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Basketball: Portlaoise Panthers unable to halt poor run against Super League table toppers

Liffey Celtics 81 Portlaoise Panthers 43 Women's Basketball Super League Portlaoise Panthers fell far short of pulling off a major upset in Women’s Super League after...
Laois v Wicklow 1986

From the Archives – ‘Battle of Aughrim’ referee remembers the most infamous moment of...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in November 2020.  Aughrim. 1986. Laois v Wicklow. There are few days in Laois GAA history that stand out...

Top Five: The best Laois hurling matches of 2024

2024 was a special year for hurling in Laois, but what were the best games? We at LaoisToday have cast a watchful eye back over...

Top Five: Laois’s biggest sporting moments of 2024

With 2024 drawing to a close, we at LaoisToday have cast a watchful eye back over the last 12 months to pick out our...

Top Five: The best Laois football matches of 2024

2024 saw a huge amount of football played in Laois, but what were the best games? We at LaoisToday have cast a watchful eye back...

Rugby: Big day in Togher as Athy RFC scoop three titles at North Midlands...

There was a big crowd in Tougher, Portlaoise as it played host to the North Midlands Area Finals on Sunday December 29. It was a...

Basketball: Panthers edge Division 1 thriller against Ulster to extend unbeaten run

Portlaoise Panthers 79 Ulster University 77 Men's National League Division 1 Portlaoise Panthers survived a severe test by Ulster University in St Mary’s Hall on Sunday...

Basketball: Portlaoise Panthers left empty-handed in Brunell

Brunell 69 Portlaoise Panthers 53 Women's Basketball Super League Portlaoise Panthers suffered their third straight defeat in this season’s Women’s Super League after they were undone...

Basketball: Panthers overpower Lions to remain well clear at the North Conference summit

Portlaoise Panthers 93 Dublin Lions 76  Men's National Basketball League Division 1  Portlaoise Panthers wore down a stubborn Dublin Lions outfit in Coláiste Bríde on Saturday...

Basketball: Battling Portlaoise fall just short against Super League leaders Waterford

Portlaoise Panthers 66 SETU Waterford Wildcats 70  Women's Basketball Super League  Portlaoise Panthers very nearly pulled off the shock of the Women’s Super League season as...

Laois minor hurlers name 35-player panel with 16 clubs represented ahead of 2025 season

Laois minor hurling manager Glen McEvoy has named a 35-player panel ahead of the 2025 season. The Clonaslee native has picked players from 16 different...
Intermediate Team of the Year 2024

Champions Crettyard lead the way on LaoisToday Intermediate Football Team of the Year for...

Crettyard’s success in the 2024 Laois intermediate football championship sees them rewarded with eight positions on this year’s Team of the Year selection. Having being...
Cody Comerford and Jake Darcy

Laois GAA confirm U-20 Footballer and Hurler of the year for 2024

Laois GAA have announced that Jake Darcy is the U-20 footballer of the year for the 2024 season. The Annanough defender, who is eligible for...

Four clubs represented on the 2024 LaoisToday Senior Hurling team of the year

With another edition of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in the history books we've come up LaoisToday Senior Hurling Team of the Year. Champions Clough-Ballacolla...

Crettyard go internal as replacement found for victorious Noel Delaney

Newly promoted Crettyard have appointed a new manager ahead of the 2025 season. After three years in charge, Ballyroan-Abbey's Noel Delaney has departed the role. And...

Three Laois GAA clubs appoint new managers ahead of 2025 season

Three more Laois GAA clubs have appointed new managers ahead of the 2025 season. First off, the next calendar year is set to be an...
SFC 2024 Team of the Year

Five clubs represented in LaoisToday Senior Football Team of the Year for 2024

As the year draws to a close, we in LaoisToday have put our heads together to come up with our Senior Football Team of...

Laois GAA increase fines for walkovers following a season blighted by concessions

Laois GAA have increased the punishments for teams who give walkovers following a 2024 season which was blighted by them. In 2024, any team who...

Rugby: Portlaoise U-16 girls enjoy impressive win on the road in Leinster Premier League

Wicklow 10 Portlaoise 54 Girls U-16 Leinster Premier League Rugby Portlaoise U-16 girls travelled to Wicklow on Saturday to take on the locals in the Leinster...

Leinster Colleges SFC: Laois lads to the fore as Ardscoil Athy knocking out champions...

Ardscoil na Trionoide Athy 0-13 Naas CBS 1-3 Leinster Colleges SFC Quarter Final Ardscoil na Trionoide Athy are through to the semi finals of the Leinster...

In Pictures: Kelly and Mulhare win gold at Laois Senior Cross Country Championships held...

The elegant grounds of Emo Court were the fitting venue for the 2024 hosting of the Laois Senior Cross Country Championships on Sunday. Spectators were...

Laois club football leagues to revert to traditional format for 2025 season

The Laois club football leagues are set to return to a traditional format for 2025 - meaning an end to the second phase of...

Basketball: Portlaoise Panthers men prevail in Division One dogfight with Waterford

Portlaoise Panthers 82 SETU Waterford Vikings 72 Men's Division 1 National Basketball League Portlaoise Panthers had to roll up their sleeves and deliver a hard-nosed performance...

Basketball: Portlaoise Panthers sunk again by Trinity Meteors

Portlaoise Panthers 54 Trinity Meteors 67 Women's Super League Basketball After having suffered an early exit from the Paudie O’Connor National Cup at the hands of...

Rugby: Portarlington run riot in Birr as Newbridge edge out Portlaoise by a point

Birr 0 Portarlington 43 Leinster League Division 2B Portarlington have ended 2024 as the in form team Division 2B, closing out the year with four incredible...

Soccer: Match abandoned in Clonaslee as Portlaoise, Rosenallis and Stradbally all beaten

Clonaslee Utd 3 Mullingar Celtic 0 (Match Abandoned) Paddy Cotter Cup Round 1 Mullingar Celtic made the trip to Clonaslee on Sunday morning, with the Westmeath...

Clonaslee Wheelchair Basketball Club bolstered by welcome new sponsorship

A Laois wheelchair group has been bolstered by a recent new sponsorship - a welcome Christmas present for the club. Clonaslee Wheelchair Basketball Club were...

Basketball: Scoil Chríost Rí crowned Regional Champions with comeback win over Kilkenny

SCR Portlaoise 50 Presentation Kilkenny 36 Midlands/South-East Regional U-16 'A' Basketball Championship Final Scoil Chriost Ri are Midlands/South-East Regional U-16 'A' Basketball Champions after a tremendous comeback...

Arles-Killeen appoint former Kildare star as new manager for 2025 season

Arles-Killeen have appointed former Kildare footballer Anthony Rainbow as their new manager for 2025. Rainbow replaces the Wexford duo of Shane Roche and Aidan O'Brien...
Hurling General

Nine Laois players included in Fitzgibbon Cup panels

Nine young Laois hurlers have been included in their colleges' Fitzgibbon Cup panels for the 2025 competition which will get underway in January. There are...
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