Tag: Portarlington

There are some people that go over and above for their community and the late Niall McElwaine in Portarlington was one such man. The Donegal...

Portarlington senior football manager Martin Murphy has described as 'absolute bullshit' the rumours that the club's players have been discouraged from playing with Laois...

Gardai in Laois seized a quantity of heroin following an incident in Portarlington. On Monday evening, Portarlington gardai observed a vehicle being driven dangerously in...

Portarlington 0-8 O'Dempsey's 0-4 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Quarter-final Portarlington are back into the Laois SFC semi-finals following a battling win over neighbours O'Dempsey's in MW...

In this week's Property Watch, we're taking a look at what is available in and around the town of Portarlington. In each case, you can...

In a record-breaking year, five of the teaching staff at Portlaoise College are still standing at the business end of the Laois hurling and...

A portfolio of town centre properties in Portarlington has sold for €1,085,000 at a BidX1 online auction this week. It comprised of a mix of...

Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington are currently recruiting for the following position: Personal Assistant/Receptionist. Permanent Position x 5 days (reduced hours). Excellent phone and...

The issue of derelict building that has been described as 'an eyesore that would not be tolerated anywhere else in the county' has come...

Portlaoise 0-10 Partarlington 1-11 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Round 2 Portarlington have beaten Portlaoise for the first time in the championship since 2001 following a committed...

Portlaoise and Portarlington are set to square off in the Laois senior football championship for the second time in 12 months in O'Moore Park...

€1,196,000 under the Government’s July Stimulus Funding for Active Travel and Climate Change Adaptation Measures has been allocated to Laois. This money will be used...

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...