Tag: Portarlington

Portarlington 1-17 Kilcavan 3-7 Laois Shopping Centre JFC 'A' Round 1 Portarlington have their first win in this year’s Laois JFC 'A' after they put in...

Portarlington 1-12 Stradbally 0-12  Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 1 Portarlington edged out Stradbally in a dogged Laois SFC opener at LOETB Centre of Excellence on...

A new Portarlington Business Association is to be set up, spearheaded by local Kildare South TD Cathal Berry who has an office in the...

National Heritage Week began yesterday and runs until August 23.  Unfortunately due to the current Covid Crisis, Laois County Library Service is not in a...

Fifty Seven Boutique and Gift Emporium have announced that they are closing their Portarlington store and will hold a closing down sale for the...

Four Laois towns will benefit from new Covid-19 supports under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Mountmellick and Portarlington will share €107,500 under...

Brought to you in association with All Books, Portlaoise Portarlington GAA are a club on the rise in Laois. Though they haven't won a senior title...

Laois County Council has taken a long-term lease on the landmark Market House building in the square in Portarlington, one that operated as Ryan's...

Planning permission has been sought to develop a Garden Centre in Portarlington - in the Dublin Road Business Park site which was once the...

Newly elected Fianna Fail Senator Fiona O'Loughlin says that seeing Colaiste Iosagain in Portarlington achieve its new school building is her top priority. The former...

Gardaí have recovered a firearm and a quantity of drugs, which were discovered buried in a wasteland on the Canal Road in Portarlington today. A...

Laois County Council has welcomed the completion of two new housing developments in Portarlington and Stradbally over the last two weeks. These homes are a...

The death has occurred of Anne Goodwin, the popular and long-serving CEO of the Laois Partnership company. In recent times, Anne headed up the Laois...

A popular local amenity on the Laois-Offaly border has been advised to close due to the large crowds congregating there over the weekend. Derryounce Lakes...

The 2017 edition of the Portarlington Emigrant Newslatter featured a very interesting article on Pat Butler, the man who founded and built up Butler's...

Portarlington 0-6 Timahoe 0-5 1988 Laois SFC Final Portlaoise's dominance of the Laois club football scene in the 1980s saw them win six titles in seven...

A Laois TD has been doing voluntary shifts to help out a local nursing home during the Coronavirus pandemic. Portarlington-based Cathal Berry, a TD for...

My Life in Politics is a new weekly series on LaoisToday where we will chat with various local politicians - both past and present. First...

A 16-year-old Laois man has launched a fundraiser on behalf of Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland. Thomas Weight, who just turned 16 on April 2, will...

The Laois community is showing just how good they can be when they work together. And the GAA community in particular is really coming to...

Tributes have been paid following the sad passing of the president of a Laois athletics club. Bill Devereux, of 7 Millbrook Manor, Portarlington, passed away...

Portarlington native Nicole Turner had her sights set not just on competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics later this year but of also finishing...

With no live GAA action to talk about or games to preview, we've entered the world of fantasy! God knows when we'll have another match...

The Anvil Inn, Portarlington - notice to customers Notice !- To help prevent further spread of the covid-19 virus, The Anvil Inn, will close for business...

A young teacher from Portarlington is in quarintine in China, where she has been working for over a year. Aoife Corcoran from Portarlington has been...

Portarlington based Fianna Fail Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick is seeking additional funding for the resurfacing of the R420 from Gracefield to Portarlington. The proposal under the 2020...

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...

Former Laois senior football manager Mick Lillis has been appointed as the new Ballylinan boss for the 2020 season. Lillis, who was over the Laois...

One of the highlights of the local social calendar is set to return to The Heritage in Killenard this Friday night, February 28, for...

Not surprisingly there have been a flood of concerns over flooding across Laois this week. Virtually non-stop rainfall and water-logged land have combined to put...