In Pictures: Mick Galwey addresses the crowd at Laois networking event
Former Irish rugby player Mick Galwey was the guest speaker at a networking event in Portlaoise on Wednesday evening, organised by the Laois Local...
Laois retailer wins top motorway services award
A local forecourt retailer has won a major industry prize at this year’s biggest retail awards ceremony in Ireland.
After undergoing rigorous independent judging, Manor...
Closure of businesses, Christmas lights and the Courthouse – wide ranging discussion at Downtown...
The AGM of the Downtown Portlaoise group heard of some of the challenges facing the town centre - most notably the number of closures...
Two new farms come on the market in Laois
A 100-acre farm just outside Portlaoise and a 60-acre residential holding in Ballylinan have just come on the market and will be sold by...
Laois business women team up with national body
A number of business women in Laois have been involved in Enterprising Women's Network in recent years with the Laois Local Enterprise Office (LEO)...
In Pictures: Connect 2 Laois for Food makes a Happy Pear
Darragh Flynn, one half of the successful Happy Pear business, spoke to a packed-out room for the Connect 2 Laois for Food programme on...
SuperValu Abbeyleix are holding a ‘Baskets For Cash’ fundraiser for SVP
SuperValu Abbeyleix want baskets returned to the store to raise money for St Vincent de Paul (SVP).
After noticing that a number of shopping baskets...
Ballyfin Demesne voted fourth best resort hotel in Europe
Ballyfin Demesne has been voted as the fourth best resort in Europe, according to the influential US travel magazine, Travel + Leisure.
The hotel was...
The Sunday Interview: The Mountmellick fashion designer carrying on the work of his late...
A Mountmellick man, carrying on the work of his late grandfather is making serious waves in the fashion world, and is hoping to see...
Laois Food businesses to receive new training
Up to thirty food businesses in Laois will be able to receive specialist training and mentoring to help develop their business this September.
'Connect 2...
The Pantry in Portlaoise has been honoured with national award
The Pantry Portlaoise have received the John & Sally McKenna Guide's recommendation for the Best in Ireland 2017.
The recommendation was given after a secret...
Le Skinny Chef planning big things as he grows his business in Portlaoise
This week for the food and drink series we meet with Aymar Gourdet whose brand 'Le Skinny Chef' is gaining a foothold in the...
Win €100,000 for your community
Non-for-profit and community youth organisations in Laois can win €100,000 by entering the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund.
Groups can apply under a number of headings...
New restaurant specialising in gluten-free food opens in Portlaoise
A new restaurant specialising in gluten-free food has just opened its doors in Portlaoise.
The Bay Tree restaurant can be described as a coeliac heaven,...
Georgian house sold to mystery bidder for €1.64 million
Ashmount House, a Georgian property in Clonygowan just across the Laois border, sold for €1.64 million on Thursday with much speculation on the identity...
Vacant Mountrath pub sells for €80,000
The vacant Cedar Inn in Mountrath has sold for €80,000 at an Allsop auction.
The pub, which extended to 6,500 square foot, comprised of a...
‘Heavy going, hard work … but we love what we’re doing’
We recently visited Rose Cottage Farm near Mountrath to meet with the Phelan family and hear their story of growing strawberries in Laois for the past...
New manager appointed at Midlands Park Hotel
Dara Cruise has taken charge as the new General Manager at the recently refurbished Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise.
Dara comes to one of the...
Popular Laois soap business in a change of a hands
Don’t get yourself into a lather, but, Rose & Alice soaps is changing hands. Happily though they are remaining in Laois and staying in...
Chinese vase that sold in Durrow for €740k had a reserve of €800
Arrangements are being made to ship the vase that sold for €740,000 at auction in Durrow on Saturday to its new owner in Paris.
The...
All Ireland recognition for Portlaoise-based Le Skinny Chef
A French man, in business in Portlaoise, was among the winners at the recent All Ireland Farmers Market competition held in Wexford.
Aymar Gourdet, who...
In Pictures: Irish Farmers Journal visit Vicarstown to meet local businesses
The Irish Farmers Journal visited Vicarstown on Friday last to meet a number of local people in business for an upcoming feature in their...
170-acre farm plus Georgian house on the market across the border
A 171-acre residential farm between Portarlington and Tullamore is one of the largest holdings to come on the market in the area in recent...
Abbeyleix woman wins €25,000 prize
Abbeyleix mother of two, Valerie Bergin, has been announced as the winner of a €25,000 prize, having entered a competition open to customers of...
High-speed broadband being rolled out in Laois
Around 22,000 homes and premises in Laois now have high-speed broadband with a further 5,000 plus premises to be connected in the coming years.
Orlagh...
20 new jobs for Rathdowney as Outlet Centre hopes for new lease of life
The operations manager at the 'Rathdowney Hub', formerly the Outlet Centre, is hoping that the decision by a big company to open a Mr PRICE...
Bibi Baskin to speak at the relaunch of Network Ireland Laois branch
An open evening for the re-establishment of the Laois branch of Network Ireland will be held next Tuesday, May 30, at 6pm in the Heritage...
‘We’re here for the long haul,’ say Portlaoise’s newest hotel owners
As the Portlaoise Heritage Hotel officially becomes the Midlands Park Hotel today, the new owners say they are in Laois "for the long haul"...
Heidi Higgins tells her story to women in business event
Local fashion designer Heidi Higgins was one of the main speakers at at a Laois women in business event in Portlaoise this week as she...
In pictures: Laois women in business networking event
Almost 70 Laois business women attended a Bank of Ireland networking event in the Midlands Park Hotel on Thursday.
Organised by Emily Cruise, Premier Advisor...
