Laois school principal calls for calculated grades to remain in some form for Leaving...
With students around the country currently sitting their Leaving Cert exams, a Laois secondary school principal has called for this year's system to continue...
In Pictures: 15-bedroom Laois house valued at €1.8 million goes on the market
A stunning 15-bedroom house valued at €1.8 million has gone on the market.
Coming equipped with eight bathrooms, this property located in Gurteen in Rosenallis...
Warm tributes and well wishes paid as popular Laois school principal retires
Warm tributes and well wishes have been paid to Aoife Elster, Principal of Dunamase College in Portlaoise, following the announcement that she intends to...
Annual National Steam Rally in Stradbally falls victim to Covid-19 for the second year
For the second successive year, the annual Steam Rally in Stradbally has been cancelled.
This is just the third time in its 58 year history...
‘We will make environmental changes … but it’s very hard to fund all of...
The chairman of Laois IFA's environmental committee has said that farmers are fully embracing the ever-increasing list of measures - but there must be...
Mountmellick GAA host latest Drive-In Bingo this Sunday
With so many restriction on what is and isn’t allowed, Drive-In Bingo has become popular as an ideal fundraising venture for GAA clubs and...
Kind-hearted Laois school children bake delicious treats for Direct Provision
Children in the Presentation Primary School in Portarlington baked some delicious treats and donated them to residents at the Direct Provision Centre at the...
Warmest day of the year forecast for Sunday – and we better make the...
Another glorious weekend is on the horizon weather wise and one local forecaster is predicting temperatures tipping 26C.
Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather Tweeted his...
Vacant Centrepoint Shopping Centre set to be demolished following Laois County Council order
The vacant Centrepoint Shopping Centre on the Mountrath Road in Portlaoise is set to be demolished.
Laois County Council has issued a derelict site notice...
In Pictures: Laois farmers out in force as IFA seek to highlight climate change...
In another sign that some sense of normality is returning to our lives, the IFA held their first demonstration in well over a year...
Portlaoise students encouraged to enter logo competition for low carbon project
Students in schools in Portlaoise are being encouraged to enter a logo competition as part of the Low Carbon school's project.
Laois Green-Schools officers Lorraine...
Laois company’s fundraiser generates €3,000 for suicide bereavement group
Staff at Ortus, the Laois-based Managed IT and Cloud technology company, recently raised €3,000 for a suicide bereavement support charity called HUGG (Healing Untold...
‘It gives them the respect that they deserve’ – Great joy as students settle...
There was a tremendous atmosphere in St Francis School yesterday as the students and staff settled in to their brand new building.
On a phased...
Laois businesses urged to apply as Small Business Assistance Scheme opens for applications
Laois businesses are being urged to apply as the Small Business Assistance Scheme has now opened for applications.
Businesses can apply for a grant of...
Young Laois artist shortlisted for fibre cabinet artwork competition
A Laois artist has been shortlisted in a unique artwork competition.
open eir, Ireland’s largest wholesale network operator, called for young Irish artists to help...
Laois Tidy Towns group urges people to stop ‘stealing’ their flowers
A Laois Tidy Towns group has called on people to stop stealing their flowers.
Portarlington Tidy Towns took to social media yesterday and made they...
Local Minister calls for Blueway planning permission to be re-visited
Minister of State and Kildare South Fine Gael TD Martin Heydon has raised the need for planning permission for the southern section of the...
Tractors to take to Portlaoise streets this Friday as part of IFA Day of...
A cavalcade of tractors is set to take to the Portlaoise streets this Friday as part of an IFA Day of Action to "highlight...
Laois people have Covid-19 vaccine appointments in Dublin cancelled following ‘system glitch’
Laois people who were given Covid-19 vaccine in Dublin have had them cancelled following what has been described as a 'system glitch'.
Yesterday, it emerged...
Three Laois employees take on Malin to Slea Head cycle in aid of DEBRA...
During the lockdowns of COVID-19, stuck in lovely Laois, three employees of Powerpoint Engineering in Portlaoise came up with the escapist idea to raise...
WATCH: RTE News visits Laois secondary school as 2021 Leaving Cert gets underway
The 2021 edition of the Leaving Cert got underway at schools across the country yesterday.
For the first time in the history of the state,...
Laois secondary school combine with local charity to raise €4,000
Portlaoise College Parents Council teamed up with Laois Offaly Families for Autism during the month of May by encouraging students, families and members of...
Laois primary school launch fundraiser in aid of new outdoor classroom
A Laois primary school has launched a virtual fundraiser aimed at raising funds for a new outdoor classroom.
The Parents Association in Castlecuffe National School,...
Laois secondary school receives approval to tender for new works
Minister of Education Norma Foley has given the green light to proceed to tender for refurbishment works for Portlaoise College.
This funding will see improvements...
Covid-19 vaccine trouble – Laois people receiving appointments for Dublin despite centre in Portlaoise
Laois people of a certain age have started receiving appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations in Dublin despite there being a mass vaccination centre in Portlaoise.
LaoisToday...
After a Covid hit 2020, one of Laois’s longest running golf societies is back
For the first time since late 2019, members of one of Laois's longest running golf societies will be teeing it up this weekend.
The Laois...
Laois County Council agree to sell three pieces of land to members of the...
Laois County Council have agreed to sell three pieces of land to members of the public.
At a recent meeting of Laois County Council, Councillors...
‘Chaotic traffic’ as emergency services rescue elderly woman as Laois tourist destination
Residents at Glenbarrow Waterfall in the Slieve Bloom Mountains have described as 'chaotic' the traffic conditions as emergency services battled to reach an elderly...
Laois to receive €282,360 in funding for sport and physical activity measures
Funding of €282,360 to develop and promote participation initiatives in sport and physical activity in Laois has been granted.
This funding is to promote physical...
Gearing up to hit the road again as summer stretches out ahead of us
If you go for a drive anywhere these days you're almost certain to see a number of campervans on the road, either going to...
