Some people will do anything to get elected. Pauline Madigan even changed her name.
Pauline, as we all call her anyway, is now Pauline Flanagan.
It’s not that she wants to be mistaken for the other man, God forbid.
It’s just that...
The general elections of the 1990s were in sporting parlance, a game of two halves, with a major incident in the tunnel as the teams came off the pitch at half-time. Slaps were thrown, metaphorically of course.
The general election...
This week for Property Watch we look at homes in Portarlington that are in the €175,000 to €225,000 bracket.
If that sounds like your budget, then we recommend you look at the five houses we have listed below, all for sale...
After last week's brave performance against Wexford, the Laois senior hurlers are back to work in their league campaign against Dublin in Parnell Park this afternoon.
We all remember the historic win in O'Moore Park last year which saw Laois...
Local need planning rules are absurd, discriminatory and anti-rural, according to Labour's General Election candidate in Laois-Offaly Noel Tuohy.
The Portlaoise-based Cllr Noel Tuohy has launched what he says will be an 'all out war' against what be believes are...
There are a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on LaoisToday in the last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
John Dunne
Tentore, Ballacolla, Laois
Peacefully, in the loving care of the nurses and staff of Brookhaven Nursing Home Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. Predeceased by his brother Jimmy, sisters Bridie,...
Laois are taking to life in Division 2 like a duck to water as, following their dramatic draw last week, they defeated promotion favourites Armagh this evening in MW Hire O'Moore Park.
Laois led more or less throughout the game...
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just seven 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...
Laois 0-16 Armagh 0-9
Allianz Football League Division 2
The Laois footballers are top of Division 2 of the Allianz Football League this evening following a hugely impressive win over Armagh in MW Hire O'Moore Park.
A superb 70-minute performance saw Mike...
After last week’s thrilling draw away to Roscommon, the Laois footballers are back in action this evening when they host Armagh in Round 2 of their Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign.
Laois have a good record against Armagh in recent times...
Gardai are appealing for information to find a missing Laois man.
In a statement issued this evening, Gardai are looking for information on an Abbeyleix man.
31-year-old Robert Tynan was last seen on Thursday January 30 at his home.
Gardai have launched...
David Vesey, a twenty year old musician and Abbeyleix native has qualified as a finalist for the Sean O'Riada gold medal.
There are 14 other competitors so he will face some stiff competition as he competes in Rochestown Park Hotel...
The Green Party have never won a seat in the Laois-Offaly constituency - and Pippa Hackett is trying to create history next weekend by becoming the very first.
Though originally from Mayo, Pippa is well settled in Geashill where she...
A Mass of Remembrance will be held in honour of a Laois woman who passed away in England at the end of last year.
Marie Pestel (née McEvoy) passed away on December 23 2019 and was laid to rest in...
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With just a week to go to the 2020 General Election we return with our latest Talking Politics Podcast.
Presenter Steven Miller is once again joined by experienced political journalists John Whelan...
Prime Time Extra on RTE television invited Peter McVerry SJ to tell the nation what he would do in his first 100 days if he were elected Taoiseach of the country.
The programme is part of a three-week sideways...
It has been an incredible few days for Portlaoise Panthers after they bagged two All Ireland trophies in the space of three days.
Their U-18 and senior women's teams brought home the trophy after winning their respective finals at the...
After last week's thrilling draw away to Roscommon, the Laois footballers are back in action this evening when they host Armagh in Round 2 of their Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign.
Laois have a good record against Armagh in...
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.
Brian Stanley launches...
Is your business looking to fill a job vacancy in 2020?
If so you should check out the job advertising options available with LaoisToday.
LaoisToday is Laois's most widely-used local media platform attracting an average weekly audience of 55,000 Users for...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Mary Louise Ryan
Lowhill, Ballinakill, Laois
Louise died suddenly in Nollamara, Western Australia and is formerly of Lowhill, Ballinakill, Co. Laois. Beloved daughter of Mary Ryan (nee Hennessey) and...
The clock is ticking. General Election 2020 is now just eight 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...
Heywood CS 0-10 Tullow CS 0-9
Top Oil Schools South Leinster ‘C’ Senior Football Championship Final
Heywood CS were crowned South-Leinster 'C' football champions in dramatic circumstances in O’Hanrahan’s in Carlow this afternoon.
The Ballinakill based school defeated Cross & Passion Kilcullen...
In the spring of 2002 Mary Harney courted farm leader Tom Parlon and won him over.
She wiped the eye of Parlon’s other suitor, Michael Noonan, who she caught napping as the Irish Farmer’s Association President was looking for pastures...
Mountmellick Macra, have announced that they are doing their 22nd pantomime,' Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs'.
In previous years, Mountmellick have done Pantomimes such as 'Aladdin' and 'Little Red Riding Hood' which have been very popular among the audience.
'Snow...
The residents of Oakdale Nursing Home in Portarlington made history today by being the first voters from Laois and Offaly to vote in the new Kildare South Constituency in the General Election.
Because of a re-drawing of the constituency boundaries,...
SS Mercy, Ballymahon 6-13 St Leo's, Carlow 3-10
Leinster Ladies Football Post Primary 'B' Final
There was huge disappointment for St Leo's of Carlow today as they were beaten by Longford school Mercy SS of Ballymahon in the Leinster 'B' ladies...
We’re in Clogh. Clogh, Ballacolla.
This is farming country. Fields, cows and sheds everywhere you look.
Seán is biding his time. A man in a big machine pulls up to shake hands and wish him the best of luck. Seán is...
Students in Scoil Mhuire in Abbeyleix are having to endure blocked toilets, the smell of sewage, a leaking roof and damp and cold conditions as the school principal haS urged the Department of Education to proceed with a new...
