Tag: Portlaoise
Gardai appeal for witnesses after car burnt out in Portlaoise
Gardai are appealing for information after a car was burnt out in Portlaoise last night.
The incident took place in Knockmay at around 11.30pm and...
Multiple ambulances on the scene following accident in Portlaoise
Two ambulances are attending the scene of a road traffic accident in Portlaoise this morning.
The incident took place in the Towerhill area of Portlaoise,...
Irish Rail refute union claims they are moving towards staff-less Laois...
Irish Rail has reassured customers in Laois that stations in Portarlington and Portlaoise are busy stations which require customer services, amid union concerns over...
Union fears staff-less train stations in Laois
Concerns that the train stations in Portlaoise and Portarlington will eventually become automated and have no staff have been raised by SIPTU.
LaoisToday.ie has learned...
Volunteers sought to set up Portlaoise No Name Club
Portlaoise has been identified as a location in need of a No Name Club for teenagers by the national voluntary organisation.
The organisation says it...
Witnesses sought after houses burgled in Portlaoise and Mountrath
Gardai are appealing for witnesses after three house robberies were carried out in the Portlaoise and Mountrath areas on Friday.
Two took place in Portlaoise...
New pub opens its doors in Portlaoise tonight
Up to 30 jobs are being created with the opening of the much-anticipated Bog Road pub in Fairgreen on the Mountmellick Road in Portlaoise.
The...
Plenty of Laois interest in All-Ireland School Cross Country Finals
The cross country season comes to an end this weekend with the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Finals being held in Mallusk Playing Fields, Newtownabbey,...
In Pictures: Student Enterprise Programme Laois Schools County Final
The Student Enterprise Programme Laois Schools County Final took place in the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise yesterday with a dazzling array of young Laois...
John Giles in Portlaoise on Saturday for 10th birthday party for...
John Giles was at Laois Leeds United Members Club very first function and fittingly he will remember old friends by returning for their 10th...
Watch: Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day parade committee hard at work
The Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day Committee has been busy laying the groundwork for what they hope will be one of the most successful parades...
Someone in Laois is €180,000 richer after playing the Lotto
One Laois person woke up €180,000 richer this morning following last nights' National Lottery Draw.
A Quick Pick sold in SuperValu on the Abbeyleix Road...
Five arrested after drugs valued at €230,000 seized in Portlaoise, Kildare...
Five people have been arrested - one in Portlaoise - following a drugs seizure by the Gardai earlier today.
Four men and one woman have...
Consultants at Portlaoise hospital pay nothing for private patient rooms
Consultants at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise are paying nothing to use rooms for their private patient appointments, while €322,017 was taken in from the...
Retired Portlaoise couple ready for their new life in South Africa
This Monday retired Portlaoise couple Jim and Esther McCormack will board a plane for South Africa.
They’ve sold the house that they raised their...
The Sunday Interview: The young Portlaoise man with a string of...
At just 30 years of age, Portlaoise man David Finn is a serial entrepreneur who has built up a string of local businesses without...
Gardai urge online buyers to ‘wise up’
Gardai in Portlaoise are encouraging people who buy stuff from people on online sites such as DoneDeal.ie or Adverts.ie to 'wise up' when it comes...
Global sales record for Portlaoise screening of EMBRACE – so they’re...
The Portlaoise screening of EMBRACE, a powerful documentary film about female body image, set a global sales record when details emerged of when it...
A big ‘Brass Evening’ in the Laois School of Music
Music Generation Laois, in conjunction with Laois School of Music, is delighted to announce its inaugural 'Brass Evening' on Monday, February 27, at 5pm...
Portlaoise hospital agency staff cost an extra €4.5 million
Agency staff at Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise are swelling the wage bill there by €4.5 million.
An inability to attract permanent staff means that...
Items worth €3,000 stolen from van in Portlaoise
Gardai are seeking the public’s assistance after a van was broken in to outside of the Portlaoise Leisure centre last night.
The work van, a...
Laois Championship draws set to take place tonight
The 2017 Laois football and hurling Championship Draws will take place tonight in the Laois Shopping Centre from 7pm.
With memories of Jody Dillon’s last...
VIDEO: Aerial footage of 134-acre farm on Laois border
A 133.5 acre farm in Killeigh on the Laois/Offaly border will go to auction in March with a guide price of €9,000 to €10,000/ac.
GVM...
Gerald Kean returns as special guest at Portarlington and Killenard Gala...
Celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean will again be the special guest at Friday night’s Portarlington and Killenard Gala Ball, an event which has raised over...
New to the Area: The unlikely route from Russia to Portlaoise
There was a huge reaction to last week's New to the Area interview with Gintautas Cepaitis and next up is Russian girl Alena Chikurnikova who...
Council to push Portlaoise’s position as the major midlands town
A strong submission pushing the case for Portlaoise to be prioritised as one of the main towns for investment outside of Dublin, is to...
Man punched during morning robbery in Portlaoise town centre
A man was assaulted and a quantity of cash and electrical items were stolen from him close to Portlaoise Leisure Centre at approximately 6...
Portlaoise perfectly poised to be major urban centre of midlands
A major overhaul is underway on how planning and development will take place in Ireland over the next 20 years, with an urban planner...
Portlaoise advance to Dublin Cup final
U-16 Dublin Cup
Portlaoise 76 KUBS 49
Portlaoise U-16 Boys got the better of KUBS to reach the final of the Dublin Cup.
This game was always going...
High rates are ‘hemorrhaging’ business from Portlaoise
Some businesses in Laois are being charged rates of over €11,000 per year, something Cllr Willie Aird has described as "madness".
A rates evaluation of...