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Best of 2017 – Mountmellick man hopes to make it big in LA
In July of this year we interviewed Mountmellick model George Blue about making the big move across to LA to pursue his dreams.
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George Blue...
Best of 2017 – Ranked and filed: The top 10 Laois GAA club grounds
Another one of our popular lists, although this one caused some controversy.
Back in March, we decided to rank what we believe to be our...
Best of 2017 – Delight in Clonaslee as 1 in 5 students receive over...
The Leaving Cert results arrived in the middle of August and all of the Laois schools recorded good results.
But the points achieved by those...
Best of 2017 – WATCH: Laois mammy tries weed for the first time …...
We at LaoisToday do not condone the use of drugs in anyway.
But this video of a Laois mammy trying weed for the first time...
Best of 2017 – 21 of the hardiest men to have played football in...
In September we published this story on some of the real hard men of Laois football over the last 20 years.
We limited it to...
Best of 2017 – WATCH: Grenade detonated safely at Stradbally Hall
There was a flurry of excitement and curiousity in Stradbally when a grenade was found in February.
The grenade was found at a house in...
Best of 2017 – Man leaves €132,000 to Portlaoise parish in his will
This story of an extremely charitable parishioner's will from Portlaoise was one of the most popular stories on LaoisToday in October.
The parishioner's generous gift...
Best of 2017 – 16 things to keep in mind for Silage Season
It may be far from silage season now but when this story first went up in May, it spread, well, like silage.
Read on to...
REVEALED: We’ve selected our Top 25 Tweets of the Year
We love our lists at LaoisToday.
To signal the end of 2017, we thought it would be a good idea to do a list on...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: MDA and playground submerged as Mountmellick families evacuated
This was a really tragic event which happened in a flash at the end of November.
Large parts of Mountmellick were completely flooded following freak...
Best of 2017 – Two Broke Divas: Some outfit ideas as wedding season in...
The Two Broke Divas (Aoife and Laura) brought glamour into all our lives here at LaoisToday.
From trying and testing fake tans, MAC essentials and...
Best of 2017 – Garda helicopter in Stradbally after van with copper cables found
Drama and excitement ensued in Stradbally this November as a Garda helicopter was seen circling around the area.
The Garda helicopter was dispatched after a...
Best of 2017 – 20 great pictures of Our Duke celebrations in Coolrain
Coolrain and indeed the whole of Laois turned into proud racing viewers as Our Duke won the Irish Grand National this April.
The Cooper family...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, December 29, 2017
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Mick) McRedmond
Brocca, Clonaslee, Laois
Michael (Mick) McRedmond, Brocca, Clonaslee Co. Laois, died...
Best of 2017 – Castletown claim Cumann na mBunscol title in controversial circumstances
This utterly bizarre story took place at the end of May.
The fall-out from it saw the resignation of the chairperson of Laois Cumann na...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: Weather fails to dampen the spirits at Portlaoise...
November was a terrible month for weather in Laois.
We had rain, floods and even snow. But punters braved the rain on one particular day...
Best of 2017 – 20 things you’ll remember if you went to Knockbeg College
Another of our school stories which proved very popular.
Although some people consider it to be in Carlow, Knockbeg College was home to thousands of...
Best of 2017 – New football manager appointed as Laois look to Kerry native
The Laois senior footballers endured a hugely disappointing season in 2017 - being relegated to Division 4 for the first time in 50 years...
Best of 2017 – Kavanagh hits out at ‘disgusting character assassination’ of County Secretary
A war of words commenced after former Laois footballer Colm Parkinson was refused his regrade to Intermediate in September.
Original article by Alan Hartnett.
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Laois County...
Best of 2017 – Laois family set to become latest stars of Gogglebox Ireland
The Morans are a family from Portlaoise that took Gogglebox Ireland by storm when they joined the show last March.
The sports mad family were...
Best of 2017 – Kelly Lou cakes is opening a second cafe in Portlaoise
In November, Kelly Lou Cakes opened their second coffee shop in Portlaoise.
This is an extraordinary feat for the business, which was started by Kelly...
Best of 2017 – Two Broke Divas: Budget foundations – tried, tested and reviewed!
As the party seasom is still in full swing, we thought we should bring back this article from the Two Broke Divas on budget...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, December 28, 2017
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Michael (Mick) McRedmond
Brocca, Clonaslee, Laois
Michael (Mick) McRedmond, Brocca, Clonaslee Co. Laois, died...
Best of 2017 – Watch: Serious scenes in Portlaoise as Dubs and Carlow supporters...
Dublin and Carlow did battle in O'Moore Park in June this year in the Leinster football quarter-final.
Dublin came out victors on the day on...
Best of 2017 – Off licence worker hailed a hero after foiling armed robbery
We all love a hero, and this story from April is all about one.
An Egan's Off Licence employee foiled an armed robbery back in...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: Laois GAA stars gather for awards night
It was all glitz and glamour for the Laois GAA awards earlier this month.
Twenty-six award winners were presented with their gongs – across all...
Best of 2017: Watch: Laois band literally bring the house down with debut Electric...
Electric Picnic weekend always throws up some brilliant stories and it was no different this year.
On the Friday night, local band Pogueology played at...
Best of 2017 – The Sunday Interview: The young Portlaoise man with a string...
David Finn is a shrewd entrepreneur whose businesses have gone from strength to strength in the past few years.
Since the time of this interview,...
Best of 2017 – A Laois club football team of Golden Oldies
In another token take on Laois club football, we looked at a team of club Golden Oldies who were still lacing up the boots...
Best of 2017 – Meet the 17 hopefuls in this year’s Laois Rose selection...
Before current Laois Rose Maeve Dunne was crowned on Sunday, April 30, we interviewed each of the 17 Rose hopefuls.
The 17 Laois girls were...