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Good Week, Bad Week: Party politics, makeup artists and Special Olympics athletes

Good Week, Bad Week is our newest LaoisToday segment, where we look at who has had good weeks and bad weeks, around the county.

To see who has had a good or bad week, we look at different news stories happening in Laois and involving Laois people. Most importantly, it’s all a bit of fun.

We bring you Good Week/Bad Week.

GOOD WEEK FOR…

Neala Byrne, Orla Whelan and Emily Corbett

The three Laois girls are set to represent the Midlands at prestigious Gaynor Cup competitions

Two Laois makeup studios nominated for national awards

These two Laois makeup studios were nominated for the Irish Make Up awards 2018.

Special Olympics athletes

Three Laois athletes have been selected to represent Leinster in the Special Olympics Ireland Games

Fetch Your Pet Needs

The Mountmellick Pet Shop celebrates a year in business this weekend – and has exciting plans to extend in the future

BAD WEEK FOR…

Laois senior hurlers

Laois senior hurlers are facing a prospect no-one could have predicted at the start of the year: relegation from the Joe McDonagh cup. Our columnist Jack Nolan wrote a piece on his thoughts on the demise of Laois hurling

Drug dealers in Port

Two men were arrested following massive drugs seizure in Laois town on Thursday

Supermacs

New Supermac’s project in Portlaoise has suffered a set-back following a number of objections

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