Archbishop Martin to speak in local school for annual memorial lecture
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will deliver the third annual Fr Peter Garvey Memorial Lecture in Cistercian College Roscrea next Wednesday, March 4.
The lecture takes place...
WATCH: Laois Transition Year students team up with nursing home for Buddy Project
This would warm your heart.
For the last six weeks, a group of Transition Year students from St Mary's CBS Portlaoise have visited a nursing...
Star studded judging panel announced for Laois school’s Lip Sync fundraiser
St Colmans NS in Stradbally are hosting a Lip Sync battle as part of a series of fundraisers organised to develop the school’s pitch...
‘Songs For Charity’ concert set to be held in aid of the Cuisle Centre
DB Promotions presents 'Songs For Charity' concert in aid of of the Cuisle Centre, Portlaoise.
The Charity concert will take place on Friday, March 13...
Seven Talking Points as Laois U-20s see off Westmeath on penalties
There was Monday night football in MW Hire O'Moore Park as the Laois U-20s took on Westmeath in their re-fixed Leinster championship clash.
And it...
In Pictures: Portarlington celebrates the election of its first TD since 1927
A large crowd of supporters of the newly elected TD for Kildare South, Portarlington resident, Dr Cathal Berry gathered in Portarlington Golf Club on...
New to the Area: From a copywriter in Wiltshire to a glampsite owner in...
Kyra Fingleton is the owner of ‘Glamping Under the Stars’ - a boutique glampsite located near Ballyroan.
The glampsite has quickly established itself as one...
Weekend Read: 25 years on from the famous Laois-Westmeath minor trilogy
Laois and Westmeath have played out many big battles over the years but the one that really brought the rivalry on to a new...
In Pictures: Serious craic and style at the Rosenallis GAA Dinner Dance
Dinner Dance season is in full swing and there was plenty to celebrate at the Rosenallis one at the weekend.
The Bridge House in Tullamore...
Former Laois footballer wins Carlow GAA award for contribution to secondary schools
The name Chris Conway is synonymous with the famed Gaelic Football nursery, Knockbeg College.
As a pupil, the Arles-Kilcruise native was a decorated footballer and...
11 Talking Points from Day 1 of the Laois-Offaly General Election count
Every so often an election throws up a result that history will remember in simple terms.
Jack Lynch’s landslide success with Fianna Fáil in 1977;...
Beautiful eulogy following passing of popular De La Salle Castletown Brother
Brother Norbert Mullins sadly passed away on January 13, he turned 101 on January 10.
A Limerick native, Brother Mullins resided in Miguel House, Castletown...
Election Diary: A ‘phoney class war’, the silage election and getting a lift to...
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from...
On the Canvass: Cold night but warm reception as Brian Stanley hits the doorsteps...
It's a bitterly cold Tuesday evening in Portlaoise but the reception on the doorsteps for Sinn Féin General Election candidate Brian Stanley is overwhelmingly...
No takers for St Patrick’s Day trip to New York
In a bizarre turn of events, there are no takers for a trip to New York to represent County Laois at the New York...
Moment In Time: Both crowds and blood drawn at the 2012 GAA Fight Night
A GAA fight night was hosted in the then Heritage Hotel, now Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise on January 21 2012.
Laois senior footballers and hurlers...
Long-serving midfielder Quigley calls time on 14-year Laois career
For the first time since 2006, Laois fans will not be treated to the high-fielding exploits of Brendan Quigley.
The 34-year-old Timahoe native is not...
In Pictures: Famous musician Sharon Shannon visits Laois primary school
Famous Irish Musician Sharon Shannon visited the Abbeyleix South National School recently.
Third and fourth class students had just finished
an extensive study of some of...
Weekend Read: 10 reasons to be positive in Laois as new decade stretches out...
In this age of social media - and the constant negativity that goes with it - it would be easy to think that the...
Emo turn to club stalwart ahead of 2020 season
Emo GAA club have appointed John Strong as their senior football manager ahead of the 2020 season.
Strong takes over from Paul Lawlor who had...
Moment In Time: Raheen Pantomime a huge success in 2010
A great tradition in the parish of Raheen is the yearly pantomime that is performed.
The Raheen Pantomime has been a huge success over the...
The very last chance to get tickets to Electric Picnic is here
Missed out on tickets for Electric Picnic 2020?
Fear not, as signing up for Tour De Picnic 2020 17km run or 80km cycle is your...
REVEALED: Our selection of the best Laois football team of the past 20 years
That was hard!
Picking any team is a tough challenge but when we decided to select the best Laois football team of the past 20...
Remembering some of the great Laois people who left us in 2019
As one year ends and the next one begins, we often find ourselves looking back on the people we have lost.
Laois lost a number...
2019 Remembered: The Electric Picnic is great … but it needs to clean up...
The Electric Picnic will be bigger than ever next year - so it will be interesting to see if any of these problems will...
2019 Remembered: New owner of O’Loughlin’s Hotel outlines his plans and sees great future...
Back in November, the new owner of this Portlaoise hotel outlined his plans.
John McDonald, the new owner of O’Loughlin’s Hotel in Portlaoise, says he...
2019 Remembered: Electric Picnic told get its house in order for 2020
With Electric Picnic set to be bigger than ever in 2020, this message is very relevant.
The organisers of the Electric Picnic have been sent...
2019 Remembered: The confirmed list of candidates in this year’s Local Elections
We had great craic covering the Local Elections this year and this announcement of all the confirmed candidates kicked it all off.
The people of...
2019 Remembered: Big plans in motion to transform Outlet Centre in Rathdowney in to...
Back in May, plans were put in place to transform the Outlet Centre in Rathdowney.
The Retail Outlet Centre in Rathdowney was a hive of activity this...
2019 Remembered: REVEALED: Laois’s Top 10 Hottest Red Heads of 2019
We thought it was time to bring attention to the hottest red heads the county has to offer.
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