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Best of 2017 – Laois County Council and Supermacs owner strike deal for land...
In March of this year, 110 acres at Togher was purchased by Supermacs owner Pat McDonagh.
Laois County Council agreed to buy 76 of those...
Best of 2017 – Revamped Treacy’s bar all set to re-open
In February of this year, Treacy's Bar & Restaurant re-opened its newly furbished doors.
The bar and restaurant has grown from strength to strength ever...
Best of 2017 – WATCH: Flooding mayhem at the Ploughing Championships
Ok, we'll admit that we might be a little bit over the top with this one!
But when the Ploughing Championships got flooded in Offaly...
Best of 2017 – REVEALED: We’ve selected Laois’s Top 25 Snapchatters
Back in June, we launched ourselves on Snapchat.
Since then, our own audience has grown to in excess of 3,000 followers.
We also decided to pick...
Best of 2017 – Laois mother recalls horror Ryanair flight during Hurricane Ophelia
Back in October, the county braced itself to deal with Hurricane Ophelia.
It was Ireland's first hurricane in a long time and in the end,...
Best of 2017 – Man robs shop in Mountrath at gun point and then...
This story in August was a terrifying one for the shop worker - with the culprit then proceeding to crash not one but two...
Best of 2017 – Ballylinan see off Port in seven goal thriller to reach...
This seven goal shocker saw Ballylinan go through to their first SFC final in 30 years.
Ballylinan later lost to Portlaoise in the final.
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Best of 2017- Portlaoise to be sole focus of three-part TV3 documentary series
In August, Motive TV were looking for people to film for their three-part documentary series following the lives of people living and working in...
Best of 2017 – Mark Doheny: 21 things we’ve learned from club football in...
If there was ever an award for a GAA analyst in Laois, we would give it to Mark Doheny.
Prehaps not for tactical commentary, but...
Best of 2017 – Donal Miller: I’m anxious … are you?
In this article, columnist Donal Miller spoke about his anxiety, particularly before football matches.
Here Donal speaks about how it feels before matches, and how...
Best of 2017 – Woman in Laois went on hunger strike to battle to...
Sixty-eight year old Kathryn Nelson went on hunger strike in November against not being able to receive the state pension.
The Clough woman spent four...
Best of 2017 – VIDEO: Laois farmer stars on First Dates Ireland
Camross farmer Jamie Cuddy had every eye in the nation on him when he appeared on First Dates Ireland in March.
Jamie impressed both Twitter...
Best of 2017 – 18 of the hardiest men to have played hurling in...
After the success of the article honouring the toughest men to play football in Laois, we had to do a hurling equivalent.
And while there...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: The best Snowmen and Snowwomen in Laois
In December, Laois was covered in a blanket of fluffy stuff.
Snow came down and actually stuck.
While it led to school closures and greasy roads,...
Best of 2017 – Stradbally woman leaves almost €18 million in her will
David Power reported on this story for us in September.
A Stradbally woman has left almost €18m in her estate, it has emerged this week.
Elizabeth Annette...
Best of 2017 – 15 things you’ll remember if you went to St Leo’s...
In our "Things you'll Remember" series we brought you memories from many schools around Laois.
It was time for St Leo's in Carlow, and we...
Best of 2017 – In Pictures: Thousands support the Light for Lives rally for...
Portlaoise Hospital continues to be a huge issue both on a local and national scale.
A few weeks ago, thousands of people lined the streets...
Best of 2017 – WATCH: Portarlington ‘cut in half’ as River Barrow bursts its...
As flooding devasted Laois towns in late November, Portarlington became one of the final victims when the River Barrow burst its banks.
The river was...
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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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...