Tag: Portlaoise

Thousands of people turned up in Portlaoise this afternoon for the St Patrick's Day parade, despite the threat of wet weather hanging over the...

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Gardai are appealing for information after a car was burnt out in Portlaoise last night. The incident took place in Knockmay at around 11.30pm and...

Two ambulances are attending the scene of a road traffic accident in Portlaoise this morning. The incident took place in the Towerhill area of Portlaoise,...

Irish Rail has reassured customers in Laois that stations in Portarlington and Portlaoise are busy stations which require customer services, amid union concerns over...

Concerns that the train stations in Portlaoise and Portarlington will eventually become automated and have no staff have been raised by SIPTU. LaoisToday.ie has learned...

Portlaoise has been identified as a location in need of a No Name Club for teenagers by the national voluntary organisation. The organisation says it...

Gardai are appealing for witnesses after three house robberies were carried out in the Portlaoise and Mountrath areas on Friday. Two took place in Portlaoise...

Up to 30 jobs are being created with the opening of the much-anticipated Bog Road pub in Fairgreen on the Mountmellick Road in Portlaoise. The...

The cross country season comes to an end this weekend with the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Finals being held in Mallusk Playing Fields, Newtownabbey,...

The Student Enterprise Programme Laois Schools County Final took place in the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise yesterday with a dazzling array of young Laois...

John Giles was at Laois Leeds United Members Club very first function and fittingly he will remember old friends by returning for their 10th...

The Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day Committee has been busy laying the groundwork for what they hope will be one of the most successful parades...

One Laois person woke up €180,000 richer this morning following last nights' National Lottery Draw. A Quick Pick sold in SuperValu on the Abbeyleix Road...

Five people have been arrested - one in Portlaoise - following a drugs seizure by the Gardai earlier today. Four men and one woman have...

Consultants at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise are paying nothing to use rooms for their private patient appointments, while €322,017 was taken in from the...

This Monday retired Portlaoise couple Jim and Esther McCormack will board a plane for South Africa. They’ve sold the house that they raised their...

At just 30 years of age, Portlaoise man David Finn is a serial entrepreneur who has built up a string of local businesses without...

Gardai in Portlaoise are encouraging people who buy stuff from people on online sites such as DoneDeal.ie or Adverts.ie to 'wise up' when it comes...

The Portlaoise screening of EMBRACE, a powerful documentary film about female body image, set a global sales record when details emerged of when it...

Music Generation Laois, in conjunction with Laois School of Music, is delighted to announce its inaugural 'Brass Evening' on Monday, February 27, at 5pm...

Agency staff at Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise are swelling the wage bill there by €4.5 million. An inability to attract permanent staff means that...

Gardai are seeking the public’s assistance after a van was broken in to outside of the Portlaoise Leisure centre last night. The work van, a...

The 2017 Laois football and hurling Championship Draws will take place tonight in the Laois Shopping Centre from 7pm. With memories of Jody Dillon’s last...

A 133.5 acre farm in Killeigh on the Laois/Offaly border will go to auction in March with a guide price of €9,000 to €10,000/ac. GVM...

Celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean will again be the special guest at Friday night’s Portarlington and Killenard Gala Ball, an event which has raised over...

There was a huge reaction to last week's New to the Area interview with Gintautas Cepaitis and next up is Russian girl Alena Chikurnikova who...

A strong submission pushing the case for Portlaoise to be prioritised as one of the main towns for investment outside of Dublin, is to...

A man was assaulted and a quantity of cash and electrical items were stolen from him close to Portlaoise Leisure Centre at approximately 6...

A major overhaul is underway on how planning and development will take place in Ireland over the next 20 years, with an urban planner...