Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Séan (Jack) Sheehan
Clonskeagh, Dublin / Abbeyleix, Laois
Sheehan, Séan (Jack) – (late of Clonskeagh, Dublin and formerly of Abbeyleix, Co. Laois) 29th August 2023 (peacefully) in the wonderful care of the...
Spink 5-11 Graiguecullen 1-10
Laois JFC Preliminary Quarter-Final
A sensational second-half performance has given Spink a huge victory over Graiguecullen in Crettyard this evening.
The sides were level at half time after an even enough first half, but early goals after the...
The Harps 0-28 Borris-Kilcotton 2-20
Laois Senior Hurling Championship Relegation Final
The Harps have come out on top of an incredible relegation play off against Borris-Kilcotton to secure their senior status for 2024.
22 of their 28 points came from play and they...
It is the final that nobody wants to be in – and these two clubs will contest two of them in the coming weeks.
Borris-Kilcotton and The Harps are set to meet in the SHC relegation decider this evening in...
A three-year-old girl has died following an accident in Laois this afternoon.
The girl was taken to Portlaoise Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Gardai have released a statement and are appealing for anyone with information to come...
We are less than two days away from the start of Electric Picnic and excitement is building in Stradbally ahead of the event.
After a busy few days, the Electric Picnic Residents’ Committee were thrilled to welcome some of the...
United World Colleges (UWC) has chosen a second level student from Portlaoise to receive a scholarship and travel abroad to Europe to pursue the esteemed International Baccalaureate (IB) programme from 2023 – 2025.
Luke Carroll (16) from, Ballyfin, Portlaoise, previously...
The continued growth of Portlaoise College was there for all to see again on Friday as the school opened its doors to another first-year cohort of 192 students and their families.
Students began arriving at the Mountrath Road campus at 8:15, having...
Laois will be a three-seater constituency for the next General Election, following the recommendations of the Electoral Commission which have been made public this morning.
Laois-Offaly was a five-seater constituency in 2020 - but Portarlington, Killenard and Ballybrittas were all...
Electric Picnic festival promoter Melvin Benn says that the decision to stage the 2024 event earlier next year has nothing to do with Coldplay performing in Croke Park.
Last week, Electric Picnic fans were surprised as tickets for the 2024...
Having played Electric Picnic in 2014 and last year, indie rock band, The Lost Messiahs, is thrilled to find themselves back at Stradbally Hall.
“We are really looking forward to playing EP this year. Last year's gig was epic. The...
With the Electric Picnic taking centre stage this weekend, the GAA action will take a back seat.
But that presents us with an opportunity to take stock on the three rounds of matches we have witnessed over the last six...
It is the final that nobody wants to be in - and these two clubs will contest two of them in the coming weeks.
Borris-Kilcotton and The Harps are set to meet in the SHC relegation decider this evening in...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sandra Kuzmecka
Glenkeen Park, Fairgreen, Portlaoise, Laois
Passed away peacefully in Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Much loved daughter of Dorota and gone to join her loving father Jacek in Heaven. Sandra will be sadly...
The Clonaslee Show has incredible history, going back over 70 years – and it returns with what promises to be another great family day out on Sunday next, September 10.
Having returned last after an enforced three-year break due to...
Arles-Kilcruise 2-9 O'Dempsey's 0-14
Junior C Football Championship Semi-Final
Arles-Kilcruise showed their class and experience to hold off a strong O'Dempsey's side to qualify for the Junior C Football Championship Final this evening.
They will now face the winners of Clonaslee-St Manman's...
Data gathered by NCBI, as part of their Clear Our Paths campaign, shows that just 82 dog fouling fines were handed out by local councils over the course of 2022.
Information, provided by the local councils, showed that 17 councils...
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) will be hosting three days of pop-up energy retrofit clinics in collaboration with The CUBE Low Carbon Centre Excellence in Portlaoise in September.
These clinics will provide homeowners, business owners, farmers, and community...
Electric Picnic 2023 is just days away and the stage times have finally been announced
Stradbally Estate will see global superstarts such as The Killers, Billie Eilish, Niall Horan and much more make Laois the centre of the music universe.
Below...
Two Laois childcare services are among the 151 applicants that will share in the €9 million Building Blocks – Improvement Grant 2023.
Grants awarded range from €35,000 to €75,000 across two separate strands: Green Energy and Retrofit.
Little Stars Montessori School...
As it gears up for its Electric Picnic performance, Laois-based trio, Cua which comprises Shane Booth, John Davidson and Ros O’Meara, has started work on its sixth studio album.
“We are recording and producing it ourselves,” said Shane.
“It’s fantastic to...
HER Outdoors week aims to celebrate and encourage more females to get out and enjoy the benefits of being in the outdoors while bringing visibility to the opportunities for females to get involved in outdoor physical activity.
This year's event...
The upcoming Electric Picnic music and arts festival means that the GAA schedule in Laois has been majorly reduced this week.
Indeed, there will only be adult games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before the action resumes the following Tuesday.
Nonetheless,...
The Junior Golf season at the Heath has been busy this year, with the programme hailed as a resounding success.
Resident PGA Pro Golfer, Mark O'Boyle leads the coaching of junior players as the bedrock of the programme.
Follow-up supervised practice...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sandra Kuzmecka
Glenkeen Park, Fairgreen, Portlaoise, Laois
Passed away peacefully in Temple Street Children's Hospital. Much loved daughter of Dorota and gone to join her loving father Jacek in Heaven. Sandra will be sadly...
Ballyfin 2-15 Clough-Ballacolla 0-5
Laois JHC 'C' Semi-Final
Ballyfin cruised to a 16 point win over Clough-Ballacolla's fourth team in the Centre of Excellence to set up a final with Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe after they beat Clonaslee St Manman's by three points in...
Park-Ratheniska Timahoe 2-16 Clonaslee St Manman's 4-7
Laois Junior C Hurling Championship Semi-Final
Park-Ratheniska Timahoe are through to the Laois JHC 'C' final after overcoming Clonaslee St Manman's in the LOETB CoE this evening.
It's the second year in a row that...
In preparation of the upcoming academic year, staff from Portlaoise College and Portlaoise Institute collaborated with South Eastern Technological University (SETU) to participate in a “Exploring Pedagogical Possibilities” conference.
The event was hosted at the state of the art Haughton...
Following on from the overwhelming success of writer Eileen Casey’s recent memoir workshop, the Laois Arts Office has invited Eileen back to conduct four short-story workshops at Laois Arthouse, Stradbally, Co Laois.
The workshops will cover the various fictional elements...
It was a significant weekend in the Intermediate and Junior 'A' football championships as the respective competitions saw some significant results.
Crettyard ended a bad run of results against neighbours Arles-Kilcruise by claiming a deserved win in the Intermediate quarter-final...
