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Election Diary: Campaign launch, jobs for Laois and positive Live Register figures
It is less than three months until the Elections and our sixth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
Election Diary: Sewage problems, funding and calls to go Green for St Patrick’s Day
It is less than three months until the Elections and our fifth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
Top Laois restaurants, Garda recruits and Knockbeg winning Leinster – it’s our Top Stories...
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Five Laois men among new Garda recruits
All five completed their Garda training in Templemore College this week
Top restaurants in Laois announced
The top restaurants...
March of the Vikings coming to Timahoe
Registration has just opened for the inaugural Timahoe Heritage Festival run, which will follow the route taken by marauding Vikings 1,100 years ago.
Themed 'The...
Good Week, Bad Week: Top restaurants, young scientists and school supports
As part of our now well-established running series, we bring you this week’s ‘Good Week/Bad Week’.
To see who has had a good or bad...
Election Diary: Fine Gael stalwart resigns, Community Weekend and ‘silver-spoon’ politicians
It is less than three months until the Elections and our fourth Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
Top restaurants in Laois announced at Irish Restaurant Awards
The best places to eat and drink in Laois were chosen at an awards ceremony in the Killashee Hotel, Kildare.
Establishments in Portlaoise, Portarlington, Emo,...
Election Diary: International Women’s Day, school visit and calls for electoral reform
It is less than three months until the Elections and our third Election Diary is now here.
We look at the latest political pieces as...
REVEALED: Glanbia Cheese plant to proceed in Laois after objection withdrawn
The path is now clear for Glanbia and Leprino Foods to build a €130m mozarella cheese factory in Portlaoise after an objection to the new...
Poetry continues to rhyme for Portlaoise author
What a wonderful lift I got when the postman arrived this morning in a snowy-slushy, yet-to-make-up-its mind spring season in Timahoe.
There it was, suitably...
Caution urged on Laois roads as snow begins to melt
The snow is slowly beginning to melt away this morning but conditions on our roads are slippery to say the least.
AA Roadwatch is reporting...
Election Diary: Launches, big support and a call for help
It was a busy week of campaign launches - but it was really only the start of it.
On Thursday night, Renua officially kick-started Dom...
Election Diary: New LED streetlights, calls for a reduction in the speed limit...
Election season is well and truly underway and the political stories are coming thick and fast here on LaoisToday.
So we bring you the second...
A fresh start for Round Tower Rovers FC
One of Laois's previously forgotten soccer clubs has made a comeback.
Round Tower Rovers FC, who in September of 2018, were reignited by Brian Oxley...
‘Disappointed’ Ramsbottom intends to run for Fianna Fail in 2024
A simple typing error robbed a Fianna Fail member of the chance of being selected to run for his party in the Local Elections...
Bord na Mona voluntary redundancy scheme ‘oversubscribed’
A Bord na Monda voluntary redundancy scheme has been 'oversubscribed', the Irish Independent is reporting.
The company had set a target of around 400 departures...
Election Diary: Dumping in Borris-in-Ossory and campaign launches
Election season is well and truly underway and the political stories are coming thick and fast here on LaoisToday.
So we bring you the first...
More than one in seven Laois people have a disability
A total of 11,393 people with one or more disabilities and 3,581 carers live in Laois.
These figures were presented by Independent senator John Dolan,...
Owner of Quinn’s Tea Rooms says it will remain closed for ‘the forseeable future’...
There was shock among the community in Abbeyleix as an overnight fire occurred in Quinn's Tea Rooms in the early hours of Monday morning.
Laois...
In Pictures: Michael Martin in Portarlington during visit to Kildare South constituency
The boundary changes that moved Portarlington, Killenard and Ballybrittas into the Kildare South constituency for the next General Election will only become real when...
‘Hard working’ community man enters election race in Portlaoise as Renua snap up former...
Renua will have a candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District Area in this year's Local Elections, following the decision of well-known community activist and...
Payroll services success story continues with 12 new jobs while update given on Glanbia...
The success story of the Payroll Shared Services Centre at Laois County Council continues with 12 additional staff to be added immediately to cater...
Laois woman receives Irish Tourism Industry Award for EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum was awarded the Best Entrepreneurial Tourism Innovation Award at 2019 Irish Tourism Industry Awards.
The Awards, organised by the Irish...
Penalty shoot-out heartbreak for Portlaoise Ladies Hockey team
Portlaoise 1 (0) Three Rock Rovers 1 (2)
Leinster Division 9-10 Cup Quarter Final
Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club narrowly missed out on progressing to the Semi-Finals...
New Labour representative seeks nomination for Graiguecullen-Portarlington election
Graiguecullen-Portarlington have a new Labour representative running for this year's local elections.
Eoin Barry has announced his intention to seek the Labour Party nomination for...
Fine Gael shape up to win back seats in Borris-Mountmellick Area
It may have been freezing cold and snowing outside but there was a clear spring in the step of the Fine Gael members who...
Change in Camross as new senior hurling manager appointed for 2019 season
The Camross hurlers will go for an historic three-in-a-row in the Laois SHC in 2019 - and will do so with a new man...
Unusual political marriage as Portlaoise pantomine begins
Politics has a way of throwing up unusual arrangements and agreements and has done so since the beginning of time.
This week, as the Portlaoise...
New faces on the team as Fine Gael confirm candidates for Graiguecullen-Portarlington District
Fine Gael will run three candidates in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington Municipal in this year's Local Elections.
The party held their selection convention in the Gandon Inn...
Laois TD calls for greater urgency in relation to progess of Abbeyleix hospital
Laois TD Sean Fleming has called for greater urgency to be shown in relation to the progress surrounding Abbeyleix Hospital.
A Steering Group is...
