‘Isle of Song’ launches in Laois
'Isle of Song' is an exciting new song-writing project taking place between March and October 2025 with children and young people from Laois, Offaly and across Northern Ireland.
Isle of Song is aimed at young...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tunde (Christopher) Nwagwe
Tallyho, Grennan Attanagh, Durrow, Laois
Peacefully at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore.
Deeply regretted by his loving wife Marie, his brother Ike and family, the Moylan family, the family in...
At Finline Furniture, we’ve always championed quality, durability, and sustainability. With over 500,000 Finline sofas in circulation, we recognise the responsibility to keep these cherished pieces out of landfill.
That’s why we launched REVIVE by Finline, our circular sofa...
"The people of Portlaoise felt abandoned" during the recent cold snap, Laois County Council has heard.
Speaking at the first meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District for 2025, Councillor Catherine Fitzgerald tabled a motion for the Council to provide salt...
Laois club teams will get their first experience of the new Gaelic football rules in this season's Kelly Cup.
The draw for the pre-season competition was made on Friday and fixtures have been confirmed, with it getting underway on the...
A Laois GAA club have announced an exciting fundraising event set to take place at one of the county's most exclusive locations.
Ballyfin GAA are set to hold a 6km run and walk through the grounds of Ballyfin Demesne.
The run...
Laois-based four-piece punk, metal rock and dance outfit, Chiral, will host its own show in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, on February 27.
Local band, Motion Sickness, will feature as special guests, with Red Embers dance group also performing.
Formed...
From Saturday afternoon, people across the county will get to see first hand the new rules that have been implemented in Gaelic football.
The National League will begin for 2025 with games in all divisions played under a different set...
After an almost six month hiatus, the inter-county GAA scene will roar back into life across the county.
For three of the four adult codes that Laois teams compete in, action will resume this weekend.
First out of the blocks will...
Laois Offaly Families For Autism (LOFFA) recently received an award of €2,500 as part of the AXA Community Awards, an initiative which aims to empower community groups that are actively working to deliver positive changes.
LOFFA Chairperson Breda Murray and...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Betty Maher (née O’Brien)
The Donahies, Dublin/Rathdowney, Laois
Maher (née O’Brien), Betty (The Donahies, Dublin 13 and late of Rathdowney, Co. Laois), January 16th, 2025, unexpectedly at home, after a short illness...
Garda Westmanstown 24 Portarlington 20
Leinster League Division 2B
Portarlington returned to action in Division 2B of the Leinster League on Sunday afternoon with a trip to play Garda Westmanstown in Dublin.
The home side got off to a great start, scoring...
Mountmellick Utd 2 Birr Town 2
CCFL Senior Division
Mountmellick United ended 2024 on the back of a seven-game unbeaten run and returned to action in the CCFL Senior Division this afternoon at home to Birr Town.
The hosts led 2-0 midway...
The beatification cause of Sister Clare Crockett, an inspirational young Irish religious sister who died in 2016, formally opened Sunday, January 12, with a ceremony at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain.
The ceremony marked the beginning...
If it's a long way from Portlaoise to Geelong, it's certainly a long way (metaphorically anyway) to a jungle in South Africa.
But that's where Zach Tuohy currently is, having been unveiled this morning as a contestant on Australia's version...
Vonnie Bolton is a fascinating person with a fascinating life story, encapsulating two children's books, award-winning jams and a 35-year teaching career.
Her debut book ‘Friends in Fairyland’ in 2023, followed by her second creation, ‘Today in Fairyland’, released in...
There was a serious buzz in the Killeshin Hotel on Friday evening as the Laois Camogie awards for the 2024 season took place.
With brilliant style on show, camogie players, mentors, supporters and their family flocked to the Portlaoise hotel.
2024...
The Mountmellick Road in Portlaoise has come under renewed scrutiny as the road continues to be a source of concern in the town.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting of 2025, the Portlaoise Municipal District reconvened this week, two County Councillors...
Leinster GAA have confirmed the championship fixture details for their upcoming minor and U-20 competitions.
The Laois U-20 hurlers, who memorably reached the corresponding Leinster minor final three years ago, have been drawn in a particularly tough group with reigning...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Betty Maher (née O’Brien)
The Donahies, Dublin/Rathdowney, Laois
Maher (née O’Brien), Betty (The Donahies, Dublin 13 and late of Rathdowney, Co. Laois), January 16th, 2025, unexpectedly at home, after a short illness...
Heywood CS 2-15 St Dominic's (Dublin) 0-4
All-Ireland Colleges Camogie ‘C’ Senior Championship Quarter Final
Heywood Community School are through to the All-Ireland Colleges Camogie C Senior Championship semi final.
That is after they were comprehensive winners over St Dominic's of Cabra...
Portlaoise Panthers 60 Limerick Celtics 72
President's National Cup Final
Portlaoise Panthers have been beaten in the National Cup final by 12 points by Limerick Celtics.
Jack Scully's charges were far more competitive than the scoreline suggests.
Ultimately though, a slow start and...
Local soccer returned to Laois last week following the Christmas break.
That was something of a soft launch as only three games - all in the lower divisions - went ahead due to the recent bad weather.
This week is a...
1 - ‘Snowman Killer’ wreaking havoc across Portlaoise as children ‘left in tears’
A bizarre situation unfolded throughout Portlaoise recently as a man carried out several acts of destruction – on snowmen.
An individual calling himself the ‘Snowman Killer’ has been...
A new Government is set to be officially voted in this Wednesday when the Dáil resumes.
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Regional Independent grouping and the Healy-Rae brothers from Kerry are set to make up the next Government with Micheal...
Their preparations for the game might have been disrupted by the recent heavy weather conditions, but Andrea Moran is nevertheless excited by the prospect of Laois kick-starting their National Football League Division 3 campaign next weekend.
While snow descended upon...
The Laois footballers begin the 2025 competitive season next weekend when they make the long trip to Ballinamore to play Leitrim in the opening round of NFL Division 3.
And ahead of that outing, the local media caught up with...
After a stuttery start to the season, Portarlington ended 2024 as the in-form team in Division 2B of the Leinster League.
Ross Doyle’s side lost their opening two games, but won six of their next seven, including four wins on...
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Betty Maher (née O'Brien)
The Donahies, Dublin/Rathdowney, Laois
Maher (née O’Brien), Betty (The Donahies, Dublin 13 and late of Rathdowney, Co. Laois), January 16th, 2025, unexpectedly at home, after a short illness...
The first Friday Panel of 2025 as presenter Steven Miller is joined by regular guests Brian Phelan and Gavin Deering while Alan Hartnett makes his debut on this particular episode.
We chat about Government formation, Michael Lowry and the Healy-Reas,...
