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...
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...
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...
Momentous day as sod is turned for new Saplings school in Killeshin
Yesterday was a momentous day for the school community of Saplings in Killeshin as the sod was officially turned on their new 1,200 square...
Portlaoise CBS seniors progress to Griffith College legal debating competition final
Portlaoise CBS seniors have progressed to the finals of the Griffith College Legal Debating Schools Competition in Dublin.
The Portlaoise secondary school were one of...
Three Laois entries advance to Dublin finals of Junk Kouture
This week saw the next generation of Irish up-and-coming eco-conscious creators, innovators, and fashion designers at the 2023 Regional Finals of Junk Kouture, the...
Laois school celebrates World Book Day with visit from ‘The Last Beekeeper’ author
Alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatope were flying around the library at Rath National School last week as students and staff celebrated the occasion of World...
Laois student presented with Dillon Memorial Medal for outstanding academic achievement at UCD
Laois student Christopher Carew was an award recipient at the recent UCD Awards Ceremony.
The Portlaoise native was awarded the Dillon Memorial medal for outstanding...
‘Any delays of a technical appraisal will be no more than 4 weeks’ says...
A Laois TD has moved to reassure those concerned by the news surrounding Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise.
Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he...
Laois secondary school student scoops national award for video poem
A Laois secondary school student has scooped a national award at a recent ceremony in Croke Park.
Henry Ncube of Dunamase College was named the...
Bright sparks from Emo NS to represent Laois at National Credit Union Quiz final
After a sensational, star-studded cookbook launch by Emo National School at the thronged Killeshin Hotel on Thursday night last, there was more news of...
Laois student granted prestigious scholarship in UCC for outstanding Leaving Cert results
A Laois student has been granted a prestigious scholarship in University College Cork following her stunning Leaving Cert results.
In the summer of 2022, Orla...
In Pictures: Timahoe students have a ‘blast’ at the RDS!
The good times are back!!
So said the children at Scoil Mhuire Fatima, Timahoe as they found themselves boarding a bus and heading off to...
Meeting with Minister for Education sought as campaign for Laois school’s PE Hall continues
A high-level meeting took place in St Fergal's College Rathdowney recently, to plan the next step in the current major effort to secure a...
Success for Portlaoise College student at World Archery Competition.
Portlaoise College student Olivia Reynolds recently competed at the 2023 World Indoor Field Archery Championships held at Medway Park Sports Centre, in Kent, England.
The...
Knockbeg College receives Ministerial visit to highlight climate challenges and biodiversity work
Knockbeg College’s Green-Schools Committee received a Ministerial visit recently to receive a whole school talk to students, staff and the wider school community on...
Portarlington school hosts first ever Ficheall Chess Tournament in Laois
Scoil Phádraig Portarlington were hosts to Laois’ first ever Ficheall.ie primary school chess tournament on Tuesday, February 21.
Ficheall is the network of primary school...
Our School: Steeped in history but now a modern rural primary school – Scoil...
Back in the autumn of 2019, we started a regular feature on LaoisToday 'Our School', where we planned to visit the primary schools of...
Portlaoise Institute students gain work experience in Malaga
Learners from Portlaoise Institute recently had the opportunity to spend two weeks on a work placement abroad as part of the Erasmus+ Programme.
20 students...
Mountrath Community School student has award winning poem published
Leaving Certificate student Aisling McEvoy has had her first poem published in the anthology ‘Confessions of a Clockwalker’.
Aisling is a 6th year student in...
Over 200 Ukrainians in school in Laois according to Department of Education figures
A total of 207 Ukrainian children are in school in Laois according to figures released by the Department of Education today.
The figures are accurate...
Student Learning Hub at Laois secondary school ‘goes from strength to strength’
The ETBI’s core values of ‘Excellence in Education’ and ‘Community’ are at large at Dunamase College, Coláiste Dhún Másc, Portlaoise.
Launched at the schools Open...
National awards for two Laois students for outstanding Leaving Cert results
Two Laois students received a prestigious award for getting top marks in their Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) exams last year.
Holly Hunter and Josh Donagher,...
Digital leadership programme at Laois secondary school going from strength to strength
Portlaoise College has recently developed a digital leadership programme.
Technology is an integral part of our everyday lives and the school has recognised the need...
Weekend Read: From honours maths switch to MD role at Accenture – the career...
When Paula Neary (nee Fennelly) from Ballydavis near The Heath was in secondary school at the Presentation Convent in Portlaoise, neither honours maths nor...
In Picture: Investigation the winner as Colaiste Iosagain host first Sci-Fest competition
The PE Hall in Colaiste Iosagain was packed to the rafters yesterday as the Portarlington school held it's first ever Sci-Fest competition.
The Third Years...
National award for Laois student for excelling in intellectual disability nursing
A Laois student has received a national award for excellence in her field of intellectual disability nursing.
Sarah Barrett, who is from Lugacurran and is...
2022 Remembered: Emo NS mark retirement of deputy principal Florence Fennelly
January marked the end of an illustrious career as deputy principal for Emo National School's Florence Fennelly.
The staff and Board of Management of Emo...
2022 Remembered: Two students get 613 points in Knockbeg College as Mountmellick and Heywood...
September saw two Laois students earn a staggering 613 points in their Leaving Cert exams.
Two students in Knockbeg College got 613 points in the...