In Pictures: Dinner Dance season concludes as Crettyard celebrate 2024 success
There were great celebrations on Saturday evening as members of Crettyard GAA came together for a dinner dance.
The Abbeyleix Manor Hotel was the venue...
List of start times for 15 St Patrick’s Day parades around Laois
St Patrick’s Day is right around the corner with a number of local parades set to captivate towns and villages throughout Laois.
Rathdowney have chosen...
Seven Talking Points as the Laois senior hurlers went down to Antrim
Laois came away from Belfast with a disappointing loss on Sunday afternoon against Antrim and their Division 1B status remains in the balance.
There has...
Basketball: Portlaoise move to 18 and 2 as they prove too strong for Maigh...
Portlaoise Panthers 88 Maigh Cillinn 66
Men's Basketball Division 1
Portlaoise Panthers improved their record at the top of the Men’s Division One North Conference to...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, March 10, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Benny Maher
Late of Arlington Estate, Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of Bracklone Street Portarlington County Laois. Peacefully surrounded...
All systems go as Clonasee set for their latest St Patrick’s Day parade
Spring is well and truly in the air these days - meaning that those tasked with planning the St Patrick's Day parade in Clonaslee...
Basketball: Panthers pass Trinity test to secure Women’s Super League playoff spot
Trinity Meteors 68 Portlaoise Panthers 74
Women's Basketball Super League
Portlaoise Panthers have secured their place in this season’s Women’s Super League playoffs after they prevailed...
ACFL Division 3 and 4: Opening wins for Arles-Kilcruise, Mountmellick and Ballylinan
Arles-Kilcruise 0-16 Graiguecullen 0-14
ACFL Division 3 Round 1
Arles-Kilcruise made a winning start to Division 3 as they defeated Graiguecullen this afternoon.
A strong first half...
Combined Counties Cup: Ballybrittas beat Abbeyleix on penalties as 10-man Mountmellick crash out
Ballybrittas Utd 1 Abbeyleix Ath 1 (AET) (Ballybrittas win 6-5 on penalties)
Combined Counties Cup Round 2
Will Boland and Matthew Byron were the heroes as...
Towns Cup Round 2: Spirited first half from Portarlington but Boyne run riot after...
Portarlington 14 Boyne 45
Leinster Towns Cup Round 2
Portarlington's Towns Cup dream is over after a dominant second half from Boyne, where the visitors ran...
ACFL Division 4: Buggie the hero for Stradbally while Ballyroan-Abbey defeat Annanough in goalfest
Stradbally 1-17 Barrowhouse 2-13
ACFL Division 4 Round 1
Newly promoted Stradbally made a winning start to Division 4 as they claimed a one point win...
NHL Division 1B: Antrim allay relegation fears with comprehensive victory over injury stricken Laois
Laois 0-21 Antrim 4-22
ACHL Division 1B Round 4
Laois were hit for four goals by a rampant Antrim team as their woes continue in Corrigan...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois face Antrim in Corrigan Park
Laois have made the long trip to Belfast for today's Division 1B showdown with Antrim.
Tommy Fitzgerald's side got off to a tough start in...
Upward trend continues for new car sales in Laois despite a 15% nationwide decline
There were 205 new cars sold in Laois during the second month of the year, up over 4% from the 196 sold in February 2024...
News in Brief: €3.5 million travel grants, Laois Greenway project, Second Hand Acquisitions Programme...
€3.5 million for Active Travel Projects and Bus Stops for Laois
€3.5 million has been allocated to Laois for Active Travel Investment Grants and Bus...
Your guide to the game as the Laois senior hurlers travel to Belfast
National Hurling League Division 1B – Laois v Antrim
In Corrigan Park at 1pm
Laois have made the long trip to Belfast for today's Division 1B...
Fr Paddy: Vocation is a rich and deeply fulfilling way of life
There is a real sense here in Ireland, that the vocation crisis, to the priesthood, is having real consequences in terms of aging clergy...
Deaths in Laois – Sunday, March 9, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Kathleen Margaret McDonagh (née McDonagh)
Mountmellick, Laois
Kathleen Margaret McDonagh nee McDonagh 11 Riverside Park,Queensferry, UK. Died...
Fifty Seven Boutique celebrating one year of business in new Durrow premises
It has been one whole year since the retail landscape of Durrow changed significantly.
Fifty Seven Boutique and Gift Emporium are this weekend celebrating the...
Leinster MFL: Laois Fall short as Offaly score four to win early season silverware
Laois 1-8 Offaly 4-12
Leinster Minor Football League Final
It wasn't to be for Laois on the day as they fell short to a strong Offaly...
ACFL Division 3: Murphy points the way as Crettyard get the better of Timahoe...
Crettyard 2-15 Timahoe 0-7
ACFL Division 3
A strong second-half performance saw intermediate champions Crettyard get their Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 campaign off to...
NCL Division 3A: Three wins from three for Laois after dogged battle with Tyrone
Laois 3-9 Tyrone 2-8
National Camogie League Division 3A Round 3
Laois made it three wins from three in Division 3A of the National Camogie League...
The week that was – our most read stories of the week
1 - Laois man selected to be Grand Marshal at San Francisco St Patrick’s Day parade
When Mark Gorman left Mountrath for San Francisco in...
Customer was king to Val McCartney as he retires after 44 years’ service
The farming community around Ballacolla gathered at the local Tirlán premises on Friday last to wish Val McCartney well as he retired after 44...
Kilminchy School House clinches national title for ‘remarkable’ fifth time
The Portlaoise-based Kilminchy School House has been honoured with the title of Business All-Star Laois Early Learning Centre of The Year 2025.
It is the...
Handball: Leinster success for Laois sisters in junior doubles final
Aoife and Úna Brophy of Cullohill Handball Club pulled off a fantastic victory in the Leinster Ladies Handball 40x20 Junior Doubles Final last weekend...
Rathdowney Golf Club hosts Captain’s Drive-in to celebrate new season of golf
As the new season of golf is to begin, Rathdowney golf club hosted a Captain's Drive-In.
As the winter passes, golfers are ready to be...
Deaths in Laois – Saturday, March 8, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Kathleen Margaret McDonagh (née McDonagh)
Mountmellick, Laois
Kathleen Margaret McDonagh nee McDonagh 11 Riverside Park,Queensferry, UK. Died...
Kelly Cup: Champions again as St Joseph’s defeat Killeshin for third title in four...
St Joseph’s 1-16 Killeshin 0-5
Kelly Cup Final
St Joseph’s claimed Kelly Cup glory once again this season after a great performance against Killeshin.
In what was...
In Pictures: More than 60 jobs to be created as €16 million steel fabrication...
It was an exciting day in Junction 17's National Enterprise Park as a Laois company officially unveiled its brand new €16 million facility.
Midland Steel,...
