A range of brilliant offers available as Centrepoint Carpets celebrates 35 years in business
It's no mean feat to be celebrating 35 years in business and to mark that milestone, Centrepoint Carpets have a massive sale now on...
JOB VACANCY: Millers Home and Garden seeking to hire
Millers Home and Garden, based in Kealew Business Park in Portlaoise are currently seeking to hire.
Mechanical experience an advantage as the role will...
Mountmellick drug seizure ‘has taken down the main supply network for cocaine and crack...
Gardaí say that a seizure of drugs worth almost €13 million from a commercial premises in Mountmellick "has taken down the main supply network...
Ceann Comhairle ruling on Dail speaking row ‘a victory for logic and common sense’...
Laois TD Brian Stanley has welcomed Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy's decision in relation to the row over Dail speaking rights.
Last month, the Dail was...
Justin McNulty: “There’s nobody in there proud of their performance”
Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty says that his players were left disappointed with their performance following defeat to Offaly on Sunday.
Laois were 1-10...
In Pictures: Portlaoise GAA community celebrate 2024 and beyond at annual Dinner Dance
The Portlaoise GAA community came together at the weekend to celebrate the 2024 season and the times before that.
The 2024 year was filled with...
Remembering the late Bernadette McRedmond – Laois’s first Special Olympic medalist
There was sadness in Laois in the middle of January when Bernadette (Bern) McRedmond passed away.
Ms McRedmond, from Knockanina in Mountrath, died peacefully on...
Laois Football Podcast: The Laois contingent hoping to lead Ardscoil Athy to first ever...
Saturday, February 8 in O'Connor Park in Tullamore, will be a historic occasion for all in Ardscoil na Trionoide Athy.
For the first time in...
Tommy Fitzgerald: ‘I’m not trying to make excuses but preparations probably weren’t ideal over...
Tommy Fitzgerald's reign as Laois boss officially got underway on Sunday when he saw his side lose out to Offaly in O'Moore Park.
Offaly's sharpness...
Basketball: 20 point lead slips as Portlaoise Panthers fall to first Division 1 defeat
Portlaoise Panthers 95 Drogheda Wolves 100
Men's Basketball Division 1
Portlaoise Panthers carded a first loss in their 2024/25 Men’s Division One campaign after they let...
Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Egan, Sr. de Sales (Lil)
Presentation Sisters, Mountmellick, Laois
Egan, Sr. de Sales (Lil), Presentation Sisters Mountmellick,...
Basketball: Portlaoise Panthers back with a bang in National League as they rout Killarney
Portlaoise Panthers 105 Killarney Cougars 66
Men's Basketball League Division 1
Portlaoise Panthers made an impressive return to Men’s Division One action on Saturday night as...
Basketball: Huge win as Portlaoise Panthers claim victory over University of Galway
Portlaoise Panthers 88 University of Galway 62
Women's Basketball Super League
Portlaoise Panthers produced a big second-quarter run against bottom side University of Galway Mystics that...
Disappointment for Conor Bergin in Seanad Elections as hopes now rest on Taoiseach’s selections
Conor Bergin's hopes of winning a seat in Seanad Éireann now rest on the Taoiseach's picks after he was eliminated on the sixth count...
From the Archives: Vivienne Phelan: ‘What a weekend … I’d written myself off on...
The story of the 2024 Local Elections in Laois was undoubtedly the remarkable comeback of Fine Gael's Vivienne Phelan.
The Stradbally woman was as much...
In Pictures: Great selection of images as Clonaslee-St Manman’s celebrate significant achievement
It's always important to celebrate a club's achievements and milestones, and Clonaslee-St Manman's certainly did that in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Friday night.
There...
From the Archives – Hillman Hunters, Fork Suppers, Pint Bottles and the glory days...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in March 2018 and was written by the late Cllr Tom Mulhall, whose family home is beside the...
Seven Talking Points as Laois hurlers begin campaign with a loss
After last week's postponement the Laois hurlers finally got underway in the National Hurling League on Sunday afternoon when they welcomed Offaly to Laois...
From the Archive: Watch Laois’s 1986 National Football League final win over Monaghan –...
Brought to you in association with Brophy Videography
For a generation of Laois GAA supporters, 2003 is the year that stands out, the magic moment...
Deaths in Laois – Monday, February 3, 2025
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Olga Moody
(née Worrell)
Clongarrett house, Clonbullogue, Offaly / Portarlington, Laois
In her 90th year. Peacefully surrounded by...
Six Talking Points as Laois footballers pay dearly for slow start
The Laois footballers belatedly began their NFL Division 3 campaign this afternoon when they welcomed Offaly to O'Moore Park.
The visitors made the most of...
Rugby: Portlaoise double up on Portarlington in dominant derby win
Portarlington 17 Portlaoise 34
Leinster League Division 2B
Portlaoise doubled Portarlington 34-17 in an impressive victory at Lea Road this afternoon, coming out on top in...
NFL Division 3: Flying start sends Offaly on their way to local derby win
Offaly 2-19 Laois 1-17
NFL Division 3
The Laois and Offaly footballers have a long and storied rivalry but the quirks of the fixtures and their...
Soccer: Cup upsets as Mountmellick stun Willow Park and Ballybrittas power past Temple Villa
Willow Park A 2 Mountmellick Utd A 3
Paddy Cotter Cup Round 2
Mountmellick United pulled off an incredible win on Saturday night, knocking Willow Park...
Ladies NFL Division 3: Six-goal Louth put Laois to the sword in Crettyard
Laois 1-10 Louth 6-5
Ladies NFL Division 3 Round 2
Having been relegated from Division 2 of the Ladies National Football League last year, Laois would...
NHL Division 1B: Offaly run out nine-point winners after dominant second half
Laois 1-15 Offaly 1-24
NHL Division 1B Round 2
Laois's NHL campaign has gotten off to a losing start art the hands of Offaly who came...
Maria McCormack ‘thrilled’ with Seanad success as she becomes first female Laois Senator in...
Newly-elected Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack has vowed to be the strong female voice the people of Laois need in the Oireachtas.
Speaking at Leinster...
LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action as Laois hurlers and footballers both do battle...
The Laois footballers, hurlers and ladies footballers all experienced the frustration of postponed games last weekend in the opening round of their respective National...
Laois TD calls for restrictions to be lifted on over-70 school bus drivers
A Laois TD has renewed calls to have the Government lift restrictions on bus drivers over the age of 70 from operating school buses.
Independent...
Fr Paddy: Tales of wisdom after the storm
Weather wise January 2025 has been dreadful. Because of heavy snow and dangerous pathways, it was reminiscent of lockdown.
The recent storm Eowyn caused devastating...
