Scoil Chriost Ri 7-16 St Marys New Ross 3-3
Leinster Ladies Colleges SFC 'B' Final 2014
After winning the 'C' championship the year before, Scoil Chriost Ri wasted no time in the 'B', winning it in emphatic fashion in 2014.
The Portlaoise...
The Laois ladies football team has been announced for Sunday's clash against Wicklow in the Lidl Ladies National Football League opener.
They welcome the visitors to the LOETB Centre of Excellence, Portlaoise tomorrow (Sunday) at 2pm.
The game will be manager,...
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With just two weeks to go until polling day in the 2020 General Election, we sat down to discuss some of the recent happenings on the campaign trail.
Joining presenter Steven Miller...
Portlaoise Panthers have a big weekend and the Senior women are up next in tomorrow's final.
They take on Trinity Meteors at 1:30pm in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght and they will be lead by their captain Deirdre Tomlinson.
Deirdre...
The fifth seat in the Laois-Offaly constituency in the General Election will come down between independent candidate John Leahy and the Green Party's Pippa Hackett.
That's the view of long-standing political observer and correspondent John Drennan with two weeks to...
The following article was recently penned by Fr. Brendan Hoban. It’s a very honest reflection from a man who is almost 50 years ordained a priest.
Pope Francis keeps on beating the same drum, but is anyone listening? His Christmas...
The Laois hurlers get their 2020 Allianz Hurling League campaign underway this evening when they welcome Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford side to MW Hire O'Moore Park.
It'll be Laois's first time to play in O'Moore Park since last year's magical win...
There was a large crowd in attendance in Stradbally for the Laois arthouse gallery's opening of their brand new exhibition 'Visible n Invisible'.
The exhibition is a collection of miniature paintings done by artist Hina Khan.
The exhibition was launched on...
The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ programme is a global recognition programme run in 145 cities in more than 60 countries.
Currently in its 23rd year in Ireland, the programme works to recognise, promote and build a supportive community around...
The good times just keep on coming for a great group of young basketball players from Portlaoise.
A little over two days after helping the school Scoil Chriost Rí win a prestigious All Ireland U-19 'A' title, most of them...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Elizabeth (Lil) Cahill (née Bowden)
Oldtown Lower, Cullohill, Laois
Peacefully in her 95th year at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny after a long period of care in the Sacred Heart...
Portlaoise Panthers 76 Waterford Wildcats 53
Hula Hoops U-18 Women‘s National Cup Final
What an incredible week it has been for some of these players. Their second All-Ireland medal in the space of three days.
Ciara Byrne, Sarah Fleming and Jasmine and...
Eddie Brennan has name his squad for tomorrow evening's Allianz National League opener against Wexford.
Having named his captain and vice-captain for 2020 during the week, Brennan is positive as his side welcomes the yellow bellies to O'Moore Park at...
Mike Quirke has named his team for the Laois footballers opening game of the Allianz National League.
They will travel to Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon on Sunday for a 2pm throw-in.
Speaking in the build up to the opening game,...
Revenue Officers at Portlaoise Mail Centre seized a large sum of drugs worth an estimated €59,000.
The seizure was made today.
Approximately 118kgs of KHAT was seized at the Portlaoise centre.
The illegal drugs were concealed in parcels originating in Ethiopia.
They had...
Portarlington resident Dr Cathal Berry launched his bid for a Dáil seat in Kildare South in front of 150 people in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge last night and declared: "We're going to be the story of General Election...
Weather charts are showing an icy blast to hit Laois and most of the country next week.
Cathal Nolan of Ireland's Weather Channel has issued a warning for potential snowfall next Monday and into Tuesday.
He said: "In what has been...
O’Neill Foley, Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, are expanding.
The firm currently has in excess of 50 professional partners and staff providing a wide and varied range of accounting, audit, tax, wealth management and corporate finance services.
The culture of the...
In 2016 the big issues on the doors, in the media and the hustings were unemployment, emigration, pay cuts, austerity cutbacks and the most dreaded of all … water charges.
In just four years the political landscape has changed dramatically....
The weekend we've all been waiting for is finally here.
It's an exciting weekend as Portlaoise Panthers travel to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght to compete in the Hula Hoops National Cup finals.
The U-18 and Senior women will take...
Noel Tuohy first ran for Laois County Council back in 2014 he was elected and re-elected in 2019. Here he answers questions on his decision to run for the upcoming General Election:
Why did you decide to run?
"We (Labour) didn’t...
In a special bonus Talking Sport Podcast, Steven Miller is joined by Laois football manager Mike Quirke who was recently unveiled as brand ambassador for Joe Mallon Motors.
We looked ahead to the 2020 season which begins with Sunday’s Allianz...
Laois senior football manager, Mike Quirke, announced his squad's captain and vice-captains during the week.
Portlaoise's Kieran Lillis was named captain while John O'Loughlin and Colm Begley take on their roles as joint vice-captains.
Lillis is the current Laois Senior Footballer...
The Laois senior hurlers are positive heading into Saturday's Allians National League Division 1 opener against Wexford in MW Hire O'Moore Park at 7pm.
Manager and former Kilkenny hurler, Eddie Brennan, believes the young guns bring a lot to this...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Noel Conroy
28 Grange Hall, Mountmellick, Laois / Rosenallis, Laois
Noel Conroy, 28 Grange Hall, Mountmellick and formerly of Johnsgrove, Rosenallis, Co. Laois. Died peacefully at home, in the...
Pauline Flanagan is seeking a number of firsts in the upcoming General Election - as she bids not only to be the first female TD to ever represent Laois but also the first female to win a seat for...
Mountrath CS Transition Year launched their first ever Transition Year Musical recently.
This year's Transition Year group launched 'Grease the Musical' to a packed school gym.
The entire school community took part in a Dress Up Day as part of the...
A horse with big Laois connections galloped to glory in Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran this afternoon.
'Total Recall' won at odds of 16/1 and he is owned by the Slaneyville Syndicate.
That syndicate has eight members and one of...
The counting of votes for the Laois-Offaly Constituency in General Election 2020 will take place in Portlaoise.
The premises being used for the count is the Powerpoint Engineering unit at Kea-Lew Business Park. It is the same venue that was...
Portlaoise CBS 4-18 Bunclody (Wexford) 0-4
Top Oil South Leinster ‘B’ Senior Football Championship Round 2
Conor Goode, Darragh Carolan and Paddy Hosey were on fire as Portlaoise CBS made it three straight wins to qualify for the semi finals of...
