A Laois athlete has broken an Irish record that has stood for the last 19 years.
Mountmellick's Ava O'Connor is now the holder of the U-23 national record for the 3000m steeplechase.
She achieved the feat at the Bryan Clay Invitational...
The Portlaoise RFC U-14 boys team enjoyed an exciting weekend of rugby and fun in Wales for a two-day rugby festival.
With just under 40 players, coaches, and parents making the journey, the boys had jam-packed weekend at the renowned...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Timothy (Timmy) Young
18 Pattison Estate, Mountmellick, Laois
Timothy (Timmy) Young 18 Pattison Estate Mountmellick Co laois. Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on 16th April at Tullamore Regional Hospital. Predeceased...
Courtwood 3-11 Stradbally 1-17
ACFL Division 1 Round 3
Courtwood's unbeaten start to Division 1 of the Football League is intact, but only just, after a thoroughly entertaining draw at home to Stradbally.
Neither side will be satisfied with the result, having...
Make & Share Limited, a creative production agency based in Ballinakill, will represent Laois at the National Enterprise Awards which will be held in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin next month.
The National Enterprise Awards...
We are heading for the Easter weekend and the latest episode of the Laois Hurling and Football Podcast is here.
The biggest game of the weekend sees Laois start their Joe McDonagh Cup campaign at home to Westmeath.
Steven Miller joins...
35 energetic and enthusiastic TY Students from Scoil Chríost Rí took up spades and donned their gloves to plant native trees in St Fintan’s Campus on the Dublin Road, Portlaoise.
Laois Volunteer Centre - in collaboration with Portlaoise Tidy Towns,...
There is considerable shock among families and residents of a Laois nursing home following the news that it is to close.
In a letter distributed to both this week, Ballard Lodge Nursing Home in Portlaoise say they will close.
Located on...
The case for additional stops and even a third route for the Portlaoise Bus Service was made at a meeting yesterday.
Members of the Portlaoise Municipal District, in two separate motions, have called for the service to be expanded.
The current...
A fundraising event has been organised in Laois with proceeds going to the people of Gaza, currently in the grips of assault by the Government of Israel.
The attacks and Gaza, and Palestine as whole, have been underway since October...
Tommy Fitzgerald's tenure as Laois manager has gotten off to a rather turbulent start.
The Portlaoise man, a very late appointment after the original manager Darren Gleeson had to step down due to illness, was behind from the start.
With no...
St Abban’s AC will host the 50th Annual Student Games in Monavea on Good Friday, April 18, at 5pm.
The competition has been running for 50 years and provides student with the opportunity to represent their schools across a range...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael (Mick) Conroy
Johnsgrove/Mellick, Rosenallis, Laois
Michael (Mick) Conroy Johnsgrove, Rosenallis and formerly Meelick in the loving care of his family and The I.C.U. Staff at Regional Hospital Tullamore April 16th 2025.
Loving...
On Saturday last, the annual commemoration took place of the first ever transatlantic east-west flight in which Portlaoise man Col. James Fitzmaurice took part on the same date in 1928.
Laois Heritage Officer Thomas Carolan was MC for the event,...
A Laois County Councillor has called for action as he says the roads in one town are not fit to cope with parking and the volume of trucks and tractors that are passing through.
Fine Gael Councillor John King raised...
The 109th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will be celebrated this weekend with Commemorations being held around Laois.
Events in Mountmellick and The Heath, both taking place on Sunday, April 20, will pay homage to one of the most important...
Taoiseach Michael Martin has admitted the "huge gaps" in Child Disability Network Teams (CDNT) in Laois are "not at all satisfactory".
The issue was raised by Laois Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley who told the Taoiseach "the system is failing, and...
Two Laois politicians have called for "urgent reform" of the ambulance services in County Laois.
Speaking in Seanad Éireann, Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack cited "critical issues" that she said are "endangering lives" and "placing unsustainable pressure on paramedics."
Senator McCormack...
Indefinite postponement of streaming levy
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Patrick O’Donovan is to indefinitely postpone the introduction of a levy on streaming companies, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and others.
The cabinet met on Tuesday...
After a four week break, the Laois senior hurlers return to action this weekend with the commencement of the Joe McDonagh Cup.
Laois take on Westmeath in Round 1 with the game scheduled for O'Moore Park at 3pm.
Ahead of the...
The Kickboxing Ireland National Championships took place recently up in Cavan, with huge Laois success.
An U-18 team of Portlaoise representatives travelled to participate in the championships.
The team was hugely successful, combining for a total of 13 medals at the...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Valerie Hinds
Mountrath Rd., Portlaoise, Laois
Hinds, Valerie of Mountrath Road, Portlaoise. Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on 14th April 2025 at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.
Daughter of the late...
Clonad 4-19 Rathdowney-Errill 4-11
ACHL Division 4 Round 3
Clonad finished with a flourish to see off Rathdowney-Errill and go top of ACHL Division 3 on their own with three wins from their first three games.
A Jimmy Norton goal in the...
There was Leinster minor championship action, Round 3 of ACHL Division 3 and 4 and a full schedule of games in the U-13 football Development grade.
You can check out all the results below.
Leinster MFC Round 3
Offaly 1-15 Laois 2-9...
Trumera 2-15 Mountmellick 2-15
ACHL Division 3 Round 3
Trumera snatched a late equaliser against Mountmellick this evening to claim their first point of this season's Laois Shopping Centre ACHL Division 3 game.
Dylan Lalor got a goal with almost the last...
Laois 2-9 Offaly 1-15
Leinster MFC Round 3
The Laois minor footballers are out of the Leinster championship after they were beaten by Offaly in the Faithful Fields this evening.
John Larkin's men knew a draw or a win would be enough...
It is all on the line this evening as the Laois minor footballers face Offaly in Round 3 of the Leinster championship.
John Larkin’s side know that a win or a draw will earn them a spot in a Leinster...
A Laois County Councillor has hit out at illegal parking in Mountrath and has called for action.
Independent Councillor James Kelly tabled a motion on the matter on at a recent meeting of the Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick Municipal District.
Cllr Kelly asked that...
A Laois county councillor is becoming increasingly frustrated as a flood relief scheme which was promised following a catastrophic event in 2017 is still at design stage.
Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy Bracken tabled a motion on the progress of the...
Pat Collier and Robert Jones finally got a piece of silverware under their belts as Laois Camogie managers on Saturday when they defeated Roscommon in Kinnegad.
Laois were playing in their fourth final in 12 months and had, unfortunately, come...
