Portarlington Rugby building for the future with optimism
For clubs all over Leinster, the unexpected premature end to the rugby season in March came as huge disappointment.
This was certainly the case for...
Former Laois footballer set to feature in Clare county final this weekend
Cratloe face Kilmurry-Ibrickane in the Clare senior football championship final on Saturday - and a former Laois footballer is set to be involved.
Former Emo...
Previewing tonight’s Laois minor ‘A’ and ‘B’ football championship finals
Midlands Park Hotel Minor 'A' Football Championship Final Portlaoise v Ballyroan-Abbey
In the LOETB Centre of Excellence at 7.15pm
Tonight sees the conclusion of the minor...
Strong second half sees Portlaoise reach minor football final
Portlaoise 2-13 Graiguecullen 1-12
Midlands Park Hotel Laois MFC semi-final
Portlaoise are through to a Laois minor football final after a hard earned victory over Graiguecullen...
Portlaoise side Towerhill Rovers in search of first Counties Cup win
Conor Davis Park Mountmellick is the setting for Sunday’s final of the Combined Counties Football Leagues Blue Ribbon competition, the John Farrell Combined Counties...
My Club & I: Towerhill Rovers defender Kevin Sheehan ahead of Counties Cup Final
The Combined Counties Cup is the biggest domestic soccer competition in this part of the country.
On Sunday, the final of the 2019-2020 edition will...
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...
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...
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...
Meet the Laois man who’s been at more All Irelands than most of us...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in September 2019 before the All Ireland football final replay and the National Ploughing Championships.
There is ‘Dad joke’...
First hurling team of the week of 2020 as 14 different clubs represented
And the Laois hurling championship is back with a bang.
A series of competitive games took place around the county over the past week and...
Warm welcome as Laois County Council secure landmark building in Portarlington
Laois County Council has taken a long-term lease on the landmark Market House building in the square in Portarlington, one that operated as Ryan's...
Former Laois footballer transfers to Munster club ahead of championship
Former Laois footballer Billy Sheehan has transferred to Clare football side Cratloe ahead of the upcoming club championships.
The former Emo and Laois attacker has...
Our School Revisited: Welcoming and vibrant atmosphere as we visit Borris-in-Ossory
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in November of last year.
Our School series brings us to St Joseph's NS in Borris-in-Ossory this week where...
Laois hurlers better than Liverpool, women surprising men and Kim and Kanye – it’s...
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:
Women...
‘Great sadness’ as hugely popular Laois restaurant decides to close
The owner of the hugely popular award-winning Portlaoise restaurant, Tynan's at the Storeyard, has decided not to re-open.
Imelda Devitt, who opened the restaurant in...
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...
Portlaoise Leisure Centre would have needed at least €300,000 to stay going to Christmas
Portlaoise Leisure Centre would have needed at least €300,000 just to stay open until Christmas - and the voluntary board of directors could have...
Laois County Council release statement on the future of facilities at Portlaoise Leisure Centre
Laois County Council say they will immediately arrange for refurbishment works to enhance the Portlaoise Leisure Centre building and the site to make sure...
Sporting Memories: Padraig Clancy on 2003, how Gaelic football has changed and hopes for...
Brought to you in association with Laois Library Service
Timahoe footballer Padraig Clancy is next up in our Sporting Memories series.
Clancy made his first championship...
Reaching 2008 county final a massive moment for Timahoe as Clancy reflects on club...
For a Laois club footballer outside Portlaoise over the past 15 to 20 years, Portlaoise's dominance has been greater than any time in Laois...
Embrace Farm safety remembrance service to be held online this year
Embrace FARM, the support network for those affected by farm accidents and which was set up by Laois man Brian Rohan, is encouraging people...
Down Memory Lane Podcast: Clough-Ballacolla’s breakthrough success in 2009
This week's Down Memory Lane podcast looks back at the breakthrough Laois senior hurling success of Clough-Ballacolla in 2009, when they ended an incredible...
Remember the Game: Portlaoise CBS denied 2004 All Ireland glory
Portlaoise CBS 1-8 St Louis Kilkeel (Down) 1-11
2004 All-Ireland Colleges SFC 'B' Final
In May 2004, a star-studded Portlaoise CBS team went in search of...
Laois’s Mount Rushmore – Off the Ball’s unenviable task of picking our four greatest...
How? Just how could you pick this?
Pick Laois's best four sports people of all time. Well that's what Off the Ball, Newstalk's hugely popular...
Local TD calls for suspension of any plans to reduce teacher numbers in rural...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly and former school principal, Carol Nolan, has appealed to the Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, to impose a moratorium on...
In Pictures: Laois prison officers complete remarkable marathon in aid of Do It For...
Former Portlaoise footballer Brian ‘Bruno’ McCormack and former Wexford Youths soccer player Aidan ‘Rox’ Keenan completed a remarkable marathon over the weekend in aid...
Laois man scoops big job with British and Irish Lions ahead of 2021 Tour
The British & Irish Lions have announced two key appointments to its executive team - and a Laois man is one of them.
Shane Whelan...
From Rathdowney to PayPal and on – the incredible story of Louise Phelan
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in May 2019
It’s a Friday evening in Glebe House, the Phelan family home at Donaghmore just outside Rathdowney...
Coronavirus Daily Noticeboard – Tuesday, May 12, 2020
24 more Coronavirus deaths
1,488 people have now died from Coronavirus in Ireland – an increase of 24 from yesterday.
While there has been a total...
