Gardai launch investigation following incident of attempted robbery and assault in Laois
Gardai in Portlaoise are appealing for information after an incident of attempted robbery and assault took place.
The incident happened on Thursday night and occurred...
Agriculture Minister pledges to attend Laois IFA AGM if reappointed on visit to local...
Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, pledged to attend the AGM of Laois IFA in January if reappointed in the cabinet reshuffle, during a visit to...
Social Welfare Bill will help thousands of families and individuals in Laois with increased...
The Social Welfare Bill 2022 gives effect to Budget 2023 measures will help thousands of individuals and families in Laois with increased payments according...
In Pictures: ‘Activations’ launched in Laois ahead of meetings in December and January
‘Activations’, a capacity research and development programme for artists aged 55+ in Laois, was recently launched at The Laois Arthouse.
This was done by Muireann...
In Pictures: All smiles as two Laois secondary schools celebrate Junior Cert results
After a very long wait, the 2022 Junior Certificate students finally received their exam results yesterday.
Although they sat the state exams back in June,...
WATCH: Laois secondary school launch TikTok page to promote Stand Up Awareness Week
A Laois secondary school set up a TikTok account as part of their efforts during Stand Up Awareness Week.
Mountmellick Community School produced a video...
Laois County Council urged to CPO vacant properties that have ‘never been lived in’
In the midst of a housing crisis, the image of vacant homes in the centre of Portlaoise is something that has angered local councillors...
‘Worsening housing emergency in Laois exposed by latest Daft.ie rent report’
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has demanded that the Minister for Housing ‘take emergency action to tackle run away rents’ in Laois.
Deputy Stanley was...
In Pictures: ‘The Light Within’ – an Irish Quaker story – finishes filming in...
‘The Light Within’ – An Irish Quaker story has completed filming in Laois with an expected screening of the film in early Spring at...
Two Laois schools all set to perform their musicals – Annie and the Wizard...
Two Laois secondary schools are gearing up for musicals that are taking place in the coming weeks.
Heywood Community School are putting on a performance...
Kind-hearted 75-year-old Laois woman set to take part in Concern Worldwide Fast this weekend
Seventy-five-year-old fundraiser and former aid worker Alice Culliton from Mountmellick will take part in her annual 24 hour fast for Concern Worldwide this Saturday,...
Event to remember revolutionary women of Laois set to take place this afternoon
An exhibition on Cumann na mBan is currently running in Stradbally Library and Art House.
The exhibition is part of a long-term and ongoing engagement...
Brand new Laois fire station moves step closer as approval for design team to...
A brand new Laois fire station has moved a step closer after approval for a design team to be appointed was given.
The latest development...
Live gig planned on Saturday evening in aid of Laois Domestic Abuse Service
A live gig aimed at raising much needed funds for the Laois Domestic Abuse Service will take place on Saturday.
Monsters of Craic will take...
Coast Guard Rescue 115 deployed in Laois while Gardai also make drugs seizure following...
The Coast Guard Rescue 115 was deployed in Laois at the weekend after a vehicle entered water.
The incident occurred in Vicarstown on Sunday where...
‘Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea’ – Lack of law ties...
Laois Gardai have no enforcement powers when it comes to people on electric or motorised scooters.
So confirmed Chief Superintendent John Scanlan at Monday's meeting...
Rent prices continue to soar in Laois as supply remains extremely low
Rent prices in Laois have increased once again as the supply of available homes remains extremely low.
This was the key finding from the latest...
‘Hate Speech Bill is nothing more than a government gagging order on free expression’...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has launched a scathing assessment of the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill...
Right to build your own home in Rural Ireland to be protected says Laois...
New rural housing guidelines will include the right to build your own home in remote areas and in rural Ireland if people have a...
Business Briefing: Profiling the 2022 Laois Business of the Year, latest news and supports
Midland Steel were named the winners of the Best in Innovation Award and Laois Business of the Year Award at the 2022 Laois Business...
‘We Will Rock You’ – Laois secondary school gearing up for annual school musical
Portlaoise College are in the final preparations for their school musical 'We Will Rock You' with excitement building.
The show will be performed in the...
Laois garda honoured with bravery award after rescuing woman from Dublin river
Garda Brendan Crawford from Ballyroan was honoured at the National Bravery Awards on Friday for his role in rescuing a woman from a river...
Two speed tables to be installed in Laois village after traffic survey reveals worrying...
Two speed tables are to be installed in a Laois village after a traffic survey revealed motorists were approaching it way above the speed...
‘The EPA needs to stop demonising farmers and threatening increased inspections’ says local TD
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to ‘back-off’ from farmers and recognise the invaluable environmental objectives that are currently being achieved on agricultural land...
‘People are going to be killed at those junctions if action isn’t taken’
A Laois County Councillor has pleaded with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to follow up on their promises to carry out safety works at junctions across...
Laois County Council could be ‘hit with bill for €40,000’ if ‘falling hedge’ is...
Laois County Council could be hit with a bill for €40,000 if works to address a hedge that is falling down are not carried...
‘The service is no longer fit for purpose’ – Plight of fire service in...
Sinn Féin raised the urgent need to address the current staffing difficulties for firefighters in Laois and Offaly in the Dail.
Addressing Minister Darragh O’Brien,...
Silverware on display in Portlaoise college as seven teachers win various championships
Portlaoise College teachers brought chemistry from the classroom to the pitch as an unprecedented seven teachers from the school won various county and all...
Toll set to increase on M7/M8 from January 1
Motorists are set to be hit with an increase on the M7/M8 toll outside Portlaoise - as well as at most other tolls around...
All Ireland ladies football winners set to be honoured by Laois County Council
The Laois ladies football team that memorably claimed All Ireland honours in Croke Park this year are set to be honoured by Laois County...
