Knockbeg's u16 Basketball team just fell short in the All Ireland B Quarter Finals losing 63-61 as they faced St. Aiden's Whitehall recently.
Knockbeg got off to a tough start before the game started with Aodhan Lowry picking up an...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth Geoghegan (née Mealy)
28 Doonane Road, Crettyard, Laois, R93 WOY6 / Crettyard, Kilkenny / Crettyard, Carlow
Geoghegan (nee Mealy) 28 Doonane Road, Crettyard, Co. Laois Peacefully at St. Luke's...
IT Carlow 2-11 UCC 0-18
Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup Final
IT Carlow's quest to win a first ever Fitzgibbon Cup title ended in disappointment in DCU this evening as UCC struck very late to claim their 40th title.
DJ Carey side, who...
The Garda Youth Awards, at Divisional and National level, celebrates outstanding young people aged between 13 and 21 years and recognises the good work they are doing throughout their communities.
This is the 2nd Laois Offaly Garda Divisional Youth Awards.
Divisional...
The glove of Padre Pio will be in Portlaoise tomorrow afternoon - Thursday February 13.
The clothing item belonging to the famous saint will be in The Cuisle Centre in Portlaoise between 2 and 3.30pm.
Padre Pio, also known as Saint...
13 Laois outfits need your votes as Junk Kouture Regional final voting begins.
Four Laois schools are represented as creations from Scoil Chriost Ri, Heywood CS, Mountrath CS and Mountmellick Community School are in the running.
To vote all you have...
Laois priest Fr Paddy Byrne has hit out over Pope Francis' decision to do a U-turn on previous plans to allow married men in the Amazon area act as priests.
Due to dropping numbers in the number of priests around...
We are not in the clear yet!
After last weekend saw Storm Ciara cause havoc, we are now bracing ourselves once again for a battering of wind and rain.
Cathal Nolan of Ireland's Weather Channel has issued a warning on Storm...
IT Carlow have enjoyed what can only be described as a remarkable few weeks on the field of play in terms of Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup action.
Two weeks ago the colleges’ Footballers contested their first ever Sigerson final and...
Seán Fleming believes that his party have no place in the next government following the results of the 2020 General Election.
The Fianna Fáil TD, who took the fifth seat after failing to reach the quota in the Laois-Offaly constituency,...
The name Chris Conway is synonymous with the famed Gaelic Football nursery, Knockbeg College.
As a pupil, the Arles-Kilcruise native was a decorated footballer and to the fore of his teams but his real impact has been since his return...
The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) hosted the IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards last night and there were two winners.
Now in its twelfth year, the awards took place at the new location of Twenty Two, South...
By the very nature of General Elections, there will be winners and losers.
The one that the public see is the candidates themselves. They put themselves forward publicly for election and they win or lose in the spotlight too.
Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy,...
Our Talking Sport Podcast this week is a bit of a strange one.
It comes after a weekend when almost every sporting fixture was called off because of the weather.
And the biggest drama of the past couple of days locally...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Des Copeland
Emo Park, Emo, Laois
Peacefully at home. Loving Dad of the late Frank. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Anne, daughter Aine, son-in-law Dougie, daughter-in-law Miriam, granddaughter...
Portarlington swimmer Shane Ryan was honoured with a Civic Reception by Laois County Council recently.
Ryan enjoyed a remarkable end to 2019 as he competed at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow in December.
Ryan, a world bronze medallist...
The family of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen have opened up on his condition following a serious health scare last July.
Wife Mary, alongside daughters Sinead and Maeve, spoke to Sinead Hubble of Midlands 103 in the count centre in Portlaoise...
Avondale House, Rathdrum Co. Wicklow was the venue on Saturday 8th for the All-Ireland Grade B.
This event brings the curtain down on the 2019 / 2020 athletics season, for Clubs and Counties, and some 1,350 athletes from U-11 to...
Fianna Fail General Election candidate Pauline Flanagan says that she will continue to fight for the things she is passionate about after failing to win a seat in Laois-Offaly.
The Portlaoise native, who was eliminated on the third count after...
Gardai have announced that they are creating eight new zones where speed vans will be situated in Laois - starting on Monday February 17 at 6am.
This is part of a new plan which will see a total of 1,322...
Well this is exciting news!
Rage Against The Machine have been announced as the first act for Electric Picnic 2020.
The rock band, who got back together last year, announced on their website a string of tour dates.
And sandwiched in between...
Outgoing Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan says that the 'vicious personal' attacks that he was subjected to over the last number of weeks did not deter him in his quest to be elected to serve the people of Laois...
Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe celebrated their 2019 success last Saturday night in the Midland's Park Hotel, Portlaoise.
The hurlers of Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe won the Laois JHC ‘A’ title in O’Moore Park back in September.
They beat The Harps 4-11 to 2-11 in a thrilling final.
This...
Independent Cathal Berry made history yesterday evening as he became the first Portarlington-based TD to be elected to the Dail since 1927.
Berry, who is a former army ranger and member of the Defence Forces, has been living in Portarlington...
Two thousand people have booked to attend this Wednesday’s (February 12) inaugural Laois Jobs Fair.
The event, an initiative of Laois Chamber of Commerce, has sparked the public’s imagination with strong support from Laois job hunters, eager to swap long...
Portlaoise 5 Our Lady’s Templeogue 0
Ladies Leinster Hockey League Division 9
Even the arrival of Storm Ciara didn’t dampen the spirits of Portlaoise Ladies Hockey Club as they took on Our Lady’s Templeogue 3rd in a league match in Kilkenny,...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Brenda Dunican (née Casey)
Killamuck, Abbeyleix, Laois
Wife of the late Peter and mother of the late Stephen. Deeply regretted by her loving sons Anthony and Peter, sister May,...
Fifteen candidates, five seats, 11 counts.
That's what it took to elect five TDs for the Laois-Offaly constituency who will now return to Dail Eireann.
After two days of counting, Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein), Barry Cowen (Fianna Fail), Charlie Flanagan (Fine...
General Election 2020 has come to an end.
Laois-Offaly has returned five of the TDs and all of them were sitting when the Dail dissolved last month.
As was replicated all around the country, Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley topped the poll...
That Seán Fleming had to wait until the 11th and final count in Laois-Offaly to secure his seat in the 33rd Dáil is testament to the uncertain and combative nature of General Election 2020.
At the outset of the campaign...
