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National Ploughing Championships ‘hopeful’ site will reopen tomorrow

Organisers of the National Ploughing Championships are hopeful that the site will be fit for use tomorrow. Managing Director Anna May McHugh has released a...

BREAKING: Ploughing Championships CANCELLED due to Storm Ali

This is the news that nobody wanted to hear. Day 2 of the National Ploughing Championships has been cancelled due to Storm Ali. Organisers made the...

BREAKING: Ploughing Championships opening time DELAYED further due to Storm Ali

This pesky storm is causing even more hassle this morning. LaoisToday understands that entry for the public has now been pushed back to 12.30pm. A Garda...

Ploughing Championships opening time confirmed as Storm Ali batters Ireland

The Ploughing Champions will open at 11am as planned this morning - two hours later that normal. The decision was taken late last night to...

BREAKING: Opening of Ploughing Championships DELAYED due to Storm Ali

The opening time for tomorrow's National Ploughing Championships will be delayed. A statement said: "Due to the passage of storm Ally through the midlands between...

Winner announced in LaoisToday Ploughing Championships ticket giveaway

It is Christmas time across the country for farmers from tomorrow morning. The National Ploughing Championships will get underway in Screggan in Offaly as people...

Ploughing Championships could return to Laois in 2019 as four-day world...

This year's National Ploughing Championships will be held in Screggan outside Tullamore in two week's time - but the massive annual event could be...

Excitement building as National Ploughing Championships site almost ready

With just under two weeks to go to the staging of Europe’s largest outdoor event, the site in Screggan, Tullamore is really taking shape...

Child safety initiative makes a return to the National Ploughing Championships

A Keeping You Safe child safety wristband initiative will be an important feature again at this year’s National Ploughing Championships following its tremendous success in previous...

Best of 2017 – WATCH: Flooding mayhem at the Ploughing Championships

Ok, we'll admit that we might be a little bit over the top with this one! But when the Ploughing Championships got flooded in Offaly...

Tributes paid to charity supporter Gordon Bradley

Tributes have been paid to Gordon Bradley, Ballycoolan, Stradbally who was a tireless supporter of charities in Laois and also the voice of the...

Ploughing to return to Offaly in 2018

The National Ploughing Championships will take place in Screggan in Offaly again in 2018, it has been announced this afternoon. The venue which is near...

In Pictures: Davis and Cooney lead the way for Laois at...

Karl Davis's success in the intermediate reversible class and second place finishes for Pat Cooney and David Walsh were the Laois highlights at this...

It’s Saturday – so here are the week’s top stories

There was plenty of news in Laois and the surrounding areas this week with the National Ploughing championships taking place, new backroom staff announced...

Massive work done overnight to improve conditions at Ploughing

Staff in Screggan in Tullamore worked through the night in an effort to get the Ploughing Championships open for Day 3 this morning. Prolonged rain...

WATCH: Flooding mayhem at the Ploughing Championships

Whose idea was it to put the Ploughing Championships in one of the most boggiest parts of Ireland? Well whoever it was is counting the...

WATCH: LaoisToday Snapchat takeover at the Ploughing goes down a storm

Laois is a small county filled with wonderful people. We launched ourselves on Snapchat a couple of months ago and the reaction has been brilliant. In...

The Ploughing and I: Alf Harvey – ‘I’d introduce a Celebrity...

Alf Harvey has been the official photographer for the National Ploughing Association for a number of years and is part of the furniture now...

Laois ploughman celebrating first All Ireland title

Ballylinan man Karl Davis is celebrating a first All Ireland title at the National Ploughing Championship following Day 1 of the event in Offaly. Davis,...

The Ploughing and I: ‘I remember seeing the ploughmen and I...

Brendan Greene from Ratheniska is one of a number of Laois people to be actually competing in the Ploughing championships this week - he's...

The Ploughing and I: ‘A fantastic celebration of the Irish agricultural...

Camross woman Mary Phelan is the first person to feature on our Ploughing Q&A this week as she recalls her early experience going to...

Laois team all set for ploughing championships this week

There are 13 Laois Ploughing team members set to compete in Tullamore this week as the National Ploughing Championships get underway. The chairman of Laois County...

WATCH: The reason one of the LaoisToday team WON’T be going...

The National Ploughing Championships are now in full swing but this scribe won't be in attendance. Last year, when I was still working with the...

Anna May McHugh to appear on Late Late Show

Ballylinan woman Anna May McHugh will be a guest of Ryan Tubridy on Friday night’s Late Late Show. The managing director of the National Ploughing...

In Pictures: Strong Laois contingent at launch of National Ploughing Championships...

Given that the National Ploughing Championship is run by a Laois family the connections with the annual event run deep in the county. Today the...

Laois woman is ‘rising’ to the top as she qualifies for the...

Brown Bread is a stalwart in the Irish diet for centuries. Who doesn’t love brown bread, especially the homemade batch. Whether it is with...

50 years going strong – Laois ploughing celebrates significant milestone

This weekend marks a very special occasion for Laois Ploughing marks its 50th anniversary. Macra Na Feirme held ploughing competitions in Laois in the sixties...