Tag: Mountmellick

Mountmellick 0-9 Crettyard 3-14 Laois IFC Semi-final A heavily bandaged Ciaran Burke and a mercurial Evan O'Carroll led the way for Crettyard as they absolutely thrashed...

Mountmellick 2-15 Portlaoise 1-4 Laois IFC Quarter Final Mountmellick are through to the semi finals of the Laois Intermediate championship following a comfortable 14 point win...

Clough-Ballacolla 3-16 Mountmellick 2-11 Laois Shopping Centre IHC Round 3 Clough-Ballacolla are through to the semi finals of the Intermediate hurling championship following an eight point...

Deputy Charlie Flanagan has led the tributes following the death of Dave Conroy from Derrycloney, Mountmellick, a long-time supporter of Fine Gael and a...

Mountmellick 2-17 Borris-Kilcotton 1-16 Laois Shopping Centre IHC Round 2 Mountmellick have made it two wins from two in the intermediate hurling championship after a top...

Clonaslee 2-16 Mountmellick 0-21 AET Laois Shopping Centre IFC Round 1 Mountmellick kicked 21 points but it wasn't enough as Clonaslee proved to be a hard...

National Heritage Week began yesterday and runs until August 23.  Unfortunately due to the current Covid Crisis, Laois County Library Service is not in a...

Four Laois towns will benefit from new Covid-19 supports under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Mountmellick and Portarlington will share €107,500 under...

This week for Property Watch we look at five houses for sale in Mountmellick. The prices range from €235,000 to €265,000 and include a variety of...

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...

As the 12th of July approaches each year, those of us living in the Republic of Ireland primarily view the events associated with it...

Two juveniles have been arrested and charged following a burglary and fire at a farm in Mountmellick this week. "Portlaoise Gardaí received a report of...

The First Year students of a Laois secondary school have revealed what they have learned to appreciate and what they missed about their school...

The Coronavirus or Covid-19 has well and truly spread across the globe now. After originally breaking out in China, in Wuhan to be exact, it...

As the Coronavirus spreads across the globe and brings everything almost to a halt, we’re keen to hear from Laois people dotted around the...

Two St Patrick's Day parades have been cancelled in Laois today. Neither Mountmellick or Durrow will have their annual celebrations this year. The Boglands Festival, the...

Central Festival Group Community Care Team Mountmellick are holding a new festival launching from over two days March 16 and March 17. They started this...

Sure, there have been lots of promises and lots of delays when it comes to high-speed broadband. But a solution seems finally in sight. The...

The ever-excellent Mountmellick Drama Festival kicks off this Friday, March 6, with a week-long schedule of productions from groups all over the country. In the...

Not surprisingly there have been a flood of concerns over flooding across Laois this week. Virtually non-stop rainfall and water-logged land have combined to put...

It is the season of Dinner Dances and we decided to take a look back to the Mountmellick GAA dinner dance this time 17...

More than 20 jobs are being lost in the Standex factory in Mountmellick and this evening the company issued a statement in relation to...

Over 20 jobs are set to be lost at the Mountmellick-based Standex factory, a multi-national company that manufactures pumps. It has been operating in the...

This week a new textbook was launched entitled “Computer Science for Leaving Certificate”. The book was written by Kildare native, now Mountmellick man Dr Keith...

Paddy Bracken spelled it out in no uncertain terms. Someone is going to be killed at Turley’s Corner in Mountmellick unless something is done with...

A grant of almost €400,000 has also been granted to the towns of Portarlington, Mountmellick, Mountrath and Rathdowney. This fund will be used to assist...

Laois Macra na Feirme are hosting the National FBD Capers Semi-Final on Saturday 11th January in Mountmellick Macra Hall. Doors opening at 7.00pm. Teams from Mountmellick,...

The county has made an appearance on the popular longstanding British quiz show 'University Challenge'. The show, which first aired in 1962 aired the episode...

This was a quirky one - but it was a story that drew in a lot of readers.  Did any of you go? A Laois stallion...

Back in July, we were introduced to a Laois couple who had a tough story to share.  A Laois couple are at the end of...