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Best of 2017 – REVEALED: New Laois football manager’s backroom team
In September, it was revealed by LaoisToday that John Surgue would be taking the reigns as Laois Senior Football manager.
Alan Hartnett followed up on...
Best of 2017 – This Laois Hen Party with their brilliant theme and costumes
This Hen Party from Mountmellick went viral after dressing up as the set of the Navitity scene this August.
Mary Rose Melia and her friends...
Best of 2017 – Leaving Cert Diary: Countdown nearly over as I watch the...
Coming up to the Leaving Cert this year, LaoisToday employed the help of Scoil Chríost Rí student Isabel Dwyer, to make an online leaving...
Best of 2017 – You might remember some of these things if you went...
We're a nostalgic sort in Ireland and that is no different in Laois.
And most of us love to look back at our school days.
We...
Best of 2017 – 20 things you’ll remember if you went to school in...
These lists proved to be extremely popular when we launched LaoisToday.
This one is about memories from Heywood Community School in Ballinakill.
Be sure to let...
Best of 2017 – Laois teens go viral for shifting on the RTE News
This was just brilliant. In July, two Laois teenagers could find nowhere better for a kiss than outside the Courthouse on Main Street in...
Best of 2017 – Retired Portlaoise couple ready for their new life in South...
Back in February, a popular Portlaoise couple packed up their lives and headed off to South Africa.
Jim and Esther McCormack are now living happily...
Best of 2017 – Sixteen young players to look out for in the Senior...
In July of this year, Alan Hartnett made up his list of sixteen young players to look out for in the Senior football championship.
The...
Best of 2017 – Saturday Sports Interview: At just 26, Graiguecullen’s Alan Malone has...
In March of this year, Alan Hartnett sat down with renowned strength and conditioning coach Alan Malone to talk about his involvement in teams...
Best of 2017 – Laois hurlers WON’T play in Leinster championship in 2018 after...
There were huge changes made to championship this year, with one of them being that Laois will not play in the Leinster championship but...
Best of 2017 – Moment in Time: Pictures from the Leinster final celebrations in...
It was our golden moment. On July 20 2003 Laois beat Kildare in a Leinster final that will go down as one of the...
Best of 2017 – Jack Nolan: We are where we are because nobody seems...
In April of this year, Jack Nolan gave a passionate response to Laois's shock loss against neighbours Offaly in the Allianz Football League Division...
Best of 2017- Tributes paid as Pat Critchley calls time on teaching career
Laois legend Pat Critchley called time on his 32-year teaching career this summer. Over the past 32 years, he worked successfully as a PE...
Best of 2017 – Former Knockbeg College student is a millionaire in the Big...
It's always huge news when someone your area, or even near your area, makes a name for themselves internationally.
That's exactly what happened to former...
Best of 2017 – Watch: Massive blaze as fire erupts in house in Portlaoise
In July we brought you news of a dramatic fire at a house in Portlaoise.
Readers contacted us with video footage of the blaze at...
Best of 2017 – Portlaoise slimmer loses 13 stone in 16 months and runs...
We all love a good news story and this certainly falls into that category.
A woman from Portlaoise shed an incredible amount of weight and...
18 things that will definitely happen in every Laois household this Christmas
It just wouldn't be an Irish Christmas without these things.
From fights with family members, taking out the precious 'good cutlery' or watching Fr Ted...
Best of 2017 – Two Broke Divas: Seven bottles of fake tans, tried, tested...
The infinitely wise Two Broke Divas imparted their knowledge of tanning over the summer.
And as silly season is approaching, this advice is essential to...
Best of 2017 – Laois Abroad: An Irish community wherever you go, even in...
Laois Abroad is a series that focuses on Laois natives who have made travelled or built their lives overseas.
So far the series has covered...
Best of 2017 – The top 25 Laois Twitter accounts you simply have to...
Back in March, we sat down and put our heads together to come up with the first of our many lists.
This one was all...
Best of 2017 – Outrage in Portarlington as tireless community worker is fined for...
Back in September, there was significant anger in Portarlington when a community man was fined wrongly for littering.
Thankfully, there was a happy ending to...
Best of 2017- Hollywood actor celebrates Ballyfin Gaels’ championship win
This September, Ballyfin received a visit from Hollywood actor Jonathan Tucker- who made it just in time to celebrate Ballyfin Gaels being crowned Senior...
19 helpful tips for going to mass this Christmas
There was a time in Ireland when mass was a weekly and even daily ritual for the vast majority of the country.
But that is...
Best of 2017 – There really are some classics in the Laois GAA club...
We spent most of 2017 going to club matches around the county.
And when getting team sheets off secretaries or other club officials, we came...
Best of 2017 – The Laois group of friends that spent Electric Picnic weekend...
Electric Picnic threw up a selection of great stories once again - with the group of friends that did up a cattle trailer as...
Best of 2017 – Donal Miller: 22 unforgettable things about the night club in...
At the end of May, Donal Miller decided he'd put his natural wit to full use by penning a regular column for LaoisToday.
His piece...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: The glitz and the glamour at the Scoil...
Debs season was, like most things, completely new to the LaoisToday team when we tackled it.
Julie Anne Miller was on duty for most of...
Best of 2017 – REVEALED: We’ve selected Laois’s Top 25 Instagrammers
We had best Tweeters, Snapchatters and we also had best Instagrammers.
This was decided by a mix of public and office opinion.
And like all other...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, 23 December
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Philomena Birney
Rushall, Mountrath, Laois
Philomena Birney, Rushall, Mountrath, Co. Laois. December 21st 2017....
Best of 2017 – Man arrested after helicopter chase near Ballybrittas
There was high drama in Ballybrittas during the summer when the Garda helicopter made an appearance.
It was the first time it was deployed in...