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In Pictures: Clough-Ballacolla win All-Ireland Féile na nGael Handball title
A team of five boys from Clough-Ballacolla handball club were crowned Division One winners of the One Wall John West Féile na nGael Handball...
Three Laois athletes will represent Leinster in the Special Olympics Ireland Games
Three Laois athletes will represent their county and province in the Special Olympics Ireland Games.
Tomás White from Portlaoise, Sean Conlon from Stradbally and Ballyfin's...
Laois Martial Arts secure 10 medals in All-Ireland kickboxing championships
Eight kickboxers from Laois Martial Arts took part in the All-Ireland kickboxing championships on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April.
All winning competitors automatically secure...
Two from three for The Heath rounders club in a bumper Sunday meeting
The Heath rounders teams welcomed Erne Eagles from Cavan and Greenhills to The Heath for a quadruple header on Sunday afternoon.
The game of the...
In Pictures: Laois team secures All-Ireland success
The 32 year wait was ended as the Laois Rings Team won the All-Ireland competition in the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin, on Friday April 13...
Laois set to host European Kettlebell Championships next weekend
Laois is set to host the largest European Kettlebell Marathon championships to date from Friday May 25 to Sunday May 27.
Portlaoise will be hosting...
In Pictures: Midland Utd hold Powerchair football session in Camross
Members of Midland Utd Powerchair football team held an open training session in Camross Community Centre recently.
Camross native Seán Cuddy is part of the...
The Heath begin quest for fourth All-Ireland title with a win
The Heath men’s rounders team started their quest for four in a row All Ireland titles with an impressive victory over newcomers Sean Connolly’s...
The Heath Ladies Rounders team make winning start
The Heath ladies announced their comeback to the rounders scene with an emphatic victory over Clonaslee on The Heath on Sunday morning.
The foundations were...
Well-known Laois man’s horse claims big prize in Tramore
The Portarlington colours were victorious in Waterford at the weekend as Augusta Gold claimed the bumper in Tramore.
The horse, owned by Kieran Leavy and...
150 not out as Tuohy in line for landmark Australian Rules appearance
Laois man Zach Tuohy will hit another significant landmark in his Australian Rules career this weekend when he makes his 150th AFL appearance.
He has...
Disappointment for Total Recall in Aintree Grand National
There was disappointment for Total Recall - the horse part-owned by Portlaoise Parish Priest Monsignor John Byrne - in the Randox Aintree Grand National...
In Pictures: Glory for Laois kickboxers at Dutch Open
Laois Kickboxers, Chloe Shortall and Caitlin Knight, returned to Ireland victorious after success at a tournament in The Netherlands recently.
The pair represented Mountmellick based...
Horse with Laois connections favourite for Aintree Grand National
Laois will have a keen interest in the Aintree Grand National this Saturday when Total Recall, a horse owned by the Monsignor John Byrne’s...
Abbeyleix crowned West Leinster hockey champions after play-off success
Abbeyleix U-16 girls came out on top in the West Leinster Hockey play off on Sunday April 8 at the Harriers club in Tullamore.
Eight...
In Pictures: Wonderful occasion as thousands attend Tri Laois
There was 350 competitors, an army of stewards and marshals totalling almost 100 and many more spectators at the Portlaoise Leisure Centre today for...
Swimmer with strong Laois links sets new national record
Olympian Shane Ryan - a man with strong Portarlington connections - set a new Irish record at the Irish Open swimming championship in the...
Huge crowd to descend on Portlaoise for annual triathlon on Saturday
350 cyclists and runners will descend on Portlaoise tomorrow for the Trilogy Triathlon Club Laois’s Annual Triathlon.
The event, which is now in its tenth year...
In Pictures: St Abban’s ladies athletics team Civic Reception
St Abban’s ladies team received their well-deserved civic reception in Laois County Council on Thursday March 22.
They won their National Premier Division title on a...
Portlaoise man Tuohy set to make Australian Football League record
The Australian Football League returns this weekend and a Laois man is poised to become a record holder.
Geelong defender Zach Tuohy’s run of 115...
Laois girl to the fore as Kilkenny school go for All Ireland hockey glory
The top schoolgirls hockey competition in the country will take place over the next two days in Kilkenny College - and a Laois girl...
In Pictures: Laois lads on Irish Wheelchair Rugby team going for World Cup glory
The Irish Wheelchair Rugby Team is travelling to Switzerland in two weeks’ time to take part in the World Wheelchair Rugby Championship qualifiers -...
Portlaoise Ladies hockey team crowned Leinster champions
There was glory for Portlaoise Ladies hockey club recently as they were crowned Leinster League champions.
They were named Division 10 champions with two game...
Double disappointment for Laois horses in Cheltenham Gold Cup
There was disappointment for the two horses with Laois connections in this afternoon's Gold Cup in Cheltenham.
Our Duke, which is owned by the Cooper...
Owners of Our Duke gearing up for ‘dream’ day
The owners of Our Duke say that they can't believe their dreams of having a horse run up the Cheltenham hill are about to...
Cheltenham 2018: Your race-by-race guide to Day 4 of the festival
Where did that week go?
Here we are on the final day of the 2018 edition of the Cheltenham Festival and it promises to be...
Total Recall aims for Gold Cup glory for Laois priest’s syndicate
Laois will have double reason to cheer during the Cheltenham Gold Cup when Total Recall, a horse owned by the Monsignor John Byrne’s family...
Our Duke installed as bookies favourite as Gold Cup draws closer
Laois horse, Our Duke, has been backed in as the bookies' favourite for tomorrow's prestigious Timico Gold Cup in Cheltenham.
Having initially traded at 16/1,...
Cheltenham 2018: Your race-by-race guide to Day 3 of the festival
This Cheltenham Festival is simply flying by - just like they all do.
We are now beyond the half way point and have reached Ladies...
Laois-bred horse claims massive Cheltenham Champion Chase
We have three horses with Laois connections racing in Cheltenham this week and one of them has struck gold today.
Altior, who was unbeaten in...
