Two men appear in court after Mountrath armed robbery
Two men appeared in Portlaoise District Court yesterday charged with the robbery at Mountrath Post Office on July 5.
The pair are also charged with...
Man arrested after armed raid in Mountrath post office
A man was arrested on Monday afternoon and a firearm recovered as part of a garda investigation into a post office robbery in Mountrath...
Appeal for information after armed robbery at Mountrath post office
Gardaí are appealing for information after an armed robbery at the post office in Mountrath on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 2.25pm when a...
Arles-Killeen dressing rooms flooded after theft of water cylinder
Extensive damage was caused to Arles-Killeen GAA Club when a copper cylinder and the immersion was ripped out of the dressing rooms over the...
Gardaí arrest man following brutal assault of woman in her 50s
Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s, in connection with the serious assault on a woman in Carlow in the early hours of...
Witnesses sought as woman in her 50s found unconscious in Carlow
Gardai in Carlow were alerted to the discovery of an unconscious and injured woman in her 50s on the grounds at Pollerton Castle, Pollerton...
Appeal for information after €3k worth of tools stolen
Gardaí are appealing for information following two robberies at Laois business premises during the week.
€2,000 worth of tools was taken from a unit at...
Appeal for information following burglary in Portlaoise
Gardaí are appealing for information after a house was burgled in Portlaoise.
The incident occurred sometime between 3pm and 8pm on Sunday.
A woman returned to...
Gardai seize €80,000 worth of cannabis in Portarlington
Gardaí seized €80,000 of cannabis herb at a house in Portarlington last night.
Gardai raided the house as part of a planned operation at around...
Assaulted in his own car in Portlaoise attack
A local man in his 30s suffered serious injuries following a vicious assault while sitting in his own car in Portlaoise at the weekend.
The incident...
Wallet stolen from elderly man in Timahoe
A heartless thief robbed an elderly man’s wallet after he distracted him by asking for directions in the Timahoe area last week.
Gardai are searching...
Gardaí find €500,000 worth of cannabis after house fire
Gardaí have seized cannabis valued at half a million euro and cocaine worth €20,000 after they were called to the scene of a house...
Reports of a house ‘shot at’ in Portlaoise
There have been multiple reports that a house in Portlaoise was shot at last night.
LaoisToday understands that Gardaí were called to Carmody Way, Fairgreen...
‘This event has been life changing for me both inside and outside of this...
Thefts from farms are “an attack on the fabric of rural society”, Judge Keenan Johnson told a sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Court today.
He was...
Woman confronted in her home by men in balaclavas
A woman was confronted by four armed men in balaclavas when she returned to her home in Tankardstown, Ballylinan last week.
On driving into her...
Man with special needs assaulted at Portlaoise bus stop
A young adult with special needs received facial injuries in an unprovoked assault in Portlaoise recently.
Following the incident a man was remanded in custody,...
Gardaí make cannabis seizure worth €80,000
Gardaí have discovered a grow house and seized in excess of 100 cannabis plants during an operation in Offaly.
As part of ongoing investigations targeting...
Witnesses still sought to assault of woman in Clonaslee
Witnesses are still being sought in relation to an assault of a woman in Clonaslee on the weekend before last.
The woman, who received facial...
Gardai appealing for witnesses after stabbing incident
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and information following a stabbing incident in Carlow town yesterday.
At around 2.45pm yesterday, Gardaí were called to the scene of...
Jewellery and electrical goods stolen during break-ins
A spate of house burglaries across the county resulted in jewellery, laptops, horse riding equipment and televisions being stolen in the past week
Gardaí are...
Investigation into assault of Clonaslee woman
An investigation is continuing into the assault of a woman in Clonaslee which resulted in her being hospitalised with facial injuries.
At approximately 1.20am on...
Some useful advice from the Gardai for the summer ahead
Homeowners are being advised to lock up over the summer months as new figures from An Garda Síochána show that almost one in every...
Three arrests in relation to assault of elderly couple
Gardaí have arrested three males in an ongoing investigation into the burglary and assault of elderly couple at the start of May.
The elderly man was...
Men disturbed trying to steal diesel in Mountrath
Gardaí are following a definite line of inquiry after an attempted theft of diesel from a bus in Mountrath this morning.
Two men were in the...
Cannabis worth €150,000 found in Mail Centre in Portlaoise
Herbal cannabis weighing 7.5kg and worth €150,000 was found in two separate parcels was found at the Mail Centre in Portlaoise today.
The drugs were...
Appeal for information on car break-ins in Portarlington
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a number of cars were broken into in Portarlington recently.
The incident occurred on Canal Street sometime between 12 midnight...
Man arrested after Goodwin’s Footwear burgled
Gardaí have arrested a man after Goodwin's Footware was burgled.
The shoe shop, located in Hynes Square in Portlaoise, was broken into on Monday night...
WATCH: Stradbally GAA release CCTV of club property being vandalised
Stradbally GAA club have released CCTV footage of a group of people vandalising club property.
The footage appears to show a group of youths smashing...
Appeal of information after Rathdowney house burgled
Gardaí are appealing for information after a house in Rathdowney was ransacked and burgled on Monday evening.
The house at Rossdarragh, Rathdowney, was broken into...
Gardai seize massive amount of drugs in Portlaoise
Gardaí have seized a sizeable amount of drugs after carrying out a number of raids in Portlaoise on Monday.
Working under Operation Recovery, Gardai executed...
