Tag: 2020 Remembered

In November, St Fergals student Ella Hayes became the first person to receive the Aoife Doocey Award. This award was created in honour of...

In November, emergency services acted swiftly to save an elderly man up in the Slieve Blooms. The South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association was also called...

Back in August, the Iirish Independent's list of top 50 ladies footballers features three players from Laois. Three Laois ladies footballers are included in the Irish...

Back in January, Colt and Shanonhoe joined forces to form Laois' newest hurling club. Covid-19 curtailed their activities for 2020 but they will be...

In October, as pubs around the county remained shut Gardai located what appeared to be a rather illegal setup. Gardai say they carried out a...

Back in February, one Laois February opened up a solon in Portlaoise. Opening a new business is a hugely exciting time, a feeling that Portlaoise...

What an uplifting story this was.  This is brilliant news. Gardai in Laois have recovered a caravan belonging to a young Louth boy who has special...

As one year ends and the next one begins, we often find ourselves looking back on the people we have lost. Laois lost a number...

Back in April as the world tried to come to terms with Covid-19, Edel and Colin Finn described to us the difficulties of having...

In April, Katy White received a very prestigious award from Trinity College. What an amazing achievement this is. Former Mountrath Community School student Katy White (20)...

Back in July, we had a great chat with a Laois business owner who reinvented her business. In October 2019 Croft Alley appeared on the streetscape of...

In May, we complied a list of our favourite Offaly people. In honour of Shane Lowry’s Open win in the summer, we came up with...

This feels like another universe, but back in January the government wanted to commemorate the RIC and the idea did not go down well. Abbeyleix...

In November, Niall Handy hit the headlines for a rather pointed attack on those who make nasty comments on social media. Laois GAA secretary Niall...

This was a very dramatic incident back in May. A man was arrested after a Garda chase on Sunday night at Morette near Emo, having...

In August, Roseanallis overcame Camross in a terrific game in MW Hire O’Moore Park. Rosenallis 2-20 Camross 3-9 Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 2 Rosenallis have knocked...

In September, the County Council were called upon to do to something about the old AIB bank building in Portarlington. The issue of derelict building...

In February, we found some great pictures from the Mountmellick GAA dinner dance in 2003. It is the season of Dinner Dances and we decided...

In January, one Laois man won a substantial amount of money for his prize in a poker tournament in Dublin. Well – this is something...

In June, Gerry Quinn became principal of St Fergals College in Rathdowney. St Fergal’s College in Rathdowney will have a new principal for the 2020-2021...

At the height of the pandemic in April, this shipment proved to be vital in the fight against Covid-19. A Laois company has secured and...

This is truly an inspirational story. A Laois woman who spent 49 days in hospital fighting Coronavirus has praised the doctors and nurses in both...

This story from September is a wonderful example of how an old building can be completely transfromed. Anyone driving through Clonaslee recently will have noticed...

In April, we looked back at the tremendous battle between Laois and Carlow in 1995. Even with the never-ending sagas of controversies that follow the...

Back in August, this Laois couple defied the the Coronavirus and showed that true love can concur all. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed everything about...

Back in February more than €100,000 was raised for anew pitch development in a local school. Hundreds of people packed into the Midlands...

Back in July we made a list of young players that we believed would make an impact in the Premier Intermediate and Intermediate championships....

After a desperate search for good news, a laois man connected with his late dad's family came back in September. We all need a bit...

In February, Julie's cookbook brewed up a storm. Some teachers go over and above – and that’s something Portlaoise College teacher Julie Cunneen has done...

In November, we interviewed this incredible teenager who had just released her first single.  A Laois teenager with a quite simply incredible voice has released...