Laois hurler reaches All-Ireland final of FIFA 20 Charity Tournament
He's already won the Leinster championship - and now this Laois hurler is one more win away from being crowned an All-Ireland champion.
Eric Killeen...
County Final Memory: Clonaslee claim senior hurling glory in 1975
Clonaslee 0-13 Clonad 0-8
1975 Laois SFC Final
It remains the greatest day in Clonaslee hurling history.
In late October 1975, Clonaslee won the Laois SHC title...
Laois Camogie’s Sarah Anne Fitzgerald on how Coronavirus has left her itching to get...
The resumption of sport seems a long way away right not - but whenever it does, Camross camogie player Sarah Anne Fitzgerald is chomping...
Laois hurler set to line out for Man City in All-Ireland FIFA 20 Charity...
Laois hurler Eric Killeen will compete with his Man City team in the All-Ireland FIFA 20 Charity Online Tournament to help raise funds for...
Laois GAA chairman calls for minor and U-20 grades to be looked at for...
Laois GAA chairman Peter O'Neill has called for both the U-21 grade to be used again in 2021 if this season's U-20 inter-county hurling...
Portlaoise Panthers Head Coach gets big role with Basketball Ireland
The Head Coach of two Portlaoise Panthers teams has been appointed as the new Basketball Development Officer for the Mid-West region by Limerick Institute...
LISTEN: Clubs the priority when games gets underway again, says Laois GAA chairman
Laois GAA Chairman Peter O'Neill says club championships will take priority over inter-county games if restrictions are lifted and sports fixtures are allowed to...
Laois footballers in the running to win virtual Twitter All-Ireland
Right about now, we should be coming to the end of 'club month' and GAA attentions would be turning back towards the inter-county game...
Laois GAA set to host two digital coaching seminars this week
The Coronavirus has changed the way we do everything and GAA coaching seminars are no different.
Laois GAA are set to host two workshops this...
Football championships to be brought forward, leagues to be cancelled – Laois GAA reveal...
Laois GAA have informed the clubs of the county that there is "a strong possibility" that the senior and junior football championships may be...
Sporting Memories: Chris Conway on minor success, 2004 disappointment, highs, lows and Arles-Kilcruise
There's not too many Laois footballers with as many hard-luck stories as Chris Conway.
The Arles-Kilcruise man made a huge contribution to the Laois jersey...
Laois Hurling Memory: Leinster U-21 final appearance in 2012
Championship final appearances have been few and far between for Laois hurling teams over the years but as the Laois seniors prepare for Sunday's...
Portlaoise Rugby Club launch online lotto
Portlaoise Rugby Club have launched their online lotto as they seek to raise vital funds for the club on an ongoing basis.
Though all sporting...
Was that this year? Seven things that happened in the local sporting world in...
Live sporting action seems a dim and distant memory at this stage and there is nothing on the horizon for the next couple of...
Sporting Memories: Willie Hyland on his Laois career, championship success with Clough-Ballacolla and what...
This week's Sporting Memories interview is with former Laois hurler Willie Hyland from Clough-Ballacolla.
Second only to James Young as Laois's highest scorer ever, Hyland...
Laois Football Memory: Looking back on five great wins over Meath
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday ahead of the 2019 Leinster SFC semi-final between Laois and Meath in Croke Park, a game Meath won...
A row in the tunnel, a crazy taxi driver and Laois beating Dublin in...
Eamon Sweeney is best known for his weekly column in the sports pages of the Sunday Independent.Â
A very talented writer, he has a great...
BREAKING: GAA postpone All-Ireland chamionships ‘until further notice’
The GAA has announced that the All Ireland hurling and football championships are postponed 'until further notice'.
In a statement released moments ago, they say...
GAA digital archive providing brilliant viewing during Coronavirus restrictions
Back in February of this year, the GAA launched a Digital Archive to provide free access to past matches to people around the world.
113...
Women in Sport: Nine-time world champion and Irish kettlebell lifter Maggie Grehan Magee
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on August 9 2019.
After a prolonged break, we’re back with another Women in Sport segment.
This time we’ve turned...
Sporting Memories: Fergal Byron on Cumann na mBunscol, playing out field and that 2003...
The feature of this week's Sporting Memories interview is former Laois football goalkeeper Fergal Byron from Courtwood.
Byron, who is now a member of Laois...
Looking Back: A point that never was from the 1995 Laois-Carlow battle that will...
Even with the never-ending sagas of controversies that follow the main GAA events today, the saga that surrounded the unforgettable two-game drama between Laois...
Laois Hurling Memory: Offaly, the side netting and last-minute winner in 1981
Offaly 3-20 Laois 6-10
1981 Leinster SHC semi-final
Imagine scoring 6-10 in a Leinster championship semi-final and not winning.
Imagine being a point up with a minute...
Laois soccer clubs launch fundraiser for staff of Portlaoise and St Fintan’s Hospitals
Three Laois soccer clubs have come together to launch a fundraiser for the staff and frontline workers at Portlaoise and St Fintan's Hospitals during...
Pat Critchley, Ciara Byrne, Gillian Wheeler, Jack Dooley and Portlaoise Panthers honoured at Basketball...
Pat Critchley, Ciara Byrne, Jack Dooley, Gillian Wheeler and Portlaoise Panthers are tasting more success this morning.
The Basketball Ireland Annual Awards and President’s Lifetime...
Boxer TJ Doheny on playing hurling, globe-trotting and his love of Portlaoise
The Coronavirus outbreak has put an end to all sporting events for the time being.
So many athletes in a range of different fields, who...
Laois GAA clubs launch fundraisers for little Dan Donoher
Two Laois GAA clubs have launched fundraisers in aid of little Dan Donoher.
Park-Ratheniska, both men and women footballers, and Colt-Shanahoe hurlers have launched separate...
WATCH: Laois Camogie club get creative with brilliant ‘training’ video
This is absolutely brilliant!
A Laois camogie club has taken a novel approach to training amid the Coronavirus lockdown.
St Brigids, which encompasses players from Clough-Ballacolla,...
Laois ladies football captain Anna Healy on physiotherapy, Coronavirus and Pat Critchley
The Coronavirus outbreak has put an end to all sporting events for the time being.
So many athletes in a range of different fields, who...
Rathdowney-Errill predicted to win Laois senior hurling championship on Instagram polls
Whether the 2020 Laois senior hurling championship will ever take place is anyone's guess.
And in the absence of games, we asked our Instagram following...
