The new face seeking to win a place on the Laois GAA County Board
It looks certain that we're going to have a contest at the Laois GAA Convention which is set to take place remotely on Monday,...
Whenever it happens a famine will be ended in the 2020 Laois senior football...
On Monday night just gone, the draws for the Laois senior football championship semi-finals were made pitting favourites Portarlington against Ballyfin and Emo against...
Journalist with Laois connections pens book on rural life
Journalist, columnist and author Jim O’Brien is no stranger to Laois having lived in Rosenallis for 13 years between 1999 and 2012.
He was well-known...
‘Sad day for Laois hurling’ – Inter-county trio react to the news of Eddie...
'Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone'.
That line is from 'Big Yellow Taxi' by the...
15 potential candidates to fill the vacant Laois hurling manager’s job
Eddie Brennan has stepped down as Laois hurling manager and the search to replace him will have to get underway immediately.
The news was met...
Remember the Game: Arles-Kilcruise shock Stradbally to win Laois senior football title in 2003
2003 was no normal year for Laois football. A Division 1 league final appearance in May, a Leinster title in July, an All Ireland...
Weekend Read: From the 1800s to the 2000s, wars and pandemics, Laois-Dublin rivalry set...
Sunday in Croke Park will be another unusual day for Laois football.
It's a Leinster championship semi-final double header with Meath v Kildare as the...
Laois priest scoops top prize in Carlow GAA draw
The third staging of the Carlow GAA Development Draw took place on Monday and a Laois priest scooped the first price.
Fr Jim O'Connell claimed...
Dublin legend Quinn on 2005 final and his Stradbally connections
Dublin footballer Tomas 'Mossy' Quinn broke many Laois people's hearts in 2005 when he nailed a late 45 to deny the O'Moore county in...
Your guide to all of Sunday’s GAA action as Laois face two big championship...
It's another busy day for Laois GAA with the county's male and female senior teams both in championship action.
It's straight knockout for the men,...
‘Whatever years I have left, I’d like to finish them out with Laois’
Gary Walsh's Laois football career has started and stopped a couple of times over the years but the Ballylinan man is delighted to be...
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...
Moment in Time: Halloween fun and games in Scoil Bhríde Portlaoise in 2008
This week's Moment in Time has brought us back to 2008.
Alf Harvey paid a visit to Scoil Bhríde Portlaoise, where Halloween festivities were in...
Lillis keen to get back on track with Laois after club disappointment
Laois senior football captain Kieran Lillis is looking forward to getting back on to the pitch and says that a promotion push with the...
Moment in Time: Clough-Ballacolla GAA celebrate at their Dinner Dance in 2010
Whatever it is, people love looking back on old photos.
This week, for our Moment in Time, we head to Clough-Ballacolla direction as we look...
Beautiful tribute to late 100-year-old De La Salle brother who spent 52 years as...
A 100-year-old De La Salle brother who lived in Castletown in Laois passed away recently.
Brother Anthony Furniss passed away in late September and was...
Clonaslee looking to make an impact at senior after sweetest win yet
Having claimed their sixth ever Laois intermediate football title on Saturday last, Clonaslee will be hoping to make an impact in the senior grade...
Latest football Team of the Week as senior action down to semi finals
It was a weekend of four seasons with glorious sunshine on Saturday replaced by gale force wind and driving rain on Sunday.
Our football competitions...
Emo’s famous win, Portlaoise’s demise, bragging rights for Port and another semi-final for Graigue...
1 - Emo upset the odds
Emo's win over Portlaoise was the result of the weekend and while Portlaoise aren't the team of old, it...
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...
