Eight Talking Points from a busy weekend of club hurling championship action
With the Senior and Premier Intermediate hurling championship semi-finals down for decision over the weekend, as well as the finals of the Intermediate and...
Moment in Time: Durrow’s High Nelly World Record effort in 2011
When they do things in Durrow, they tend to do them in style.
There's no better community in Laois for organising quirky, large scale events...
Nine Talking Points following all of the weekend club GAA action
Portlaoise survive again
Having previously made light work of most of their Laois opponents, Portlaoise are now having to battle to the bitter end with...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from the Laois SFC Relegation Final between...
One of the most important games of the season takes place this evening in O'Moore Park with the meeting of Ballylinan and The Heath...
Survival on the line as Ballylinan and The Heath clash in SFC relegation playoff
Ballylinan v The Heath
Laois SFC Relegation Final – In O'Moore Park at 7.30pm
It is yet another final that nobody wants to be in –...
Budget 2022: Social welfare, housing, taxation, healthcare and childcare changes confirmed
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue and Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath have announced details of Budget 2022 in the Dail this afternoon.
The proposed...
REVEALED: Former Laois captain set to be part of new senior football management team
A former Laois captain is set to be unveiled as part of the new management team for the senior footballers.
LaoisToday understands that Chris Conway...
Average price of a home in Laois increases once again to €215,000
The price of house in Laois has increased once again, the latest survey from DAFT.ie has found.
In Laois, prices in the first three months...
Portlaoise Rugby Club set to host ‘Give it a Try’ women’s evening after huge...
Women’s rugby in Portlaoise is on the rise again and 2020 saw Portlaoise RFC celebrate 20 years of women’s rugby in Togher.
As part of...
Previewing Saturday’s Laois GAA action with 14 games down for decision
It is an extremely busy Saturday on the Laois GAA front with no fewer than 14 significant games down for decision.
We have two SFC...
In Pictures: Stradbally Town celebrate 25 years with fun day and Alan Mulhall Memorial...
The sun shone brightly as Stradbally Town celebrated 25 years in existence on Sunday.
The club was formed in 1996 when Stradbally United and Stradbally...
Planing permission sought for 30 new homes in county’s biggest housing estate plus plans...
Planning permission has been lodged to build 30 new homes in Laois's biggest housing estate.
Kilminchy in Portlaoise is the biggest estate in the county...
Whatever happens, a famine will be ended in the 2020 Laois senior football championship
Ten months after the quarter-finals of the Laois SFC, the action resumes this coming weekend with the delayed 2020 semi-finals.
On Friday night Emo and...
Athy man hoping to captain Kildare to shock Leinster final win over dominant Dubs
Orson Welles directed his greatest film, Citizen Kane, when he was just 26 and Athy and Kildare football captain David Hyland must have wondered...
Leinster U-20 hurling semi final spot up for grabs as Laois head to Nowlan...
Ollie Hally’s Laois U-20 hurlers are back in action this evening as they aim to take a place in the Leinster semi final.
Nowlan Park...
Music Generation Laois to receive funding for cross-border cultural projects
Music Generation Laois will receive €12,000 of funding for cross-border cultural projects under Cooperation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2021.
Started in 2012 Music Generation Laois...
Feargus Dunne: ‘It’s true what they say. Those small moments are the big moments.’
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in April 2020.
“Any interest in heading up to Newry for the Laois game tomorrow”?
My question appeared to catch...
All you need to know as the Laois hurlers and footballers head north to...
It is a busy day on the GAA front as the Laois hurlers and footballers face trips to Ulster to face Antrim and Down.
Below,...
Breaking Ball: Remembering 10 fine Laois football wins in Ulster over the years
There can be a perception that going away to an Ulster venue is a daunting task and with the Laois footballers set to take...
Wexford too strong as Laois head for camogie league relegation playoff
Laois 1-9 Wexford 7-19
National Camogie League Division 2 Round 2
Wexford proved far too strong for Laois in O'Moore Park this afternoon - sending the...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all of the action from O’Moore Park as the Laois footballers...
The Laois footballers continue their 2021 season when they take on Cork in the second round of the National League.
Because of the shortened season,...
What you need to know as the Laois footballers continue their 2021 campaign at...
The Laois footballers take on Cork in the second round of the National Football League Division 2 South group.
Here we look ahead to the...
In Pictures: Community rallies together to raise huge sum of money for autism services...
Laois Offaly Families for Autism's first Annual Rainbow Day has proved a massive success with a staggering €19,000 raised.
Chairperson Breda Murray is very grateful...
Gardai hit out at ‘anti-social’ behaviour at popular Laois tourist location
Laois Gardai have hit out at anti-social behaviour at a popular tourist spot.
On Saturday and Sunday evenings over the May Bank Holiday weekend, roads...
Cheddar Plunkett only interested in looking forward as latest challenge with Laois hurlers awaits
'Never go back' is a phrase you'll see referenced to sports teams all over the world though like most things there are probably as...
The Week that Was: Our most read stories of the past seven days
1 - Gardai forced to shut road to Laois tourist attraction as parking issues persist
The good weather last weekend gave everyone a chance to...
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...
In Pictures: Laois school awarded grant for new harps as part of Music Network...
Rath National School near Ballybrittas this week received three new harps, under the Music Network Music Capital Scheme.
Rath National School established a harp...
From the LaoisToday Archives: Some great photos from the Laois Rose event over the...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on April 27, 2017.
The Laois Rose selection night is always one of the social highlights of the...
‘I have unfinished business’ – Laois’s longest serving hurler as he enters his 15th...
Laois's longest serving hurler reckons he has 'unfinished business' as he enters his 15th consecutive season representing the county.
Borris-Kilcotton defender Matthew Whelan made his...
