Steven Miller
Steven Miller is owner and managing editor of LaoisToday.ie. Husband of Emily, father of William, Lillian and John, he's happiest when he's telling stories
LoveLaois Podcast: Nina Carberry on adjusting to life as an MEP and who she’d...
A top class jockey, a seven-time winner at Cheltenham, a judge on Ireland's Fittest Family, a published children's author and a former champion on...
Leinster SFC: Laois seeking to cause an upset as Louth fancied to book semi-final...
Leinster SFC Quarter-final - Laois v Louth
In St Conleth's Park in Newbridge at 3pm
Laois and Louth meet in the Leinster football championship this afternoon...
Leinster MHC: Jones double helps Laois claim second win
Laois 2-19 Carlow 1-9
Leinster MHC Round 2
Two Daniel Jones goals in the second half helped the Laois minor hurlers pick up their second win...
Simon Harris: ‘Charlie Flanagan served with honour, with compassion and with dignity in every...
It was a real who's who of Fine Gael, past and present, in the Killeshin Hotel on Thursday night as the Laois branch of...
Warm welcome for Government decision to review National Development Plan
The decision by Government to commence a review of the National Development Plan (NDP) is a welcome and timely move to ensure we are...
Leinster U-20 FC: Laois claim entertaining draw with Carlow but bow out
Laois 2-10 Carlow 1-13
Leinster U-20 FC Round 3
Ennae Byrne kicked a controversial late two-point free to earn the Laois U-20 footballers a draw against...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as the Laois U-20 footballers take on Carlow
The Laois U-20 footballers have made the short trip to Carlow this evening for the final group game in the Leinster championship.
Laois need to...
Almost €18 million in funding for Laois projects under HSE capital plan
Almost €18 million in funding for Laois projects has been included in the HSE's Capital Plan for 2025, which has been published today by...
‘I have an issue with Coillte Ireland harvesting our public amenity areas’
There's no shortage of lovely walking areas in Laois - but the felling of trees in some of the more popular spots has become...
ACFL Division 3: Killeshin see off neighbours Crettyard for second win
Killeshin 1-19 Crettyard 1-15
ACFL Division 3
Killeshin picked up their second win in the Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 this evening when they got...
Seven Talking Points as Laois get Leinster championship off to a winning start
The Laois footballers got their Leinster championship campaign off to a winning start on Saturday evening in the glorious Wexford Park sunshine.
Justin McNulty's men...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, April 6, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Karen Flynn
Forest Park, Portlaoise, Laois
Karen Flynn Forest Park, Portlaoise, 4th April 2025
Cherished daughter of Alan...
Leinster SFC: Laois make the most of strong start to see off Wexford
Laois 2-21 Wexford 2-11
Leinster SFC Round 1
The Laois footballers are through to a Leinster championship quarter-final against Louth after a relatively comfortable and deserved...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as the Laois senior footballers take on Wexford...
The new Gaelic football rules will be in use in the championship for the first time this evening and the honour of the first...
Leinster SFC: Laois travel to Wexford Park for championship opener
Leinster SFC Round 1 - Laois v Wexford
In Wexford Park at 6pm
The Laois footballers make the trip to Wexford Park today to take on...
Laois Football Podcast: Remembering Mick O’Dwyer, U-20 thriller and looking ahead to senior championship...
The death of Mick O'Dwyer today at the age of 88 has brought memories flooding back for Laois football supporters.
The Kerry legend was Laois...
Laois Football Memory: Looking back on the Laois-Wexford 2018 classic and how it kickstarted...
Laois 2-21 Wexford 1-18 (After extra time)
2018 Leinster SFC Round 1
Sometimes you get the most epic of matches in the most unusual of places.
Laois...
Impassioned appeal for funds as SOSAD charity in danger of closing
The SOSAD mental health service, which has seven centres in Ireland including one in Portlaoise, is in danger of closing due to a considerable...
LoveLaois Podcast: Austin Stack on his new book ‘Justice for My Father’
The broad outline of the story of Brian Stack is widely known.
A Chief Prison Officer in Portlaoise Prison, he was shot by the IRA...
Frustration as JPC replacement still not in place almost a year since last meeting
Frustration is growing among local councillors over the delay in the formation of the new Community Safety Partnerships, an arrangement that was due to...
Calls for Garda vetting system to be simplified
For anyone involved in underage sports teams or local youth groups, it's a topic that is never far away: Garda vetting.
And it raised at...
Column: The Leinster football championship gets underway this weekend – God be with the...
At a time when it seems that the cost of everything is going up, ticket prices for the opening round of the Leinster football...
Column: Underage county teams should be providing future Laois coaches and managers as well...
The Leinster underage championships in hurling and football get underway across the province this week.
Indeed it marks the start of a very busy spell...
In Pictures: Ballyfin’s Dash to 44 – a wonderful, novel, community event and brilliant...
Given the glorious weather we've been having the past couple of weeks, it was a real stroke of bad luck for the participants in...
LaoisToday in New York Podcast: Crettyard man Shane Buggy on pub scene, missing home...
A big feature of our recent trip to New York alongside the Timahoe Male Choir was meeting two Laois publicans who are based in...
ACHL Division 3: Borris-Kilcotton, Ballinakill and Slieve Bloom all pick up opening round wins
ACHL Division 3 Results
Borris-Kilcotton 1-15 Trumera 1-13
Slieve Bloom 2-17 Mountmellick 2-11
Ballinakill 2-16 Camross 1-11
Castletown 1-14 Mountrath 1-14
Borris-Kilcotton 1-15 Trumera 1-13
Sean...
ACHL Division 4: Wins for PRT, Colt-Shanahoe, Ballypickas and Clonad in opening round
Ballypickas 2-21 Clough-Ballacolla 0-12
Clonad 3-18 Rosenallis 2-8
Park-Ratheniska 0-17 Portlaoise 2-10
Colt-Shanahoe 4-12 Rathdowney-Errill 1-12
There were wins for Colt-Shanahoe, Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe, Ballypickas and...
Leinster Ladies MFC: Wicklow hold off Laois challenge as group stages left finely balanced
Wicklow 4-9 Laois 2-8
Leinster Ladies MFC Round 2
A strong Wicklow performance ensured they left Killeen on Saturday afternoon with full points from their Leinster...
New York Diary: What now for the Timahoe Male Choir after surreal US trip?
It was a bedraggled bunch that arrived back in Shannon Airport early on Wednesday morning after an overnight flight from JFK in New York.
As...
New York Diary: Marriage moments, an expensive place, the farming scene in the Big...
A marriage made at the New York St Patrick's Day parade
Ballinakill native Mike Dunphy has been the president, head bottle-washer, main man in the...