Tag: Portlaoise

Road safety in Portlaoise is under increased scrutiny in recent weeks, following a number of tragic fatalities on the town's roads. Independent Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley...

Transition Year students at Portlaoise College, with the help of visiting French Erasmus student Meye Dorts, planted an impressive 185 trees on the school...

Stradbally 1-9 Graiguecullen 1-14  ACFL Division 1 Round 1  Graiguecullen have opened their Division 1 campaign with victory away to Stradbally this evening. A solid first half...

€3.5 million for Active Travel Projects and Bus Stops for Laois €3.5 million has been allocated to Laois for Active Travel Investment Grants and Bus...

The Portlaoise-based Kilminchy School House has been honoured with the title of Business All-Star Laois Early Learning Centre of The Year 2025. It is the...

February was a slow month for major planning applications in Laois, especially compared to the high level of activity seen in January. However, there was...

"Fundamental road safety deficiencies" are causing "severe and persistent hazards" in a large housing estate in Portlaoise. That is according to Portlaoise Parents For Safer...

The long-awaited Portlaoise Bus Service is set to launch this Sunday, February 23, with 42 stops along two routes. The National Transport Authority were in...

Laois County Council has received planning applications from two separate developers that would see the construction of 19 new homes in the county. Kingscroft Developments...

Portlaoise have appointed Turlough O'Brien as their new senior football manager for the 2025 season. The former Carlow manager and Eire Og club man will...

"The people of Portlaoise felt abandoned" during the recent cold snap, Laois County Council has heard. Speaking at the first meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal...

A Laois support group has announced it will hold an open meeting at the end of the month to help spread awareness about the...

Portlaoise are set to appoint Cyril Duggan as the new manager of their senior hurling team. After two successful years, Tommy Fitzgerald departed to take...

A bizarre situation unfolded throughout Portlaoise recently as a man carried out several acts of destruction - on snowmen. An individual calling himself the 'Snowman...

Gardai in Laois are appealing for information following a robbery and assault which occurred on New Year's Day. Gardai say that the incident happened between...

Portlaoise experienced a "transformative morning" on Wednesday, as the usual hum of car engines gave way to the cheerful chatter of students walking to...

Two Laois students have been awarded scholarships as part of Johnson and Johnson’s Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Undergraduate Awards. The pair, who are both from...

Graiguecullen 3-13 Portlaoise 1-8  Laois U-20 Football Championship Semi Final  Graiguecullen are through to their first U-20 final since 2017 following a comprehensive win over Portlaoise...

Portlaoise 1-12 Crettyard-Spink 1-12 Laois U-20 FC 'A' Group A Round 5 Crettyard-Spink tonight advanced to the Laois Shopping Centre U-20 FC 'A' semi-finals as Group A...

Na Fianna Og 1-7 Portlaoise 2-9 Laois U-20 FC Group A Round 3 Portlaoise maintained their 100% start to the Laois U-20 football championship with a...

Sarsfields 3-11 Portlaoise 0-4 Laois Ladies MFC Sarsfields have claimed the final Laois LGFA trophy on offer this season. Their minor team were excellent in Annanough on...

Portlaoise 1-11 Mountmellick Parish Gaels 0-11 Laois U-20 Football Championship Group A Round 2  Portlaoise have made it two wins from two in the Laois U-20...

Laois County Council have approved a loan of €1.25 million to purchase land in Portlaoise and Mountmellick. The proposal came from Senior Council Engineer, Mr...

Parents and children in Laois are enduring a harrowing experience at the moment as they struggle to cope with the ongoing shortage of enrolment...

A house in Laois has recently become one of the most expensive residential properties in the county, selling for over half a million euro. The...

Portlaoise 4-12 Ballylinan 0-9  Laois U-20 Football Championship Group A Round 1  Portlaoise made a winning start to the Laois U-20 Football Championship away to Ballylinan...

Portlaoise 1-10 St Lazarian's 1-3 Laois Junior Camogie Championship Final Portlaoise have clinched Laois Junior Camogie Championship glory with a comprehensive victory over St Lazarian's in...

A meeting has been called with the officials of Bord na Mona to discuss the possibility of opening the proposed O'Moore Way in Portlaoise. The...

Halloween season is here but there will be fancy dress of a different kind this month as well, with the sparkle, shimmer and shine...

There were jubilant scenes as Portlaoise ended a minor football championship drought that stretched back 12 years. Hard and all as it is to believe,...