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From the Archives – Remembering Laois’s 30 Hottest Men from 2017!
It was the list that almost crashed the LaoisToday site.
Back in the summer of 2017, someone in the office came up with the bright...
US president Joe Biden to visit Laois village as link established with local relatives
US President Joe Biden is to make an official visit to Timahoe later this year as part of a brief tour of Ireland after...
From the Archives: 25 signs it’s time to start thinking of retiring from your...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on May 4, 2018.
There's an old joke that compares professional soccer players to their amateur inter-county counterparts...
20 sure ways to cause a family row this Christmas
This piece was originally published in December 2019, before any of us had ever heard of Coronavirus, restrictions and limiting your contacts.
This year may...
10 things we can’t wait to come back post Covid – and a few...
That saying is true: You don't know what you have until it's gone.
Since March 2020, we've pressed pause on so many things that we...
From the LaoisToday Archives: 22 unforgettable things about the night club at Pedigree Corner
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on May 29, 2017.
The sign is still above the door but ‘Turning Point’ night club is no...
25 signs it’s time to start thinking of retiring from your GAA career
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on May 4, 2018
There's an old joke that compares professional soccer players to their amateur inter-county counterparts...
REVEALED: Our choice of the top 25 TikTok-ers in Laois
TikTok is huge all the over the world at the moment, and with TikTok-ers popping up all over the county, Laois is no exception.
For...
WANTED: Search launched for Laois’s Top 25 TikTok-ers for 2021
We’re back with another of our popular LaoisToday lists - Yes, we’re on the hunt for Laois’s best TikTok-ers!
We’re expecting competition to be immense...
WATCH: Irish comedian ‘Black Paddy’ takes on Portlaoise in viral video
Portlaoise has become the latest town to be visited by a comedian who gives his own unique take on what life is like in...
The importance of keeping alive our unique Irish words
Banjaxed. Bockety. Making a bags of it. Foostering. Ructions. Me auld segotia.
If you said those words or phrases to someone a non-Irish English-speaking person...
EXCLUSIVE: Asian investors behind Laois Utd aim to ‘have European football within five years...
To be playing European football within five years and in the Champions League by 2030 are the aims of the owners behind ambitious plans...
22 things we miss from a ‘normal’ St Patrick’s Day
Whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to avoid St Patrick’s Day.
This year, for the second year running, it's a Covid Paddy's Day...
Watch: Laois family produce brilliant virtual St Patrick’s Day parade of their own
If this doesn't give you a good chuckle, nothing will.
The Fitzpatrick family from The Heath have pulled out all the stops for a virtual...
Rory’s Stories on keeping it simple and the dream of teaming up with Roddy...
Rory O'Connor of Rory's Stories says his dream project is to team up with Roddy Doyle to do a film or show on Irish...
15 Laois families that we think could win Ireland’s Fittest Families
Ireland's Fittest Family has proven to be a huge ratings winner for RTE over the past eight years with the latest competition coming to...
22 of our Podcast recommendations as this lockdown just drags on and on and on
There's many things this pandemic has led to and in the media world it has accelerated change in both directions.
Newspaper sales may be continuing...
20 signs that you’re a ‘good catch’
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in November 2019, before Covid made the dating game a whole lot more complicated than it already...
Ranked and filed: Our selection of Laois’s Top 25 tweeters – 2021 edition
In the early days of LaoisToday back in 2017, we picked out Laois's Top 25 tweeters.
A year later, in the spring of 2018, we...
Bernard O’Shea: ‘I love the kids, but I also love the quiet’
Having just turned 40, Laois comedian Bernard O'Shea found himself hurtling towards a mid-life crisis. The following is an extract from his new book Manopause
For...
Ranking 10 of the most unforgettable Tipperary characters of all time
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in August 2019.
After Shane Lowry won the British Open and the whole country were honorary Offaly people for...
REVEALED: Our choice of the top 20 TikTok-ers in Laois
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in February of this year.
TikTok isn't exactly new but it is certainly the latest craze to sweep...
Liverpool Champions, The travel ban and All Ireland Final Day – It’s all in...
We’re back with our Tweets of the Week again this week!
Laois Twitter is just the gift that keeps on giving.
Check out our selection below:
Some...
Pubs to re-open, pedestrianised Main Street and a New Year’s resolution – it’s all...
We’re back with our Tweets of the Week again this week!
Laois Twitter is just the gift that keeps on giving.
Check out our selection below:
Desperate...
WANTED: Search on to find Laois’s Top 25 Tweeters for 2020
We’re back with another of our popular LaoisToday lists.
Yes, we’re on the hunt for Laois’s best Tweeters after one year absence.
We’ve decided to do...
Championship 2020, Lovely Laois and a creative new game – It’s all in our...
This looks great!
I’ve spent the past few weeks of lockdown creating my new drinking game, ‘Locked Down’.. because you get locked and it was...
Phase 2, Hayfever and Our History – It’s all in our Tweets of the...
We’re back with our Tweets of the Week again this week!
Laois Twitter is just the gift that keeps on giving.
Check out our selection below:
A...
Sunburn, An Inspirational Encounter and Manhattan Mixer – It’s all in our Tweets of...
We’re back with our Tweets of the Week again this week!
Laois Twitter is just the gift that keeps on giving.
Check out our selection below:
We...
Ranking our ten favourite Offaly people of all time
In honour of Shane Lowry's Open win in the summer, we came up with a list of our favourite people from across the border.
Offaly....
20 things you’ll remember if you went to school in Heywood
You're constantly told that your schooldays are the best days of your life.
You never actually believe that when you're in school but there is...