Tag: Olympics
Laois Olympian Alanna Fitzpatrick to be honoured at ceremony in Portarlington...
It's not every day that Laois sends an athlete to the Olympic Games.
In June, Team Ireland announced the official Women’s and Men's Sevens squads...
Laois will have an Olympian in Paris as Portarlington woman chosen...
The Olympic Games will take place in Paris later this year and there will be keen Laois interest in Team Ireland.
That is because Portarlington's...
Laois player makes Ireland debut at the Rugby European Sevens Championship...
Alanna Fitzpatrick, from Portarlington, has made her debut for the Ireland Rugby Sevens Women's Team at the Rugby European Sevens Championship Series in Hamburg,...
Why one corner of Laois will be fully behind Team GB...
The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing on the other side of the world and the games are now into their final week.
Track cycling...
New Irish Record for Laois swimmer in 100 meters Butterfly event...
A Laois swimmer has swam a new Irish Record in an event at the Tokyo Olympics this afternoon.
Portarlington's Shane Ryan went in the heats...
Women in Sport: From Portlaoise to the Seoul Olympics – it’s...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in April 2019.
No shining medals adorn the walls of Olympian Anne Keenan-Buckey's house.
No magnificent plaques or rosettes stream...