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Two arrested in Laois as groups travel from Waterford, Cork and Limerick for sulky...
Portlaoise Gardai made two arrests and issued 12 fixed charge penalty notices earlier today after they stopped group of males who had travelled from...
2019 Laois hurling champions Rathdowney-Errill appoint new manager
Shane Keegan, who has managed League of Ireland soccer teams Galway Utd and Wexford Youths and currently works with Dundalk FC, has been appointed...
Property Watch: Escape to the sea – five holiday home options for sale across...
In January, at the height of a pandemic-enforced lockdown, we can only dare to dream of summer holidays.
And in a land-locked county here in...
Covid-19 vaccines arrive at Laois nursing home following outbreak which has led to 16...
Covid-19 vaccines arrived at a Laois nursing home, which has been battling a Coronavirus outbreak since the turn of the year, this morning.
The Covid-19...
Outstanding memberships at Portlaoise Leisure Centre to be honoured when facility reopens
Anyone who had paid their membership to Portlaoise Leisure Centre when it closed last year will have the remaining time honoured when the facility...
‘Palpable sense of grief’: Laois priest on how the loss of traditional funerals has...
A Laois parish priest has explained how the loss of a traditional Irish funeral has exacerbated the grief that is being experienced by the...
‘Heartened to see reduction in case numbers’ but Laois GPs ask patients to avoid...
Laois GPs have asked people not to contact doctor's surgeries at the moment to be placed on a list for the Covid-19 vaccine.
In a...
Electric and hybrid car sales in Laois increase over 20% in 2020
The sale of electric and hybrid cars increased over 20% in Laois in 2020, despite the overall number of cars sold being down on...
Down Memory Lane Podcast: The unforgettable events of 1995
Who doesn’t like a bit of nostalgia? Who doesn’t enjoy a trip down memory lane?
In this strange new Coronavirus world where the restrictions are...
‘The more people come in, the more it becomes a known centre of enterprise...
The Coronavirus pandemic has effected everything and slowed development in lots areas but anyone driving on the M7 motorway in Portlaoise will have noticed...
New president takes charge, new sponsorship announced and high profile guest lined up as...
The Laois Chamber was only beginning to find its feet in early 2020 when the Coronavirus pandemic disrupted its early momentum.
Having only been officially...
Former Laois footballer takes over Arles-Killeen for 2021 season
Former Laois footballer Rory Stapleton has taken over as manager of Arles-Killeen for the 2021 club season.
The Annanough man, who won an All Ireland...
New car sales in Laois decrease 12% in 2020 – though not as sharp...
The number of new car sales fell by over 12% in Laois in 2020 compared to 2019, according to figures released last week by...
No show this year as Portlaoise Panto ‘family’ hope for normality by 2022
Normally at this time of the year, various local pantomime groups around the country would be in the thick of their schedule of shows...
End of an era for Portlaoise GAA as club legend Cahir Healy opts to...
Cahir Healy's long playing association with Portlaoise GAA appears to be at an end following the dual star's decision to transfer to a London...
‘I can’t wait to get it and I can’t wait to get stuck in...
A doctor's surgery is a busy place in a normal year but the Maryborough Family Practice on Main Street in Portlaoise received 8,000 extra...
Weekend Read: Connacht, Covid and career memories – Tom Daly and Masterson brothers on...
This evening in Galway, Connacht will play Munster in the Pro12 a week on from their first win over Leinster in 19 years.
Connacht sit...
Glory for Laois student as first ever virtual BT Young Scientist Exhibition
Over 1,000 students from across the island of Ireland took part in the first ever virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
The event this...
Looking back on the best Laois hurling 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...
Laois Doctor on Covid-19 Vaccines: How they work and why they’re safe
2020 saw the world ravaged by Covid-19 but 2021 will hopefully see the world fight back against this virus through vaccinations.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is...
MEP for Laois hits out at ‘tardy delivery’ of vaccine as non-EU countries ‘power...
MEP for the South, which include Laois, Billy Kelleher, has hit out at the European Union's vaccine roll-out programme.
The Cork native says that the...
Laois nursing home battling Covid-19 outbreak among residents and staff
A Laois nursing home is battling a Covid-19 outbreak amongst residents and staff.
Droimnin Nursing Home in Stradbally had remained Covid-free throughout the pandemic until...
2020 Remembered: Laois Community turns out in force to celebrate much loved granny on...
Back in April, one Laois granny celebrated her 100th birthday.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – these are extraordinary times that...
Portlaoise Hospital delivers two of Ireland’s first babies of 2021
Two of the first babies to be born in Ireland in 2021 were delivered in the early hours of New Year's Day in Portlaoise...
2020 Remembered: WATCH: Laois supermarket goes viral for in store St Patrick’s Day Parade
Back in March while the rest of us were in lockdown, this Laois supermarket went viral for celebrating St Patrick's Day in the best...
2020 Remembered: Fr Paddy: Suicide – a pandemic that continues to devastate
In July, Fr Paddy spoke about the prevalent issue of suicide on Laois.
During the past ten days, five lives have been lost to suicide...
2020 Remembered: Laois parents hail local Garda and Portlaoise Hospital as baby daughter comes...
In April, the kind actions of a Laois Garda hit the headlines as a family that he helped spoke out.
A Laois Dad and Mam...
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 Remembered: Laois parents open up about difficulties of having a premature baby in...
Back in April as the world tried to come to terms with Covid-19, Edel and Colin Finn described to us the difficulties of having...
CONFIRMED: Taoiseach announces full Level 5 lockdown until end of January
Ireland will enter full Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions until the end of January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has confirmed.
As already revealed, schools are to remain...
