LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Portarlington take on Kilmacud Crokes in the...
We're live from Croke Park where Portarlington will once again look to make history by reaching their first ever Leinster final.
Standing in their way...
‘The Laois teams in Leinster have always been the most problematic’
Leinster Club SFC Semi-final - Portarlington v Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin)
In Croke Park at 7pm (Live on RTE)
Former Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes player Mark Vaughan...
Portarlington aiming to break the cycle when they face Kilmacud Crokes in Croke Park...
The Portarlington senior footballers are just a day away from a return to Croke Park for a Leinster semi final.
11 months ago, they faced...
In Pictures: Excellent selection of images from Laois Chamber awards as Midland Steel claim...
Nearly 300 people were in attendance at the Laois Business Awards 2022 on Friday night, which were hosted by Laois Chamber Alliance.
Midland Steel were...
REVEALED: 17 clubs represented as Laois GAA, Camogie and Ladies football award winners for...
The Laois GAA award winners for the 2022 season have been announced this morning - with 22 handed out.
A total of 17 GAA clubs...
In Pictures: Wonderful selection of images as Laois School of Music celebrates its 21st...
Laois School of Music celebrated its 21st year last weekend with two concerts in St Peters Church of Ireland, Portlaoise.
On SaturdayLaois School of Music...
The week that was: Our most read stories of the past seven days
1 - End of an era as long-serving teacher retires in Ballyadams NS
It was a busy week in Ballyadams NS last week where a...
The influence of the 2003 Laois minor footballers is still being felt across the...
After the Laois ladies football team won the All Ireland intermediate final in such thrilling circumstances last July, they were greeted to a hero’s...
Talking Sport Podcast: All about camogie as we hear from victorious St Brigid’s captain...
Last weekend saw the conclusion of the club championships in camogie in Laois with both games in O'Moore Park.
The Junior final was a very...
All of Saturday’s Laois GAA results on a busy day of action
The local GAA season might be winding down to an extent but there was still plenty of action around the county today.
The camogie finals...
Player by player: Profiling the Portarlington men seeking to win a third Laois SFC...
Ahead of Sunday’s Laois SFC final between Portarlington and O'Dempsey's, we profile the Portarlington players that have featured in this year’s campaign.
They have used...
Player by player: Profiling the Camross men seeking to win a 27th Laois SHC...
Ahead of Sunday's Laois SHC final between Clough-Ballacolla and Camross, we profile the Camross players that have featured in this year's campaign.
Tadhg Doran
The long-serving...
County Final Memory: Looking back at Camross’s famine-ending win in 2007
For most clubs, 11 years without a county final success wouldn't really cast them a thought.
In Camross, though, that is an absolute famine.
When they...
O’Moore Park double header for Laois ladies football finals
The Laois ladies football finals are down for decision this Saturday when O'Moore Park will host a double header with the intermediate and senior...
Wonderful tribute to Brother Mike Murphy who spent 35 years in Castletown
There was sadness at the end of July in Castletown following the passing of Brother Mike Murphy.
Mike was born Aubrey Murphy in Newmarket, Co...
Thomas Cosby: ‘It’s a working weekend for us and we have to look after...
“I missed it for the last two years, but it has come back with a bang and got a bit bigger,” said Thomas Cosby...
Electric Picnic Fever: 12 of our favourite EP stories as excitement builds ahead of...
For the first time since 2019, Laois's favourite festival will return to Stradbally this week.
After a three year Covid-19 enforced absence, the Electric Picnic...
In Pictures: All-Ireland winning Laois soccer team honoured with Civic Reception by County Council
There were joyous scenes in the Laois County Council Chamber recently as a remarkable team were honoured.
The All-Ireland winning Portlaoise AFC U-14 Girls team...
Donie Brennan: ‘I think we took over Croke Park … let it be a...
From the time he was a teenager and a star man on exceptional Laois minor teams, Donie Brennan has been central to giving Laois...
The Backroom Boys (and girls) behind the Laois ladies football team
As the Laois ladies gear up for their Intermediate All-Ireland final today, we took a look at the management team behind the players.
This...
PROFILED: The Laois ladies footballers going for All Ireland glory in Croke Park this...
Ahead of Sunday's All Ireland ladies intermediate football final, we profile the Laois girls that will represent Laois in Croke Park.
Laois take on Wexford...
Park-Ratheniska back at the top table for first senior campaign in 25 years
It's been 25 years since Park-Ratheniska played senior club football in Laois.
Not since 1997, when they were in a group with Ballyroan, Timahoe and...
Huge battle on the cards for Arles-Killeen as they seek to preserve proud senior...
Arles-Killeen couldn’t have asked for a tougher draw in the opening round of this year’s championship with defending champions Portarlington first up.
To make their...
Portarlington hit by long list of absentees – but can they do a three-in-a-row...
For the best part of 20 years the Portarlington footballers were also-rans in the Laois championship.
After winning the 2001 title, they dropped like a...
County Final Memory: Significant triumph for Spink in 1986
Spink 1-9 Rosenallis 1-8
1986 Laois JFC Final
In the normal scheme of things, a Junior ‘B’ county final ranks well down the pecking order when...
Laois County Council agree to construct 54 new modular homes in Laois town
The green light has been given to a project which will see 54 modular homes constructed in Portlaoise.
The approval for the build at Hepburn...
In Pictures: Fun for all the family at Old Fort Festival in Portlaoise
The Old Fort Festival continues all weekend in Portlaoise with entertainment for all ages in the town centre.
The town's main street was closed off...
County Final Memory: Mountrath beat neighbours Trumera to claim intermediate hurling honours in 2001
This piece originally appeared in our County Final Memory series on August 20, 2020.
Mountrath 1-12 Trumera 1-9
2001 Laois IHC Final
All across Laois there are...
All you need to know as Laois footballers take on Westmeath in Tailteann Cup
Tailteann Cup - Laois v Westmeath
In O'Moore Park at 2pm
After suffering relegation to Division 4 of the league and being dumped out of the...
Moment in Time: Some great photos from Laois primary schools art event in 2005
Students from a number of primary schools around Laois were front and centre in the Dunamaise Arts Centre at an event organised by Laois...
