Tag: Portlaoise

Better cycle facilities, improved public transport, a community centre and a town architect were among the suggestions for improving Portlaoise town centre at an...

Gardai and forensics are carrying out a search of a house today in connection with the murder investigation of a missing Laois man. William Delaney,...

Camross 1-5 Portlaoise 0-7 1985 Laois SHC Final There's something about a five-in-a-row in the GAA world that has proven so difficult for so many teams...

Portlaoise 4-5 Ballinakill 1-10 U-17 Hurling Championship Final 2000 21 years ago this month, Portlaoise and Ballinakill clashed in the U-17 hurling final. Three goals in the...

The government has announced new funding of €9 million for a project to make Portlaoise Ireland’s first designated 'Low Carbon Town'. Fianna Fail Minister for...

Three major County Council led projects planned for Portlaoise and Portlaoise, that had been delayed due to Covid-19, are set to get underway this...

Aussie Rules star Zach Tuohy is set to open a new coffee shop in Portlaoise in a partnership with his long-time friend Murry Rogers. The...

A Laois teenager has written about how Covid-19 has impacted upon her life over the last year.  19-year-old Amy Reddin, from Portlaoise, was heading towards...

A man is due in court this morning following a huge drugs seizure in Laois over the weekend. A man, aged in his 40s, was...

Hume Auctioneers announced this week the launch of a new phase of just eighth 4-bedroom homes in Foxburrow on the Block Road in Portlaoise. Hollybrook...

Normally at this time of the year, various local pantomime groups around the country would be in the thick of their schedule of shows...

A Laois bank has been forced to close temporarily following a suspected Covid-19 outbreak among staff members. AIB in Lyster Square in Portlaoise has been...

Residents near where an anaerobic digestion facility is set to be constructed in Laois are planning to mount a legal challenge to An Bord...

There is deep sadness in Portlaoise this week following the passing of PJ Nealon. Mr Nealon, who was originally from Janesboro, Limerick, passed away peacefully...

Laois County Council invites you to take part in a Consultation/Survey to help shape the development of a Masterplan for Lands at Stradbally Road,...

All of the masses scheduled for St Peter and Paul's Church in Portlaoise on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are now fully booked. Starting last...

In the strangest of years, it's going to finish up in the strangest of ways too. If you're hoping to catch Christmas mass this year...

It's amazing what you can find in Alf Harvey's wonderful archives. And the latest trip down memory lane brings us back to this time 20...

More than three years after being closed, the refurbished public toilets in the heart of Portlaoise are set to open this week. The toilets have...

The owners of one of Portlaoise's oldest pubs have described the experience of losing almost an entire year's custom as well as the challenges...

Gardai and members of the Army Bomb Disposal Unit attended a house in Laois over night. A suspect device was left outside a house in...

Two areas of Laois can now avail of 5G as eir announced that its new mobile network is now available to more than 45%...

An elderly Portlaoise couple endured an horrific ordeal in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon as they got into their car after leaving the St...

Emo 0-11 Portlaoise 1-6 Laois Shopping Centre SFC Quarter-final Emo are through to the Laois SFC semi-final following their first knockout win over Portlaoise in almost...

Portlaoise 2-13 Barrowhouse 1-10 Laois JFC Quarter-final Portlaoise are through to a Junior A semi-final after they needed extra-time to get the better of Barrowhouse this...

As we all adjust to the new normal of living alongside Covid-19, there are many things we cannot do at the moment. Around now, photographers...

Brought to you in association with Telfords, Portlaoise and Mountrath Portlaoise 3-18 Camross 0-16 Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC Semi-final Portlaoise are through to the final of...

Sarsfields 0-12 Portlaoise 1-12 Laois Ladies Senior Football Final History has been made in MW Hire O'Moore Park this afternoon as Portlaoise have won their first...

Portlaoise 0-6 Ballyroan-Abbey 2-9 Laois MFC ‘A’ Final Portlaoise's eight year wait for a Minor title goes on as Ballyroan-Abbey stunned them in the final quarter...

Midlands Park Hotel Minor 'A' Football Championship Final Portlaoise v Ballyroan-Abbey In the LOETB Centre of Excellence at 7.15pm Tonight sees the conclusion of the minor...