There is a strong Laois representation at the Early Years protest in Dublin as creche and playschool owners and staff from around the country are taking part in a march.
Early Years Educators from all over the country gathered at...
Less than a week after it was announced that 20 jobs were going to be lost in Mountmellick - another 20 have come on stream.
Nostra are a next generation managed services provider with a constant focus on Security and...
Opening a new business is a hugely exciting time, a feeling that Portlaoise hairdresser, Paula Flanagan, is experiencing every minute of at the moment.
Paula has worked in Bankz Hair and Beauty in Portlaoise for the last number of years...
The Laois-Offaly constituency will be centre stage on the main RTE 9 O’ Clock news bulletin tonight, Wednesday, February 5.
The hotly contested 5-seat marginal constituency will be profiled and analysed as one of the key battlegrounds in the General...
A body has been discovered in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Laois.
The body, of a 44-year-old man, was found around 1pm on Tuesday.
The remains were discovered at The Cut in the Clonaslee area of the county.
A spokesperson for An...
A new committee has been established to deal with public concerns regarding the Electric Picnic.
And in the long worn tradition of so many Irish committees and organisations it almost got off to that most infamous of starts…with a split!
A...
Cody Lacumbre is 18 years old and is based on his family’s ranch, popularly known as Fossey Mountain Springs in Timahoe, in Laois.
The teenager is travelling to the Netherlands to compete in the American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup...
The golf season is back up and running.
Here we have pictures from The Heath as well as results from there plus Mountrath.
MOUNTRATH GOLF CLUB
Carroll’s Spar Winter League Round 4/Open 14 Hole Singles
Overall: Mick Kavanagh 36pts (-1)
Cat 1: Ken Farrell...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Patrick (Pat) Scully
Killeshin, Carlow / Killeshin, Laois
Killeshin, Carlow, Co. Laois, died February 2nd 2020. Dearly loved husband of Anne, much loved father of Gordana and Owen and...
It's just a couple of weeks until the people of Stradbally will battle it out in the Midlands Park Hotel to be crowned Lip-Sync champions.
There is a huge amount of fundraisers taking place in a bid to raise the...
A coaching seminar is being organised by Ballyroan Abbey GAA in association with Laois GAA.
The seminar will take place Saturday February 8 from 10am-1pm in Heywood Community School.
There on the day will be former Galway Senior Hurler, performance psychology...
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from Laois-Offaly, Kildare South and various snippets from around the country in our Election Diary.
A 'phoney class...
Pauline Flanagan, one of Fianna Fáil’s general election candidates in Laois/Offaly today and the only female candidate in Laois, has taken time out to answer questions about her reflections on her first ever canvass as a General Election candidate.
1...
Disability matters to me. Let’s hope whoever represents Kildare South after February 8 feels the same.
Obviously we are all fighting a similar battle.
A battle for services
A battle for assessment
A battle for support
A battle for equal education
I have...
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just 4 days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates who are running in Laois-Offaly and Kildare South.
We asked candidates a total of 13 questions...
Timahoe NS students Seamus Ramsbottom and David Galwey were the toast of their school as they returned from the Intel Mini Scientist national finals with the overall runner-up prize.
The talented 12-year-old's wowed thirteen judges throughout the day in the...
25 Laois Junk Kouture entries from four different schools are battling it out for the five Lifeline places available to progress to the next stage of the competition.
Last week, it was announced that 12 designs from Scoil Chriost Ri,...
Laois winner of Miss Curvette Model Search Competition 2019/20, Anne Duff, will represent Ireland at one of the world's largest fashion events in London on Valentines Weekend February 15.
The Raheen native, who specialises in clothes for curvy women under...
If you had said to Noel Tuohy three weeks ago that he'd be knocking on doors looking for votes to win a seat in the Dail - he'd have probably said you were mad.
However, Eoin Barry's decision not to...
General Election 2020 is just four days away and one ongoing issue in the Laois-Offaly Constituency is the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
The Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee has released an open letter to the voters of Laois-Offaly Constituency.
"Dear Voter,
"The future...
There was a change at the top table at the Laois IFA AGM in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Monday night as Francie Gorman's term as chairman came to an end and John Fitzpatrick was elected unopposed to the...
There was deep sadness in Timahoe over the weekend as one of their much loved sons was laid to rest.
Tributes have been paid to Ted Delaney who passed away in his 89th year.
Keen supporter of Timahoe GAA and a...
For the second time in the last six months, the Laois Ladies will play a big game in MW Hire O'Moore Park.
After playing last year's championship clash in Laois GAA HQ in July, Donie Brennan's charges will play this...
Down the road in Carlow-Kilkenny, it's a five-seat, two-county constituency just like it is here in Laois-Offaly.
They weren't separated four years ago as they were in this neck of the woods but there's still plenty to consider as they...
Every day between now and Election Day on Saturday, February 8, we’ll be bringing you a daily bulletin from the campaign trail – from Laois-Offaly, Kildare South and various snippets from around the country in our Election Diary.
Time Bomb for...
Clonalsee College 1-4 St Farnan's (Kildare) 0-11
Top Oil South Leinster Schools Senior Football Championship ‘D’ Final
Clonalsee College's bid for silverware ended with a four point loss to Kildare's St Farnans in a bitterly cold LOETB Centre of Excellence last...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Patrick (Pat) Scully
Killeshin, Carlow / Killeshin, Laois
Killeshin, Carlow, Co. Laois, died February 2nd 2020. Dearly loved husband of Anne, much loved father of Gordana and Owen and...
General Election 2020 is just five days away.
And here at LaoisToday, we have surveyed all of the 26 candidates who are running in Laois-Offaly and Kildare South.
We asked candidates a total of 13 questions and 18 of them responded...
The Tullamore Court Hotel was packed to the rafters on Friday night as Clonaslee GAA held their OsKaRs night which proved to be an absolute roaring success.
Almost 800 people packed into the main room in the hotel to watch...
Colt GAA held their awards night on Saturday in Kavanagh's Pub Portlaoise.
The club celebrated their Division 5 hurling success.
Colt defeated Clonaslee back in July to claim he ACHL Division 5 title.
It was a 33-point thriller with the scoreline at...
