Basketball
Third defeat on the spin for Portlaoise Panthers Men
Portlaoise Panthers 77 Scott's Lakers St Paul's Killarney 94
Mens Division 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers welcomed Scott’s Lakers St Paul’s Killarney to St Mary’s...
Two defeats in less than 24 hours for Portlaoise Panthers
Portlaoise Panthers 60 IT Carlow 72
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers suffered their second loss in 24 hours as they faced a...
Defeat for Portlaoise Panthers in first of two quick games
Portlaoise Panthers 80 FR Mathews 91
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers suffered their first loss of the season in their third National League...
Laois man appointed as head coach for Irish basketball team
A Portlaoise man has been chosen as the Head Coach for the Ireland U20 Women's team.
Martin Conroy was appointed as the Ireland U20 Women's...
Portlaoise Panthers men continue unbeaten start to new basketball season
Portlaoise Panthers 85 LIT 73
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
The first home game for Portlaoise Panthers in the Men’s National League lived up to...
Portlaoise Panthers make winning start to league campaign
The Portlaoise Panthers mens team made a winning start to their Division 1 campaign at the weekend.
They travelled down to Munster to face University of...
Portlaoise Panthers men and women prepare to commence new season
The basketball season begins this weekend with one of the Portlaoise Panthers senior teams set to be in action.
The Men's team are in Division...
Portlaoise Panthers trio excel at U-16 European Championships
Three Portlaoise Panthers did their club proud at the FIBA European U-16 Championships in Montenegro last week.
Shauna Dooley, Ciara Byrne and Gillian Wheeler represented...
Portlaoise Panthers can take pride as three young stars prepare to represent Ireland in...
Three young basketballers from the Portlaoise Panthers Club have been selected on the Ireland U-16 squad for European Championships, which take place in Montenegro...
Abbeyleix continue winning streak in division 2 camogie
Abbeyleix 11-5 Paddock 0-5
Roinn 2 Camogie
There was no stopping Abbeyleix as they claimed their second win of the Cumann na Bunscol today, defeating Paddock...
Portlaoise Panthers star chosen on Ireland U-18 European Championship squad
Ireland Under 18 women’s Head Coach, Patrick O’Neill, has selected his final roster of 12 players who will compete at this year’s FIBA Women’s...
The Big Five: There are some big games taking place this weekend
Despite it being a quite weekend in terms of the volume of fixtures, there is still some big games on and here are the...
GAA, soccer, basketball – all of your local sports fixtures for this weekend
Here’s all the Laois sporting fixtures in full for the May bank holiday weekend.
FRIDAY MAY 4
GAA
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1 Round 5
Graiguecullen V...
Big weekend ahead for Laois basketball clubs at the Midland finals
The MABB Top 4 finals will take place this weekend in St Mary's Hall in Portlaoise.
The Laois teams involved in the weekend include Clonaslee,...
All-Ireland basketball glory for Scoil Chriost Ri and Portlaoise CBS
The curtain came down on the secondary school's basketball season at the weekend and two Laois schools claimed All-Ireland titles.
Scoil Chriost Ri and Portlaoise...
Three Portlaoise girls named on Ireland basketball squad for European championships
Three young basketball players from the Portlaoise Panthers Club have been selected on the Ireland U-16 squad for this summer's European Championships in Montenegro.
Gillian...
In Pictures: Regional basketball glory for Scoil Chriost Rí and Portlaoise CBS
There were multiple regional basketball titles won by two Laois secondary schools in the previous seven days.
Last week, Portlaoise CBS First Years were crowned...
More All Ireland basketball success for Portlaoise school
Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise 42
Presentation SS, Castleisland (Kerry) 35
All Ireland U-16 A Girls Basketball League Final
Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise have added yet another All...
In Pictures: First quarter blitz ends the Heywood’s All-Ireland dream
Heywood Community School 42
St Patrick’s Grammar School (Armagh) 65
All Ireland School Under 16 C Boys League Final
A blistering opening quarter from St Patrick’s...
Three Laois basketballers selected on Irish U-16 Basketball team
Three Portlaoise Panther basketball stars have been selected as part of Ireland's U-16 Basketball squad.
Ciara Byrne, Gillian Wheeler and Shauna Dooley have all been...
All Ireland Schools Basketball League finals postponed due to weather warnings
The Basketball Ireland All Ireland Schools League finals, which were scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday have officially been postponed this morning.
Two Laois schools,...
Two losses for Portlaoise Panthers this weekend
There were two defeats for Portlaoise Panthers this weekend as they took on DCU Mercy in the Women's Super League and Ballincollig in the...
Laois man selected for U-17 Irish basketball development squad
Portlaoise basketballer Rian O Connell has been selected to represent Ireland in U-17 basketball once more.
The young Portlaoise man has been selected for the...
Brilliant win on the road for Portlaoise Panthers men but defeat for women
There were mixed fortunes for the two Portlaoise teams in the men's and women's National Basketball League.
Portlaoise Panthers men's team made the journey to...
Disappointment in double-header for Portlaoise Panthers
Portlaoise Panthers 52 Pyrobel Killester 63
Women’s National Super League
The Portlaoise Ladies had a tough game against second place side in the leaderboard Killester.
They started the...
Defeat for Scoil Chriost Ri in All Ireland basketball Semi Final
Scoil Chriost Ri senior A basketball team bowed out of the All-Ireland Championship when they were beaten by Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip in the semi...
Panther’s men fall to heavy defeat to complete double disappointment for the Portlaoise club
Men's National League Division One
Portlaoise 60 Neptune 101
Portlaoise Panther's are still sitting bottom of Division 1A following a disappointing display against high-flying Neptune. It...
Disappointing night for Panther women as they lose against UCC Glanmire
Womens National Super League
Portlaoise Panthers 52 UCC Glanmire 87
The Portlaoise Panthers' women side have been performing well of late with their recent win against WIT...
WATCH: Heywood CS reach All-Ireland basketball final
Heywood Community School 38 Dundalk 26
All Ireland Cadet Semi Final
Heywood Community School have reached the All-Ireland Cadet basketball final following a stunning victory over...
In Pictures: Scoil Chríost Rí storm to U-16 All-Ireland basketball glory
Scoil Chriost Ri 68 Crescent Comprehensive 36
Subway All-Ireland U-16 School Girls Basketball Final
Scoil Chríost Ri were at their ease today in the All-Ireland U-16...
