Tag: Portlaoise

The sad death has occurred of Darragh Fennell who lived in Ballyroan but was originally from Coote Street in Portlaoise. From the large and well-known...

Some very talented Laois musicians took to the stage of Portlaoise early April 2010 as part of the Laois Music Showcase. Crowds flocked to see...

A second Coronavirus centre is set to open in Laois this week. On Tuesday of last week, the Department of Health opened one in Emo...

We'll miss the St Patrick's Day parades this year. The outbreak of Coronavirus across the world has meant the widespread cancellation of almost all public...

Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming has confirmed that capital funding has been provided by the HSE to commence planning for a new Primary Care...

The Sing For Joy Choir based in Portlaoise is blazing a trail for inclusion in Kildare. The community choir, under leader Maureen Culleton sings at...

While there is a generally warm welcome for the news that the public toilets in Portlaoise are to be finally renovated and re-opened, not...

The popular businessman, Dragon, entrepreneur and radio presenter, Bobby Kerr is in town next weekend. Bobby Kerr’s, ‘Your Town Your Main Street’ show has been...

As in keeping with how he performed across the Laois-Offaly constituency, Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley got almost double that of his nearest challenger in...

Meet Lisa Moylan! Lisa moved to Toronto over two years ago and has been enjoying the Canadian lifestyle so far. The Portlaoise woman spoke to us...

Saturday afternoon in Portlaoise. A week to election day. It's pleasantly mild for January as Minister Charlie Flanagan parks in the Market Square in the...

How many times have you been in a social setting and wished that you could dance properly? Have you marveled at those who can jive?...

A GAA fight night was hosted in the then Heritage Hotel, now Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise on January 21 2012. Laois senior footballers and hurlers...

Portlaoise Detective Unit while on a patrol came across a male acting suspiciously in the Cappakeal area outside Portlaoise last night. As a result of...

Portlaoise Panthers 73 Griffith Templogue 67 Women’s Division 1 National League Wow, what a game! These women are always on the go! Just off the back of...

A Laois man who appeared on the Australian version of Love Island is back in town and we got the chance to talk to...

Laois's first home water birth of the year took place earlier this month and mum Colette Duff says it was a positive experience that...

Now that Love Island is back on our screens we were very fortunate to hear from the Laois man that was on the Australian...

For those of you who are feeling down now that the Christmas season is over, fear not as January is the month our favourite...

Students at local Portlaoise school Scoil Chríost Rí have donated thousands of their own books to the Peter Mcverry Trust in Dublin. A committee was...

Telfords, based in Portlaoise, are currently looking to hire a receptionist to join their team. Requirements: The ideal candidate must have previous reception and administration...

Portlaoise has fallen three places in the latest anti-litter league rankings but is still among the cleanest towns in the country. Laois's county town comes...

Following the launch and complete sell out of Phase 1 of the housing development Mount Stewart in Portlaoise, Hume Auctioneers and Hollybrook Homes are launching their...

It must be the most crashed-into bridge in the county - if not further afield. Traffic is being diverted in Portlaoise this Thursday lunchtime following...

A routine Garda checkpoint in the lead-up to Christmas in Portlaoise yielded a drug discovery valued at €70,000. The discovery took place in the early...

The Minor Football Championship came to a conclusion back in October as Emo-Courtwood defeated Ballyroan-Abbey to claim the cup. Ballyroan-Abbey were going for two in...

Hume Auctioneers - we get the pick of the crop! Perhaps the finest house on the market anywhere in the region today, this exquisite family...

The Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, Councillor William Aird, and the Chief Executive of Laois County Council, Mr. John Mulholland have signed the contract...

Minister Charlie Flanagan has reacted angrily and expressed his dismay at the abject failure by Laois County Council to take up a Government grant...

Portlaoise has been revealed to be one of the country’s ‘Destination Towns’ under a new Fáilte Ireland scheme, according to Laois-Offaly TD and Minister...