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In Pictures: Busy week of student celebration at Portlaoise College
It was an extremely busy week in the calendar of Portlaoise College this week. First up was the school’s Evening of Excellence in Extra-Curricular...
Laois begin All Ireland Intermediate championship with trip to Meath
The Laois camogie team will get the ball rolling on their All-Ireland Intermediate Championship when they play Meath in Round 1 in Trim on...
In Pictures: Academic excellence and sporting achievements recognised at Knockbeg College holds awards day
The Knockbeg College annual Parents' Day Mass and Awards Ceremony was held recently to acknowledge and reward the wonderful achievements and efforts of the...
Fr Paddy: A prayer for students
In the last years of his life, the great cellist and conductor Pablo Casals suffered greatly from rheumatoid arthritis and emphysema.
At 90, he was...
Fianna Fáil candidates line up as nominations close ahead of 2024 Local Elections
This time next year, we will be in the throes of election fever as the people of Laois will be getting ready to select...
New principal appointed to Portlaoise Institute
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board has announced the appointment of Keith McClearn as the new principal of Portlaoise Institute.
It is the first...
Weekend Read: Portlaoise native’s veggie app supports sustainable eating
A Portlaoise native is doing his bit to ensure that we eat more vegetables.
Bernard Grandjean, son of GP Deirdre Honan who had a practice...
Meet the ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ adopted Laois woman who hopes to run in...
A woman living in Killenard who describes herself as ‘half Russian, half Ukrainian’ and who is a member of the Laois Volunteer Support Team,...
‘Transport policy being devised as if we should all live in Noddy’s Toy Village’...
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has said that a recent series of proposals from Green Party Transport Minister Eamon Ryan are just the...
Laois student among winners of all-island ‘Poetry Aloud’ poetry speaking competition
A Portlaoise college student has been announced among the winners of this year’s Poetry Aloud competition.
This is a competition which challenges second-level students across...
Member of first ever Mountrath St Patrick’s Day Parade committee to act as Grand...
Jimmy Conroy, the last living committee member for the first Mountrath St Patrick Parade, will act as Grand Marshall in honour of this year’s...
Former GAA president and teacher pays heartfelt tribute as late Adam Kirwan laid to...
Former GAA President Liam O'Neill paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Adam Kirwan who was laid to rest on Sunday.
Mr O'Neill was principal...
Calls for Laois secondary school to receive new PE hall made in the Dail
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the need for St Fergal’s College Rathdowney to have a PE hall in the Dáil.
The Laois TD...
Weekend Read: The fascinating financial career of Portlaoise man Sean Conroy
It’s a long way from Portlaoise to Pennsylvania Avenue – the home of US presidential power - and Wall Street but it has been...
Portlaoise Institute Opens Applications for September 2023
At Portlaoise Institute we have a huge Variety of QQI Level 5 courses available this September. Our full-time courses, run from September until May...
Mountrath Community School student has award winning poem published
Leaving Certificate student Aisling McEvoy has had her first poem published in the anthology ‘Confessions of a Clockwalker’.
Aisling is a 6th year student in...
All systems go as Stradbally teenager set to launch debut country music album
For 17-year-old Leaving Cert student Ross Molloy, the launch of his debut album ‘The County I Love Best of All’ in the Manor Hotel,...
In Picture: Investigation the winner as Colaiste Iosagain host first Sci-Fest competition
The PE Hall in Colaiste Iosagain was packed to the rafters yesterday as the Portarlington school held it's first ever Sci-Fest competition.
The Third Years...
Two more debuts and 12 changes as Laois team named for O’Byrne Cup clash...
Laois senior football manager Billy Sheehan has made 12 changes to his team for their clash with Carlow on Wednesday night.
This O'Byrne Cup tie...
2022 Remembered: Excellent selection of images from Laois Chamber awards as Midland Steel claim...
The first Laois Chamber Alliance awards took place in the Heritage hotel in Killenard in November.
Nearly 300 people were in attendance at the Laois...
2022 Remembered: Laois twins to the fore as popular RTE TV show comes to...
Barrowhouse twins, James and Andrew Baldwin found their way onto RTÉ's DIY SOS back in April.
Laois twins were to the fore as popular RTE...
2022 Remembered: Five Laois students receive Trinity College Entrance Exhibition awards
A look back to March when five students from around Laois received Trinity College Entrance Exhibition awards.
A record number of students from every county...
Two Laois students awarded Third Level bursaries by their former school
Each year at Portlaoise College, two students are awarded with a Scholarship Bursary worth €1,000 each which goes towards their third level education fees.
This...
In Pictures: College preparation pays off at Portlaoise College
In the recent College Awareness week which took place in Portlaoise College, there were many events and activities organised where the whole school community...
Festive night of fashion, music and dancing in Vicarstown this Saturday
Club events have been a rare occurrence over the past couple of years but thankfully they've been making a very welcome return in recent...
Laois man’s new research could help stop the spread of cancer cells around the...
A 30-year-old Mountmellick-born lecturer in biomedical engineering at the University of Galway has just had his research, which gives new insights into how cancer...
WATCH: Laois secondary school launch TikTok page to promote Stand Up Awareness Week
A Laois secondary school set up a TikTok account as part of their efforts during Stand Up Awareness Week.
Mountmellick Community School produced a video...
In Pictures: Laois student joins the debate as Seanad na nOg takes place
Abigail Lalor, one of the Laois Comhairle members, participated in Seanad na nOg this year.
This event gave young people the opportunity to debate a...
The story of the Laois man playing a key role in the London Irish...
A Laois man is playing a key role in the planning of the new multi-million pound London Irish Centre which is scheduled to open...
In Pictures: Excellent selection of images from Laois Chamber awards as Midland Steel claim...
Nearly 300 people were in attendance at the Laois Business Awards 2022 on Friday night, which were hosted by Laois Chamber Alliance.
Midland Steel were...
