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A magic win over Monaghan and an early career defeat among...

Given that John O'Loughlin has played for Laois for so long and has been an ever present on the county senior football team since...

Mike Quirke: ‘Collective sessions were never on our agenda’

Collective training sessions haven't been considered by the Laois senior footballers during this latest lockdown, according to manager Mike Quirke. The Kerry man was speaking...
John O'Loughlin

Time out nor retirement never appealed to long-serving O’Loughlin

Given the demands of inter-county GAA, it's a rare thing for someone to have a long career without some kind of break along the...
Mike Quirke

WATCH: Laois football manager Mike Quirke on 2021 season, the Dubs...

Mike Quirke has had the most unusual two seasons as Laois senior football manager. He was no length in the job in 2020 when the...

How a warm-weather training camp in Spain led to one of...

Footage of the Laois footballer's Leinster championship win over Meath in 1992 surfaced online recently.  Meath had been in four of the previous five All...

Laois footballer Begley hoping to finish inter-county career on a positive...

Laois footballer Colm Begley says he would like to finish his inter-county career on a positive note after an injury hit couple of seasons. A...

From a Leinster final, to being dropped and coming back again...

At 19-years-of-age, Finbarr Crowley made his senior inter-county debut in 2018 and started for Laois in a Leinster final against Dublin. But less than a...

Return of the King! Boost for Laois footballers as Donie commits...

The Laois senior footballers have received a pre-season boost as one of the county's highest ever scorers has returned to the panel. Arles-Killeen ace Donie...

New Laois football selector added as thoughts turn to 2021 season

Emo's Paul Lawlor has been added to the Laois senior football backroom team as he links up with manager Mike Quirke as a selector...

Long serving Laois defender announces retirement from inter-county football

The Laois footballers will be without the services of one of their longest serving defenders for the 2021 season as Denis Booth has announced...

‘It was definitely worth it – I think the GAA did...

After watching his side fall to a heavy 22-point loss to Dublin in Croke Park on Sunday, Laois football manager Mike Quirke would have...

‘Physicality is one thing but it’s also the accuracy and skills...

Laois football manager Mike Quirke says his squad need to be hitting the gym in two weeks' time ahead of the 2021 season if...
GAA Green Option

End of the road for Laois footballers as Dublin prove too...

Dublin 2-23 Laois 0-7 Leinster SFC Semi-final And so the Laois football season is at an end after Dublin's all-conquering side proved too strong in Croke...

What you need to know as the Laois footballers take on...

When, where, what time? Today in Croke Park at 3.30pm. But just in case you've been living under a stone for the past number of...
Laois Senior Footballers

Laois senior football team and panel named for Leinster semi final...

Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke has named his team for Sunday’s Leinster semi final clash with Dublin. From the dramatic win over Longford last...

Weekend Read: From the 1800s to the 2000s, wars and pandemics,...

Sunday in Croke Park will be another unusual day for Laois football. It's a Leinster championship semi-final double header with Meath v Kildare as the...

Remembering the day Laois let Dublin off the hook in 1999

Dublin 1-11 Laois 0-14 1999 Leinster SFC Semi-final The phrases “one that got away” and “left it behind them” were coined with games like this in...
Mike Quirke

Quirke knows the scale of the challenge facing Laois but keen...

For all the positivity that comes with a hard-fought championship win, when you play in Leinster the shadow of Dublin hangs over every county. And...

Laois v Dublin to be shown live on TV as weekend...

The Leinster semi final clash between Dublin and Laois will be shown live on TV - the GAA have confirmed. Mike Quirke's footballers will take...

High praise for Laois battlers as Dublin await in Leinster championship...

It has been some year to experience inter-county management for the first time and Laois senior football boss Mike Quirke has had an eventful...

10 Talking Points as Laois see off Longford to set up...

For the third year running, the Laois footballers have a Leinster semi-final to look forward to. Given that the county previously went nine years without...

Laois come from behind to beat Longford and set up semi-final...

Laois 1-16 Longford 1-14 Leinster SFC Quarter-final Laois came from five points down early in the second half to get the better of Longford in Pearse...
Laois Senior Footballers

Laois senior football team and panel named for Longford Leinster clash

Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke has named his team for Sunday's Leinster quarter final clash with Longford. From the dramatic win over Fermanagh two...

Laois manager Quirke provides injury updates on O’Loughlin, Begley and Moore...

Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke has provided an injury update ahead of Sunday's Leinster football championship quarter final away to Longford. The boss is...

Behind enemy lines – the Laois man hoping for a Longford...

Four Graiguecullen lads will be battling for all their worth on the pitch to get the Laois footballers to a third successive Leinster semi...

GAA confirm fixture and TV details for weekend’s matches involving Laois...

The GAA have confirmed fixtures and TV details for this weekend's matches involving Laois teams. Both the Laois senior hurlers and the senior footballers will...
Hurling

Laois hurlers learn All-Ireland Qualifier opponents as huge inter-county weekend on...

The Laois hurlers will face Clare in Round 1 of the All-Ireland Qualifiers. The other Round 1 game will see take on Dublin on Cork. Wexford...

‘Whatever years I have left, I’d like to finish them out...

Gary Walsh's Laois football career has started and stopped a couple of times over the years but the Ballylinan man is delighted to be...
Laois senior footballers

Laois footballers learn championship opponents as Longford get the better of...

The Laois footballers will play Longford in the Leinster SFC quarter-final next Sunday after Longford got the better of Louth in a tight battle...

Laois football captain facing Leinster ban following Fermanagh red card

The Laois senior footballers are facing the prospect of having the play their Leinster championship quarter final without their captain. Portlaoise midfielder Kieran Lillis was...