Tag: Portlaoise

Five Laois clubs have been awarded footballs thanks to the SuperValu Behind the Ball initiative. At a recent presentation in Mulhall's SuperValu in Portlaoise, Portlaoise,...

Portlaoise have received a blow with the news that one of their main players WON'T be available for the final this year. LaoisToday understands that...

Joe 'The Hesh' McCormack who passed away at the weekend at the age of 84 was for years a living legend thanks to a...

Sarsfields 3-15 Portlaoise 0-3 Laois Ladies Senior Football Final Sarsfields are the Laois ladies senior football champions for the fifth year in a row - and...

For 59 minutes it was an ordinary game but then it got the most extraordinary finish you could hope for. Portlaoise looked to be on...

Laois County Board chairman Gerry Kavanagh has hit out at what he called 'despicable and disgusting' comments that were made about County Secretary Niall...

The uncertainty over the make up of next years senior and intermediate football championships has been cleared up. Following a query from Mountmellick Gaels and...

Portlaoise 3-14 Rosenallis 2-10 Laois Shopping Centre IFC semi-final Portlaoise are into the Laois IFC final for the first time since 2010 following a deserved win...

Portlaoise has been classed as ‘clean to European norms’ with a respectable mid-table finish of 19th out of 40 towns in the IBAL anti-litter...

A popular Portlaoise pub has announced that they will be closing down this weekend. Lethean Bar announced via their Facebook page that they would cease...

Portlaoise 1-11 The Rock 1-10 Laois Shopping Centre IFC quarter-final replay Portlaoise will play Rosenallis in the Laois IFC semi-final following tonight's hard-earned replay win over...

Dunamase College will open its gates to students for the first time on Tuesday morning - a momentous day in local secondary school education. While...

The Rock 0-13 Portlaoise 1-10 Laois Shopping Centre IFC quarter-final Portlaoise needed an injury time free from Craig Rogers to earn a draw against The Rock...

A renowned Laois singer who has toured internationally will return to her roots for a local concert later this month in Portlaoise. Mezzo-soprano Heather Fogarty...

Portlaoise 2-9 St Conleth's 0-6 Laois Ladies SFC Semi-final There was elation for the Portlaoise ladies on Sunday evening as they confirmed their spot in this...

Castletown 3-13 Portlaoise 1-8 Laois Shopping Centre SHC Relegation Final The Portlaoise hurlers have been relegated from senior for the second time in four years following...

Tonight sees the start of another busy weekend of club hurling championship action with knockout games in the junior and intermediate grades. The safety net...

Emo 2-13 Portlaoise 1-11 Laois Shopping Centre IFC Round 2 Championship favourites Emo marched into the Laois IFC semi-finals this evening following a five-point win over...

The tuck shop at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise sold sweets and cigarettes to the tune of over €1 million last year. The tuck shop...

A dog park would cost Laois County Council just €5,000 to install, the monthly meeting of Laois County Council heard. Cllr Noel Tuohy had a...

Portlaoise 1-12 Barrowhouse 0-8 Laois Shopping Centre IFC Round 1  Brought to you in association with Crown Paints Portlaoise Portlaoise made full use of the wind advantage in...

Brought to you in association with the Final Furlong, Ballybrittas The senior and intermediate football championships got underway last night and there is another three...

The last ever Laois minor football championship began tonight with three games down for decision. The fourth quarter final, due to be played between Sarsfields...

Planning permission has been granted for the new St Francis School transfer and build on the site of the old St. Paul's Primary School,...

The Laois football championships get underway this week from Junior 'A' up to senior and there's also a full round of minor games. Yep,...

Clough-Ballacolla 2-19 Portlaoise 1-13 Laois Shopping Centre SHC Round 1 Clough-Ballacolla are safely through to the second round of the Laois SHC following a comfortable win...

We're in O'Moore Park for the double header of Laois SHC action this evening and we'll be live blogging the action every step of...

Borris-Kilcotton got the defence of their Laois SHC crown off to a winning start in O'Moore Park on Friday night and there are two...

Portlaoise's Cian Taylor is hoping his side can put their injury crisis behind them and beat Clough-Ballacolla tonight. Experienced Tommy Fitzgerald could miss the season...

A fire at an abandoned house in Portlaoise is the talk of the town this afternoon and more video footage of the incident has...