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2025 Remembered – In Pictures: Great night of celebration as Laois...
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Laois Ladies football experienced an incredibly busy 2025 season at club...
From the Archives – What it’s like to perform on the main stage of...
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There's a great scene in one of those classic D'Unbelievable videos...
From the Archives – Coincidence and camaraderie: Two Laois women recall time in An...
They joined An Garda Síochána on the same day in September 1991 and retired from Portlaoise District on the same date - October 25,...
From the Archives – In Pictures: Scenes of celebration as Portarlington claim Laois SFC...
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Portarlington were crowned champions for the fifth time in six years...
From the Archives – Crettyard man named Federation of Irish Sport Volunteer of the...
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Much deserved recognition for this tireless Crettyard GAA volunteer.
The Federation of...
2025 Remembered – Weekend Read: JP bows out after 40 brilliant years with Portlaoise...
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What a contribution JP Cahillane has made to the Portlaoise Pantomime...
2025 remembered – World Champion once again – Laois Irish dancer named best in...
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A two-time world champion is some achievement for young Irish dancer...
2025 Remembered – Another unholy row as Laois councillors call for changes to nomination...
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The drama of the presidential election campaign even made it into...
2025 Remembered – Two Laois farmers among award winners at Tirlán Co-op’s Dairy and...
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A big achievement for these two Laois farmers.
Two Laois farmers were...
2025 Remembered – Portlaoise restaurant shuts its doors just over a year after opening...
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This premises has been through plenty of change across the past...
2019 Remembered: Jason ‘Chilly’ Ward – What gambling did to me
Back in July, a young Laois man opened up about his struggles with gambling and how betting led him to trying to take his...
Four students and apprentices from Laois set to compete at WorldSkills Ireland 2024
WorldSkills Ireland is returning to the RDS, Simonscourt from the September 25 to 27.
The event is expected to attract over 27,000 people including students,...
The Week that Was: Our most read stories of the past seven days
1 - Laois to host World Ploughing Contest later this year after venue switched following Russian invasion of Ukraine
As well as the National Ploughing...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Spink
After a couple of disappointing years, Spink appear to be on an upward curve once again.
Their juvenile amalgamation with Crettyard is working well with...
2024 Remembered: Weekend Read: Marie Tuohy on her bid to be elected for the...
Ahead of the Local Elections in June, our reporter Tiernan Donovan spoke with Marie Tuohy, the Labour candidate in Portlaoise seeking to hold the...
Retired Laois couple who moved to South Africa are loving their new life
A little over a year ago retired Portlaoise couple Jim and Esther McCormack bade farewell to the lives they knew in Ireland.
They sold their...
LaoisToday Podcast: Senator Mark Wall on early political memories, his father’s influence and General...
Labour Senator Mark Wall is our latest guest on the LaoisToday Podcast.
From Castlemitchell outside Athy, he was elected to the Senate earlier this year...
The Week that Was: Our most viewed stories of the past seven days
1 - Teenager arrested after man slashed in the face following early evening attack in Portlaoise town centre
A teenager was arrested following a frightening...
Brody, Laois heroics and less homework for summer – it’s all in our Tweets...
Laois Twitter really outperformed itself this week, and we have all the best and brightest Tweets coming to you in our weekly round-up.
Admittedly, most...
2020 Remembered: Burnt out cars, boy-racers, rubbish and anti-social behaviour – chaos on the...
In June, the Slieve Bloom Mountains faced a a number of anti social behaviour incidents and Cllr James Kelly voiced locals concerns at a...