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2021 Remembered – Laois native appointed to top job in Limerick Institute of Technology
Back in February, Ballacolla native Seamus Hoyne, was appointed LIT's new Dean Flexible and Work Based Learning.
Limerick Institute of Technology’s Director of Industry Engagement...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Meet the Stradbally Personal Trainer who turned his...
Back in August, we spoke to Stradbally Personal Trainer Tom Shiel who shared how his personal journey led to a thriving business.
The pandemic has...
2021 Remembered – REVEALED: Our choice of the top 25 TikTok-ers in Laois
Back in April, we compiled a list of our top 25 TikTok-ers.
TikTok is huge all the over the world at the moment, and with...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Meet the Mountmellick Crochet Artist who’s hand-made pieces...
Back in July, we spoke to Courtney Murray from Mountmellick about her successful Crochet business.
The pandemic has taken so much away – but it...
2021 Remembered – ‘We had great days in the Laois jersey and I loved...
Back in February, Mary Kirwan joined us on the Talking Sport Podcast to recall some of her fondest memories in a Laois jersey.
It’s hard...
2021 Remembered – Ranked and filed: Our selection of Laois’s Top 25 tweeters –...
Back in January, we compiled a list of our top 25 tweeters.
In the early days of LaoisToday back in 2017, we picked out Laois’s Top...
2021 Remembered – Laois Abroad: Mountmellick couple who swapped life in the town for...
In March we met Lauren McCormack and Dylan Baxter who told us all about their adventures in Canada.
The third instalment of our Laois Abroad...
2021 Remembered – Laois Gardai issues fines and turn around cars for breaches of...
Back in January, Gardai were on force to ensure that the public were following the restrictions that were put in place at the time.
Gardai...
2021 Remembered – Up and Coming: Raheen’s Owen Joyce on his Occupational Therapy business
Back in June, Raheen native Owen Joyce spoke about his exciting Ocupational Therapy business ‘Original Therapies.’
The pandemic has taken so much away – but...
2021 Remembered – Five Laois GAA greats we’d love to see featured on Laochra...
Back in February, we compiled a list of Laois people who we believed were worthy of featuring on the TG4 programme Laochra Gael.
On the...
2021 Remembered – Sale confirmed of old Parochial House and prime site in Portlaoise
Back in August, the Parochial House in Portlaoise was sold alongside the adjoining grounds.
The sale of the old Parochial House and adjoining grounds in...
2021 Remembered – ‘You can expect to meet him down the local’ – Billionaire...
In June, one half of the billionaire Collison brothers, John Collison, purchased a large estate in Abbeyleix.
The new owner of a €20 million Laois...
2021 Remembered – Laois Abroad: From The Heath to the Cayman Islands – life...
Back in March we interviewed Heath native Colin Nestor about his adventures in the Caribbean.
The first instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021...
2021 Remembered – Glory for Laois student as first ever virtual BT Young Scientist...
Back in January, the first virtual BT Young Scientist Exhibition took place due to Covid-19 which saw Heywood CS student, Evan Hogg, win second...
2021 Remembered – Birthday Joy: Three life-long Laois neighbours celebrate turning 90
Back January we celebrated three neighbours from The Swan who had all turned 90 years old.
Three life-long neighbours in a Laois village have been...
In Pictures: Two extraordinary Laois women to be remembered in new book
‘Opening a Window on the Past’ is a local history publication by Regina Dunne, Laois Historian in Residence 2019/2020 under the Decade of Centenaries...
After a Covid hit 2020, one of Laois’s longest running golf societies is back
For the first time since late 2019, members of one of Laois's longest running golf societies will be teeing it up this weekend.
The Laois...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, January 15, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Jackie Doheny
Fr. O'Connor Crescent, Mountrath, Laois
Jackie Doheny. Fr. O' Connor Crescent, Mountrath,...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, January 14, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Christina (Nuala) Costello (née O'Loughlin)
Main Street, Borris-in-Ossory, Laois / Pike of Rushall,...
Remembering the top 10 football games of 2020
Here at LaoisToday we do our best to cover as many GAA matches as possible.
We got to venues all around the county and followed...
Remembering some of the great Laois people who left us in 2020
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...
2020 Remember: Laois student receives Trinity Scholar award for medicine
In April, Katy White received a very prestigious award from Trinity College.
What an amazing achievement this is.
Former Mountrath Community School student Katy White (20)...
Deaths in Laois – Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Teresa (Winifred) Doyle
Portlaoise, Laois / Artane, Dublin
Doyle Teresa (Winifred), (Portlaoise and Artane) –...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Teresa (Winifred) Doyle
Portlaoise, Laois / Artane, Dublin
Doyle Teresa (Winifred), (Portlaoise and Artane) –...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, December 21, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin (Bunny) Carroll
Marian Avenue, Portlaoise, Laois
Predeceased by his mother and father, brothers...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, December 20, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Martin (Bunny) Carroll
Marian Avenue, Portlaoise, Laois
Predeceased by his mother and father, brothers...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, November 30, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Betty Mahon
Bauteogue, Stradbally, Laois
Beloved sister of Patricia (Mc Carthy) and John. Deeply...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, November 29, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Kathleen Keenan (née Costello)
Derrylea, Monasterevin, Kildare/Laois/Offaly
Beloved wife of the late Mick and...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, November 28, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Moira Doyle (née Knowles)
Turra, Ballickmoyler, Carlow / Laois
Wife of the Late Jack....
Deaths in Laois – Friday, November 27, 2020
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Margaret Brennan (née O’Meara)
Pallas Big, Portlaoise, Laois
Brennan (nee O’Meara) Pallas Big, Portlaoise...
