There was plenty of news in Laois this week with reactions from the the Senior and Senior ‘A’ hurling finals, a Scoil Chríost Rí student winning a €20,000 student and a famous Hollywood face appearing in Ballyfin.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
NEWS
- Davis and Cooney lead the way for Laois in this year’s Ploughing championships
- A Laois student received a prestigious €20,000 scholarship
- Abbeyleix retained Gold in the Tidy Towns awards
- A Laois restaurant has been shortlised for a national award
SPORTS
- Camross were crowned winners of the Senior hurling championship for the 25th time
- While a Hollywood actor celebrated Ballyfin’ Gaels championship win
- The last surviving member of the Laois hurling team that reached the 1949 All-Ireland final passed away
- Two Laois men were named in the League of Ireland Team of the Year
- We finished our last Hurling Team of the Week with senior players for this year
WE ARE LAOIS
- We revealed our list of some of the 21 hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years
COLUMNISTS
- Mark Doheny supplied us with a list of 24 things that get Laois people really thick
SEE ALSO – Busy time for the Bermingham family as county finals keep coming
