Tag: Australia

There is sadness in Portarlington and Laois this week following the news of the sad passing of a Laois dad in Australia. Formerly of Station...

Of all the talented Irishmen who've tried their luck in the Australian Football League, only one has reached 250 games: the late, great Jim...

Zach Tuohy's wonderful AFL career could have its crowning moment over the next couple of weeks as the Australian game enters 'Finals' season and...

There was considerable Laois involvement in the New South Wales GAA finals played in Sydney in Australia over the weekend. Across men's and ladies football,...

It's a long way from Killeshin and Graiguecullen to Sydney. And it's even longer to Wollongong! But four Laois lads were part of a huge fundraising...

Four Laois lads are set to get on their bikes on the opposite side of the world once again in aid of the Irish...

A Laois woman living in Australia is set to take part in a charity boxing match next month with all funds raised going to...

It's probably because of the distance between here and there but sometimes it's easy to underestimate how big a deal Zach Tuohy is in...

The fourth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and Dean Fennelly is up next. Originally from Abbeyleix, Dean lived in Ballinakill...

Zach Tuohy will begin his 11th Australian Rules season tomorrow morning (Irish time) when Geelong begin their 2021 campaign away to Adelaide. With Covid under...

The second instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and a woman from Abbeyleix is up next. Zoe Killeen packed up her...

As Ireland grapples with the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations since the pandemic began - a look at how other countries...

A Laois man living in Australia has launched an appeal to be reunited with his long lost sister. 80-year-old Martin Farrell, originally from Abbeyleix, lives...

In normal circumstances, some of the extended Tuohy family would have been hopping on a plane to Australia this week to watch Zach in...

Four Laois lads got on their bikes on the opposite side of the world in aid of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. Former Laois...

Four Laois lads are getting on their bikes on the opposite side of the world in aid of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. Former...

Zach Tuohy will have to wait another week at least to make his landmark 200th AFL appearance but his club Geelong have produced an...

Portlaoise man Zach Tuohy is set to overtake Tadhg Kennelly and go second on the list of most appearances by an Irish player in...

A fundraiser has been launched for a Laois woman living in Australia who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Annmarie Gallagher, who is from Portarlington,...

In October 2019 Croft Alley appeared on the streetscape of Portlaoise. Little did owner Gale Watchorne know that less than six months later she would...

With Australia escaping the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic, the country has been re-opening in recent weeks with sports fixtures taking place over the...

The day before Julie Anne Miller left for Australia in mid January, Leo Varadkar called the General Election. It seems like a life time ago...

A Laois woman and her boyfriend have been left stranded in Australian following the outbreak of Coronavirus. Rathdowney woman Andrea Treacy and her Birr boyfriend...

Sporting fixtures across the world have been cancelled due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus - but Australian Rules pressed ahead with the start...

Now that Love Island is back on our screens we were very fortunate to hear from the Laois man that was on the Australian...

A young nurse from Emo is in hospital in Melbourne in Australia following a freak car accident that saw her friend tragically killed. Sarah Louise...

A young Portlaoise man is in a coma in an Australian hospital following a hang-gliding accident. Richard Nicholls (26) was injured in the horrific accident...

A Portlaoise native will be part of Love Island Australia which begins on TV next week. 23-year-old Eoghan Murphy, who grew up in Portlaoise but...

Young Ireland Gaelic Football Club, Sydney, are inviting all former members, team mates and their friends and family to celebrate 50 years as a...

Zach Tuohy is now just one game away from playing in the Australian Rules Grand Final following Geelong's win over the West Coast Eagles...