Laois students perform brilliantly at National Final of Credit Union Schools quiz
Katie Moore, Seán Kiernan, Pierce Milner and Ronan Crowley represented Emo NS, Laois and the Leinster Region at the National Finals of the Credit...
BREAKING: Kolbe Special School project back on track as Minister removes ‘on hold’ status
The project to bring a new school building for Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise is back on track.
So says Laois TDs Sean Fleming and...
Laois music artist awarded for creative writing by Laois poet in Carlow College
Portlaoise music artist, Stewart Quinn, was recognised for his Creative Writing talent this week at the Carlow College, St. Patrick’s Annual Literary Awards.
Stewart, who...
European Digital School status awarded to Dunamase College at recent ceremony
Dunamase College/Coláiste Dhún Másc was awarded the prestigious European Digital School award recently.
The school, along with Clonaslee College and Portlaoise College, was recognised because...
Clonaslee College awarded European ‘Digital School’ status for excellence in digital teaching and learning
Clonaslee College has been recognised with the prestigious European ‘Digital School’ status for their outstanding contributions in digital teaching and learning.
Supported by global technology...
Laois secondary school awarded European ‘Digital School’ status
Portlaoise College has been recognised with the prestigious European ‘Digital School’ status for their outstanding contributions in digital teaching and learning.
The award was bestowed...
Clever Laois primary school students claim second place in international maths competition
A Laois primary school and their clever students have claimed second place in an international maths competition.
Rushall National School, in Pike of Rushall, came...
Huge achievement for Ballyadams NS students as they advance in national debating championships
Students from Ballyadams National School were recently crowned winners of the Concern Primary Debating Championships in the Laois-Offaly-Tipperary region - and now go forward...
Kolbe: ‘We have waited too long … this time we are not going away’
You'd have wanted a heart of stone not to have been moved by the contributions made by two local parents to Wednesday night's public...
Free books to be provided in primary and special schools across Laois under new...
Free books will be provided in all primary schools and special schools across Laois, Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has said.
Deputy Flanagan says the...
In Pictures: Laois students work in local school and provide life-saving medicines in trip...
Sixteen students and four staff members of Portlaoise College departed for Banjul as part of the school's Gambia Partnership Project at the end of...
In Pictures: Seachtain na Gaeilge a huge success at Dunamase College
Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in Dunamase College/Coláiste Dhún Másc is going from strength to strength.
The Irish language is very important to them as a...
Momentous day as sod is turned for new Saplings school in Killeshin
Yesterday was a momentous day for the school community of Saplings in Killeshin as the sod was officially turned on their new 1,200 square...
Portlaoise CBS seniors progress to Griffith College legal debating competition final
Portlaoise CBS seniors have progressed to the finals of the Griffith College Legal Debating Schools Competition in Dublin.
The Portlaoise secondary school were one of...
Three Laois entries advance to Dublin finals of Junk Kouture
This week saw the next generation of Irish up-and-coming eco-conscious creators, innovators, and fashion designers at the 2023 Regional Finals of Junk Kouture, the...
Laois school celebrates World Book Day with visit from ‘The Last Beekeeper’ author
Alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatope were flying around the library at Rath National School last week as students and staff celebrated the occasion of World...
Laois student presented with Dillon Memorial Medal for outstanding academic achievement at UCD
Laois student Christopher Carew was an award recipient at the recent UCD Awards Ceremony.
The Portlaoise native was awarded the Dillon Memorial medal for outstanding...
‘Any delays of a technical appraisal will be no more than 4 weeks’ says...
A Laois TD has moved to reassure those concerned by the news surrounding Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise.
Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan says he...
Laois secondary school student scoops national award for video poem
A Laois secondary school student has scooped a national award at a recent ceremony in Croke Park.
Henry Ncube of Dunamase College was named the...
Bright sparks from Emo NS to represent Laois at National Credit Union Quiz final
After a sensational, star-studded cookbook launch by Emo National School at the thronged Killeshin Hotel on Thursday night last, there was more news of...
Laois student granted prestigious scholarship in UCC for outstanding Leaving Cert results
A Laois student has been granted a prestigious scholarship in University College Cork following her stunning Leaving Cert results.
In the summer of 2022, Orla...
In Pictures: Timahoe students have a ‘blast’ at the RDS!
The good times are back!!
So said the children at Scoil Mhuire Fatima, Timahoe as they found themselves boarding a bus and heading off to...
Meeting with Minister for Education sought as campaign for Laois school’s PE Hall continues
A high-level meeting took place in St Fergal's College Rathdowney recently, to plan the next step in the current major effort to secure a...
Success for Portlaoise College student at World Archery Competition.
Portlaoise College student Olivia Reynolds recently competed at the 2023 World Indoor Field Archery Championships held at Medway Park Sports Centre, in Kent, England.
The...
Knockbeg College receives Ministerial visit to highlight climate challenges and biodiversity work
Knockbeg College’s Green-Schools Committee received a Ministerial visit recently to receive a whole school talk to students, staff and the wider school community on...
Portarlington school hosts first ever Ficheall Chess Tournament in Laois
Scoil Phádraig Portarlington were hosts to Laois’ first ever Ficheall.ie primary school chess tournament on Tuesday, February 21.
Ficheall is the network of primary school...
Our School: Steeped in history but now a modern rural primary school – Scoil...
Back in the autumn of 2019, we started a regular feature on LaoisToday 'Our School', where we planned to visit the primary schools of...
Portlaoise Institute students gain work experience in Malaga
Learners from Portlaoise Institute recently had the opportunity to spend two weeks on a work placement abroad as part of the Erasmus+ Programme.
20 students...
Mountrath Community School student has award winning poem published
Leaving Certificate student Aisling McEvoy has had her first poem published in the anthology ‘Confessions of a Clockwalker’.
Aisling is a 6th year student in...
Over 200 Ukrainians in school in Laois according to Department of Education figures
A total of 207 Ukrainian children are in school in Laois according to figures released by the Department of Education today.
The figures are accurate...
