Seventh heaven for O’Dempsey’s as they cruise past Courtwood
O'Dempsey's 7-11 Courtwood 1-17
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1
A scintillating display from O'Demspey's saw them claim a thoroughly deserved Laois SFC Round 1 victory...
Moore on form as Ballyfin record narrow win over neighbours Rosenallis
Ballyfin 3-10 Rosenallis 2-12
Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1
Ballyfin recovered from a sluggish first half to record a deserved win over neighbours Rosenallis in...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from this tonight’s Laois club football championship...
The Laois GAA club action is back - though not like before!
Tonight there are six club football championship games taking place, all fully behind...
Medals galore as Laois athletes excel at National Track and Field Championships
Three Laois athletes emerged with medals following the first session of the National Track and Field Championships in Santry at the weekend.
St Abban's scooped...
GAA cancel all ‘Club+ Season Tickets’ and issue refunds
The GAA have decided to cancel all Club+ Season Tickets in Laois and will issue refunds.
The Club+ Season Ticket costs €200 and entitles the...
Previewing all of Monday night’s Laois GAA action as championship season gets underway again
The Laois GAA club scene returns tonight with six adult championship football games across the county - all of them to be played behind...
Portlaoise ladies seeking to kick on after historic win over Sarsfields
While all GAA activity has been halted because of the localised restrictions that had Laois, Offaly and Kildare in lockdown for the past two...
#LoveLaois: Remembering nine magical days for Laois teams in Croke Park
As a county, we're obviously not Kerry or Kilkenny or Dublin. We don't have countless All Irelands to our name.
But we have had some...
County Final Memory: When Arles-Killeen got the better of Arles in the 1997 intermediate...
Arles-Killeen 2-6 Arles 0-10
1997 Laois IFC Final
The split in Arles in the early 1990s is one of the biggest ever internal stories in Laois...
Laois GAA refix Kelly Cup after Coronavirus chaos
Laois GAA have decided to refix the Kelly Cup semi final and final.
Prior to the Coronavirus shutdown in March, the competition had reached the...
Big season for Sean Masterson as he looks to make his mark with Connacht
The professional rugby season takes its first steps this weekend in the most unusual setting - two games in an empty Aviva Stadium as...
Championship Diary: New jerseys, online lotto and championship action in other counties
New jerseys for Park-Ratheniska
The generosity of local businesses to their GAA clubs is always lovely to see and the latest Laois club to be...
CCFL announce fixtures as season set to resume once again
For the second time this season, the local soccer league is preparing to resume action after an enforced shutdown.
The lockdown on Laois on Friday...
Courtwood native Kinsella set to be reappointed as Laois U-20 manager for 2021
Eddie Kinsella is set to be reappointed as Laois U-20 football manager for 2021.
The Courtwood native, and former All-Ireland final referee, has been chosen...
Laois ladies football season to restart next week with busy schedule of games
The Laois ladies football championship is scheduled to get up and running again next week, assuming the lockdown restrictions are lifted on the county.
The...
Laois Hurling Memory: All Ireland ‘B’ glory in 2002 brings curtain down on eventful...
The Laois hurlers will bid for Joe McDonagh Cup glory at the end of June in Croke Park - but on three occasions in...
GAA release match guidelines as local TD backs calls for NPHET to provide ‘more...
The GAA and LGFA have made contact with clubs across the country in light of the new Government restrictions on supporters attending games.
While the...
Laois GAA to increase streaming fee as hurling Round 1 turns €4,000 profit
Laois GAA have decided to increase the fee they charge to watch championship matches on their streaming services.
For Round 1 of the Senior hurling...
The recent golf results from around the Laois clubs
MOUNTRATH
Thursday Singles Stableford on August13
Brian Purcell Jnr (6) 42pts
Seamus Armshaw (5) 40pts
Aaron Dunphy (14) 40pts
CSS - Men 36pts Ladies 38pts
June Medal...
Laois GAA abandon weekend plan as games to resume next week
Laois GAA have abandoned plans to hold championship matches this weekend - with games set to resume on Monday August 245 instead.
Two alternatives had...
Government restrictions mean Laois athletes prohibited from attending National Track and Field Championships
The 2020 Irish Life Health National Senior and U23 Track and Field Championships are set to get underway this weekend - but athletes living...
End of an era as two Portlaoise stalwarts call time on football career
If the Laois football championship does get the go-ahead to resume next week, champions Portlaoise will continue their quest for dominance as they seek...
Three Laois players feature in the Irish Independent’s top 50 ladies footballers of all...
Three Laois ladies footballers are included in the Irish Independent's list of top 50 players, which is published in today's newspaper and online.
Sue Ramsbottom, the...
Laois golf club closes due to Coronavirus case
A Laois golf club has ceased all activity with immediate effect after one of its members tested positive for Coronavirus.
Members of Abbeyleix Golf Club...
Towns Cup winner and former AIL player takes charge of Portlaoise ahead of new...
Donal Rigney has been appointed as the head coach of Portlaoise Rugby Club ahead of the 2020-21 season.
Rigney, a former Towns Cup winner with...
Laois hurling coach on Eddie Brennan’s influence and adapting to the higher level
Laois hurling coach Niall Corcoran has said it's a shame that his side won't have the opportunity to play in the group stages of...
County Final Memory: Mountrath beat neighbours Trumera to claim intermediate hurling honours in 2001
Mountrath 1-12 Trumera 1-9
2001 Laois IHC Final
All across Laois there are different rivalries that come to the fore at different times.
In 2001, Mountrath and...
From Tyrone to the black and amber – the honourary Laois man who helped...
A version of this piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in 2018 ahead of that year's All Ireland football final between Dublin and Tyrone.
One honourary...
No live streaming outside O’Moore Park as Laois club get walkover reprieve
It will not be possible to live stream championship games on Laois TV that take place outside of MW Hire O'Moore Park - it...
‘Not on the cards’ – Laois football manager dismisses idea of forfeiting league games
Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke has dismissed the idea that his side may forfeit their remaining two Division 2 league games.
The Coronavirus lockdown...
