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Studying during Coronavirus: Scoil Chriost Ri student on prepping for state exams in a...
The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment.
Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...
Studying during Coronavirus: Portlaoise CBS student on prepping for state exams in a pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment.
Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...
35 things we learned in the Coronavirus pandemic – 3 minute read … now...
With the world almost entirely shut down and unrecognisable from what it was just a couple of short weeks ago, John Whelan has put...
Busy times as chairman of Irish Grain Growers urges farmers to be careful amid...
The Laois farmer who is chairman of the Irish Grain Growers Group has urged farmers to be particularly careful at this time as they...
The Coronavirus, a dodgy pitch and Lovely Laois – It’s all in our Tweets...
In the midst of a global pandemic Laois twitter rise up.
We've gathered the tweets of the week and once again they're quality.
It didn't last...
Bronwyn Cuddy: ‘Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life’ – Fernando Pessoa
"What can she/he do in order to improve their grade?" is the most commonly asked question at parent-teacher meetings and this is a fact...
Brand new building in the works for Laois school
A brand new school is on the way to Portarlington - according to newly elected TD for Kildare South Cathal Berry.
The Independent's first parliamentary...
PROFILED: The Laois U-20 footballers vying for Leinster championship glory against Dublin
Brought to you in association with the Anvil Inn
The long awaited day is just 24 hours away for the Laois U-20 footballers.
Friday is Leinster...
Laois Abroad: From The Rock to working with Arsenal and as Formula 1 physio...
Patrick Harding is from The Rock but is currently living the high life in London.
Patrick has a very impressive CV from being a physio...
Abbeyleix Further Education and Training Centre Open Day on Tuesday, March 3
Abbeyleix Further Education and Training Centre are holding an Open Day on Tuesday, March 3, from 10am to 12:30pm and 4-6pm.
Find out what Higher Education,...
REVEALED: Our choice of the top 20 TikTok-ers in Laois
TikTok isn't exactly new but it is certainly the latest craze to sweep the internet.
For the non-initiated amongst us (and that included most of...
Players and management badly treated by GAA’s negligence of U-20 grade
All last week there were rumblings surrounding the Laois U-20 football team ahead of their Leinster championship quarter-final against Westmeath which was due to...
Beautiful eulogy following passing of popular De La Salle Castletown Brother
Brother Norbert Mullins sadly passed away on January 13, he turned 101 on January 10.
A Limerick native, Brother Mullins resided in Miguel House, Castletown...
Meet your Candidates: Would they be willing to enter coalitions?
General Election 2020 is just five days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates who are running in Laois-Offaly...
Local primary school adds two ASD classes for children with autism
Castletown NS have been sanctioned for two Autism Spectrum Disorder classes.
Exclusively mainstream classes aren’t always the best setting for autistic students and children will...
Strong Portarlington support as Cathal Berry launches Kildare South election campaign
Portarlington resident Dr Cathal Berry launched his bid for a Dáil seat in Kildare South in front of 150 people in the Keadeen Hotel...
Portarlington resident Cathal Berry – a doctor and former army ranger – is in...
Dr Cathal Berry - a doctor and former army ranger - has been living in Portarlington for the last 16 years and as a...
Four Laois projects set to compete in the BT Young Scientist finals
The BT Young Scientist competition finals begin today and Laois have four projects represented across two schools.
The BT Young Scientist competition in Europe's oldest...
Remembering some of the great Laois people who left us in 2019
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...
2019 Remembered: 25 signs it’s time to start thinking of retiring from your GAA...
Everyone knows we're a fan of a few lists here and there.
So, this time we decided to do one that might help a few...
2019 Remembered: Laois student the highest achiever in well-known Kilkenny school with 625 points
An incredible achievement by the Durrow student.
One Laois student has topped the class of a prestigious secondary school just over the border.
Fionn Whelan from...
2019 Remembered: 19 Laois people to watch out for in 2019
We've made a few questionable calls in our time but we think we nailed this list!
They all did us proud this year.
There’s any amount...
Women in Sport: Ireland’s Fittest Family contestant and talented athlete Maeve Maher
This week we have something special in our 'Women in Sports' segment.
The Ireland's Fittest Family final will air Sunday night at 6:30pm on RTE1,...
Portlaoise College student rewarded with academic scholarship
Academic success was rewarded recently by Carlow Institute of Technology as part of their scholarship program.
Gyula Torok, a Portlaoise College Leaving Cert Student in...
In Pictures: Laois school celebrate successful College Awareness Week
College Awareness Week recently took place in Portlaoise College and they carried out many events and activities where the whole school community came together...
Local climate change group set for meeting in Laois
We are living in a time of huge change.
Urgent and global conversations are happening in our classrooms, on our airwaves, on TV and in...
Two Laois men in the running for National Community Games Awards
The National Community Games Area Awards will take place in Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow on December 7 and two Laois men are in the...
Bronwyn Cuddy: Move over Disco Queens, Vsco Girls are here!
Our occasional columnist Bronwyn Cuddy writes this week about bizarre Vsco Girls craze.
Stereotypes are nothing new.
We’ve all fallen foul of the ‘in-thing’ at some...
25 signs it’s time to start thinking of retiring from your GAA career
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on May 4, 2018
There's an old joke that compares professional soccer players to their amateur inter-county counterparts...
Record crowds attend Portlaoise College’s Career and College Exhibition
Choices for midlands students transitioning from post-primary into third level education were plentiful at Portlaoise College’s fifth annual Career and College exhibition recently.
Parents and...
