Tipperary and District League champions.
33 years after the club was disbanded, the County's western-most...
Historic day as Laois school reach All-Ireland Basketball Final
Scoil Chríost Rí 18 Crescent Limerick 34
U-14 'A' All-Ireland Basketball Cup Final
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-14 basketball team have fallen short at the final...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, April 26, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tom Scully
Graiguecullen, Carlow / Graiguecullen, Laois
Tom Scully (Former Doyles of the Shamrock), of 7 Chapel...
Gardai make arrests after ‘sophisticated illicit pill making facility’ discovered in Laois
Gardai have made two arrests following the discovery of what they say is a 'sophisticated illicit pill making facility' in Laois.
They seized €200,000 worth...
In Pictures: All smiles as several housing developments containing 252 homes opened in Laois
Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, was in Laois today where he officially opened several housing developments across the county.
On a whistle-stop tour, the Fianna...
Colleges Ladies Football: Heartbreak for Scoil Chriost Ri as Moate strike late in U-14...
Scoil Chriost Ri 2-11 Moate CS 4-9
Leinster Ladies Colleges U-14 'A' Football Championship Final
Scoil Chriost Ri were denied Leinster U-14 'A' football glory as...
Young talent from Laois take to the field at Aviva Stadium for the rugby...
Students from Ballylinan National School were showing off their rugby skills at the AVIVA Stadium recently.
The students were among more than 350 children from...
Darkness Into Light Portarlington set to host ‘the most important sunrise of the year’
"The most important sunrise of the year" is less than three weeks away, as the Darkness into Light 5km walks will get underway across...
First ever cost rental homes scheme set to be officially opened in Laois
Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, is set to open the first ever cost rental homes scheme in Laois today.
The Fianna Fail TD will be...
Election Diary: Candidates call for new health centre, improved climate control planning, and public...
The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7.
Sinn Féin candidates call...
‘Regulations not recommendations’ – Laois GAA implement stricter Go Games policies
In recent weeks, the Laois GAA Go Games have gotten underway - a series of regular hurling and football fixtures for clubs from U-7...
Talking Sport Podcast: Looking ahead to a huge weekend of hurling for Laois
It is a huge weekend for hurling in Laois and the Talking Sport Podcast is here to look ahead to it all.
The action begins...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, April 25, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tommy (Tom) Kelly
Portlaoise Road, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully, in the presence of his family, in the loving...
Men’s, Ladies’ and Juvenile results from the 40×20 All-Ireland Handball Championships in Croke Park
Men’s 40x20 All-Ireland Championships
The 40x20 Handball Championship season has come to an end, with a number of All-Ireland Finals taking place in the Handball...
Search on as Electric Picnic seek creations for popular Trailer Park feature
Trailer Park is Electric Picnic’s world of graceful lunacy, a haven of hilarious caravans, utilitarian mobile homes that have undergone surgery, vans re-functioned, campers...
Excitement building as Laois students gear up for All-Ireland Enterprise Final set for May
For the first time, the national final for Ireland’s largest student entrepreneurial programme will be held in the Midlands, taking place in the Mullingar...