Tag: Ballyroan

"Are we there yet?" asked the five-year-old as we approached Sheffield Cross outside Portlaoise. It's a staple question, heard by parents on fraught car journeys...

There are some moments that will stay with players forever. For the Ballyroan Gaels team of 2006 that won the Laois senior football championship, having...

How the years roll by. The Ballyroan Gaels Laois SFC triumph is 14 years ago this year but the celebrations will be remembered forever. Their first...

Our latest Down Memory Lane podcast takes on a slightly different format as we take a look back on a specific sporting achievement. In this...

The sad death has occurred of Timahoe native Jim McDonald, who passed away suddenly on Thursday morning. Late of Newtown, Ballyroan and Straffan in Kildare,...

The sad death has occurred of Darragh Fennell who lived in Ballyroan but was originally from Coote Street in Portlaoise. From the large and well-known...

Kyra Fingleton is the owner of ‘Glamping Under the Stars’ - a boutique glampsite located near Ballyroan. The glampsite has quickly established itself as one...

Brought to you in association with the Manhattan Mixer The Laois ladies football championships came to an end at the weekend with three winners crowned...

Brought to you in association with the Manhattan Mixer St Paul's ladies football club are certainly getting used to this winning feeling. Another of the new...

Brought to you in association with the Manhattan Mixer Ballyroan 5-9 St Paul's 8-6 Laois LGFA Intermediate Championship Final St Paul's have won back-to-back championships after securing...

Brought to you in association with All Books and News Portlaoise  We’re on to week two of the Cul Camps and they seem to be...

It's a Wednesday evening on the grounds of the recently-built Holy Family NS, a project which came to fruition in 2016, when it first...

There were 31 boxes in the Portlaoise Municipal District - with 22 of them in Portlaoise and the remaining nine spread across a wide...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union A wedding, an election and a Leinster championship football match. This is certainly no ordinary weekend...

There's many things that local councillors can be proud of - but for Ballyroan-based Fine Gael candidate Mary Sweeney, the delivery of a long-awaited...

There were scenes of great happiness in Ballyroan on a June afternoon in 2017 as the new primary school in the village was officially...

Ballyroan native Mary Sweeney was first elected to Laois County Council in 1999 - but as she gets set to contest a fifth election...

Mary Sweeney, Ballyroan native and Fine Gael candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District, has put together a very helpful guide ahead of the 2019...

Ballyroan Abbey 2-2 The Harps 2-1 Feile na nÓg final group B Ballyroan-Abbey are through to the All-Ireland Feile after defeating The Harps by a single...

Laois toddler Mary Claire Knowles is one step closer to getting possible life-saving treatment from the 90 or so seizures she has suffered in...

Tributes have been paid to 'wonderful character' Michael (Mick) Murray of Glenbrook, Ballyroan, who passed away on St Patrick's Day, Sunday, March 17. Mick founded...

The Abbeyleix Hospital Patients fund recently received a cheque for €4,600 from Ballyroan Vintage. The Chairman of Ballyroan Vintage Club, Dan Kinsella, presented the cheque...

Athletics may just be the hottest trend to hit Ballyroan-Abbey after the remarkable success of the McDonalds in Ireland's Fittest Family. Ballyroan-Abbey GAA Club’s annual...

A refreshers course on where it all began for the McDonalds.  Having made a great start in the competition, the Ballyroan family made it all...

Cllr Mary Sweeney has asked at the latest Portlaoise Municipal District Meeting that Laois County Council undertake a review of current lighting in Ballyroan...

The Ballyroan 10 Mile is back for another year! The race, which is on this Saturday, December 8, will be run over 10 miles along...

It was packed house in the Community Hall in Ballyroan on Saturday night for the official launch of a new history book on the...

There's hardly a programme on the television that is as widely watched on weekly basis as Winning Streak and there was a strong Laois interest this...

The Ballyroan community spirit is a very strong one - and that will be shown in abundance this weekend at a local event to...

"I am anxious, it's just not a safe place for children," said cllr Mary Sweeney when referring to Blandsfort Cross, Ballyroan, at the latest...