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Weekend Read: Portlaoise native’s veggie app supports sustainable eating
A Portlaoise native is doing his bit to ensure that we eat more vegetables.
Bernard Grandjean, son of GP Deirdre Honan who had a practice...
Plenty of Laois links as Minister Hackett concludes official trip to Kenya
Minister Pippa Hackett concludes official trip to Kenya with visit to project with Laois links.
Vera Smith, a Graiguecullen local, invited the Minister to visit...
Praise for four Laois women for supporting people living in extreme poverty overseas
Four Laois women have received high praise for supporting people living in extreme poverty overseas.
Mountrath Community School students Sarah Phelan and Doireann O’Connor, along...
Shock and sadness as young Graiguecullen man dies following accident in Thailand
There is shock and sadness following the passing of a young Graiguecullen man after an accident in Thailand.
John Lennon, aged in his 20s, passed...
Call for safety measures at Laois estate as residents of fearful of accidents
The residents of a Laois housing estate are afraid that every time they leave their homes in a vehicle, there could be an accident.
So...
‘People are walking out into the dark’ – Call made for light to be...
A Laois County Councillor has called for public lights to be installed outside Headen's public house in Spink.
Cllr John Joe Fennelly said that the...
‘Some old people are afraid to go to mass’ – Caravans and horses in...
Old people in a Laois housing estate are afraid to go to mass - a meeting in Laois County Council heard recently.
The issue surrounds...
‘I don’t want that on my conscience’ – Calls for pedestrian crossing to be...
A Laois County Councillor has called for a pedestrian crossing to be installed outside Portlaoise GAA club.
Fine Gael's Willie Aird says that he does...
Spink all set to celebrate 40 years of music, dance and song
We’re into the last week before the inaugural Spink Music Festival 'Inspiring' starts in Abbeyleix on Saturday and Sunday March 25 and 26.
The Festival...
Dumping scourge continues ‘due to lack of action by Environment Minister’ says Laois TD
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the lack of action by the Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has held up CCTV cameras to...
Kolbe: ‘We have waited too long … this time we are not going away’
You'd have wanted a heart of stone not to have been moved by the contributions made by two local parents to Wednesday night's public...
Frustration expressed as wait for two bus shelters at popular Portlaoise location continues
A Laois County Councillor has signalled her frustration as the wait for two bus shelters to be constructed near Kilminchy in Portlaoise continues.
Sinn Fein's...
New Kolbe school project will be back on track within weeks, if not days,...
Two Laois Government TDs have told a public meeting that the new-build Kolbe Special School project in Portlaoise will be back on track within...
Laois renters ‘will not be protected by government’s Mickey Mouse proposal’ says local TD
Laois TD Brian Stanley has described the government's proposals to deal with the end of the eviction ban as 'Mickey Mouse'.
Deputy Stanley was speaking...
Free books to be provided in primary and special schools across Laois under new...
Free books will be provided in all primary schools and special schools across Laois, Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has said.
Deputy Flanagan says the...
First Irish Cancer Society ‘Daffodil Bench’ set to be introduced in Laois
A first Irish Cancer Society ‘Daffodil Bench’ is set to be put in place in Portlaoise this year.
The issue came before a recent meeting...
A trip to Centre Parcs the prize as Laois primary school launch fundraising raffle
Scoil Mhuire Fatima, Timahoe NS, recently launched their annual Easter fundraising raffle and are offering the lucky winners a trip to Ireland’s leading family...
In Pictures: Laois students work in local school and provide life-saving medicines in trip...
Sixteen students and four staff members of Portlaoise College departed for Banjul as part of the school's Gambia Partnership Project at the end of...
In Pictures: Seachtain na Gaeilge a huge success at Dunamase College
Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in Dunamase College/Coláiste Dhún Másc is going from strength to strength.
The Irish language is very important to them as a...
Laois family celebrate triple Mother’s Day delight
For one Laois family, St Patrick’s Day wasn’t all about the wearing of the green but rather being pretty in pink in a cuteness...
Much-improved signage needed for approach roads to Emo Court, argues local councillor
Emo Court is one of Laois's most visited beauty spots - but drivers are making dangerous U-turns on the approach roads to it because of...
Witness Appeal: Serious Road Traffic Collision – Monasterevin, Co. Kildare – 17th March 2023
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision which occurred on Friday evening, 17th March 2023 at Rathangan Road, Monasterevin,...
In Pictures: Great joy at Rathdowney and Rosenallis St Patrick’s Day parades
By waiting until 3.30pm to have their parade, the community of Rosenallis escaped the worst of today's St Patrick's Day weather.
And they duly had...
In Pictures: Rain falls but Spink shines as even Enoch Burke turns up at...
The rain poured but those in attendance didn't mind as Spink turned out in force for their annual St Patrick's Day Parade.
Spink may be...
In Pictures: First Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day parade since 2019 proves big success
For the first time since 2019, the St Patrick's Day Parade returned to Portlaoise.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, there has been no...
In Pictures: St Patrick’s Day parades amaze and excite in Durrow and Abbeyleix
St Patrick's Day is all about representing your community and those in Durrow and Abbeyleix were not found wanting today.
Abbeyleix was out of the...
In Pictures: Big crowd as second ever Clonaslee St Patrick’s Day parade a huge...
The second ever Clonaslee St Patrick's Day Parade took place in the village this afternoon.
The 12pm start meant that the morning rain had abated...
In Pictures: St Brigid celebrated as Stradbally, Timahoe and Vicarstown turn out for St...
A wet morning did not deter the people of Vicrarstown from coming out in big numbers to one of the earliest parades in Ireland.
For...
In Pictures: All smiles as Graiguecullen and Killeshin celebrate St Patrick’s Day
The rain did not dampen the spirits as the people of Killeshin and Graiguecullen got out to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
The action got underway...
Scale of eviction notices show government must reverse decision to end ban says Laois...
A Laois TD has called on the government to reverse its decision to lift the eviction ban in light of new data that has...