Latest News in Laois

• Road users urged to take extra precaution this Christmas while driving following a tragic year on Irish roads December 21, 2024
  Road users have been urged to take extra precaution this Christmas while driving following a tragic year on Irish roads. That is after figures show that to date, 167 people have been killed so far this year. Taoiseach Simon Harris is urging everyone to be cautious this Christmas so that no more lives are lost. […]
• In Pictures: Laois Traveller Action Group launch first ever cookbook December 21, 2024
  Laois Traveller Action Group (LTAG) launched their first ever Traveller Cookbook on Tuesday last, December 17, at Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise. Women within the Laois Travelling community worked very hard over the last six months to produce this book It is full of traditional, every day, hearty recipes, stories of times gone by and photos […]
• Fr Paddy: May the Lord fill us with health of body and peace of mind this Christmas December 21, 2024
  As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ this year, I’m conscious of all what we have to be grateful for. Many long for what so often we take for granted. The terrible tragedy of Israel and Gaza, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the persistent and life-destroying famine in East Africa, are all […]
• Champions Crettyard lead the way on LaoisToday Intermediate Football Team of the Year for 2023 December 21, 2024
  Crettyard’s success in the 2024 Laois intermediate football championship sees them rewarded with eight positions on this year’s Team of the Year selection. Having being relegated from Senior in 2019, they finally took the intermediate grade by storm this year. They recorded routine wins in Round 1 and 2 before defeating Annanough in the semi […]
• Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Our end of season awards – Flop, Manager, Controversy and Shock of the year December 21, 2024
  And just like that, the end of 2024 is almost upon us. So before the year gets wrapped up, Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett to look back on the main talking points of the season. In this combined football and hurling episode, we give out a number of ‘awards’. Flop, Shock, Controversy and […]
• Deaths in Laois – Saturday, December 21, 2024 December 21, 2024
  Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Denis Dunne Barrowhouse, Athy, Kildare/Laois Peacefully, in Carlow District Hospital. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Attracta, sons Barry and Kieran, daughter Claire, brothers Christy and Thomas, sisters Betty and Bridie, Kieran’s partner Paulina, brothers-in-law Michael, Brendan, Raymond and Seán, Bridie’s partner Michael, grandson […]
• Last chance to visit Santa at SOLAS & a look back at a magical year December 21, 2024
  As Christmas approaches, there’s still time to experience the festive magic at SOLAS Eco Garden Centre in Portarlington but don’t delay — this weekend is your final chance to visit Santa! before he packs up his sleigh and heads back to Lapland to prepare for the big day Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their team of […]
• LoveLaois Podcast: John Whelan, poetry and Pogueology’s Fairytale of New York December 20, 2024
  The hugely talented John Whelan joins us on the latest version of the LoveLaois Podcast where he tells us of his journey into writing poetry. John has essentially been writing for a living for almost half a century though poetry is certainly a different style. Mixing nostalgia with emotion and observation, he reads three of […]
• In Pictures: Serving up social togetherness with the Camross Lunch Club December 20, 2024
  “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food,” said Greek physician and celebrated ‘Father of Medicine’ Hippocrates, which is as true today as it was when first uttered almost 2,500 years ago. For food is what brings people together, the breaking of bread as a communal act serving to feed the spirit as […]
• Laois GAA confirm U-20 Footballer and Hurler of the year for 2024 December 20, 2024
  Laois GAA have announced that Jake Darcy is the U-20 footballer of the year for the 2024 season. The Annanough defender, who is eligible for the grade again next year, achieved the accolade after captaining Stradbally Parish Gaels to championship glory. It was a first success at the grade for the amalgamation of Stradbally, Annanough […]