Latest News in Laois

• ‘The people of Portlaoise felt abandoned’ during the recent cold snap January 20, 2025
  “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 District for 2025, Councillor Catherine Fitzgerald tabled a motion for the Council to provide salt bins in the town. In light of the recent cold snap, the Fianna Fáil Councillor […]
• Kelly Cup draw and fixtures confirmed as Laois football clubs prepare for first taste of new rules January 20, 2025
  Laois club teams will get their first experience of the new Gaelic football rules in this season’s Kelly Cup. The draw for the pre-season competition was made on Friday and fixtures have been confirmed, with it getting underway on the first weekend in February. Eight teams are taking part meaning the format is a straight-forward […]
• Laois GAA club announce fundraising event at exclusive Ballyfin Demesne January 20, 2025
  A Laois GAA club have announced an exciting fundraising event set to take place at one of the county’s most exclusive locations. Ballyfin GAA are set to hold a 6km run and walk through the grounds of Ballyfin Demesne. The run and walk will take place on Sunday, January 26, at 11.30am. Ballyfin Demesne, a […]
• Laois punk, metal rock and dance outfit promises a world of sonic and visual spectacular January 20, 2025
  Laois-based four-piece punk, metal rock and dance outfit, Chiral, will host its own show in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, on February 27. Local band, Motion Sickness, will feature as special guests, with Red Embers dance group also performing. Formed in early 2023, Chiral which describes itself as a ‘carnival of sonic madness where the […]
• The new football rules as Laois GAA prepares to hit the road to educate club coaches January 20, 2025
  From Saturday afternoon, people across the county will get to see first hand the new rules that have been implemented in Gaelic football. The National League will begin for 2025 with games in all divisions played under a different set of rules than we have ever seen before. With no O’Byrne Cup this year, the […]
• All of the league fixtures for Laois’s inter-county adult teams for 2025 season January 20, 2025
  After an almost six month hiatus, the inter-county GAA scene will roar back into life across the county. For three of the four adult codes that Laois teams compete in, action will resume this weekend. First out of the blocks will be Tommy Fitzgerald’s Laois senior hurlers who will take on Westmeath. This is a […]
• Laois-Offaly Families For Autism receives AXA Community Award January 20, 2025
  Laois Offaly Families For Autism (LOFFA) recently received an award of €2,500 as part of the AXA Community Awards, an initiative which aims to empower community groups that are actively working to deliver positive changes. LOFFA Chairperson Breda Murray and LOFFA Assistant Secretary Orlaith Kerrigan were in attendance in AXA’s Portlaoise office to receive a […]
• Deaths in Laois – Monday, January 20, 2025 January 20, 2025
  Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Betty Maher (née O’Brien) The Donahies, Dublin/Rathdowney, Laois Maher (née O’Brien), Betty (The Donahies, Dublin 13 and late of Rathdowney, Co. Laois), January 16th, 2025, unexpectedly at home, after a short illness bravely borne. Beloved wife of Seán and much loved mother to Mary, […]
• Rugby: Fast start key as Garda end Portarlington’s unbeaten run January 19, 2025
  Garda Westmanstown 24 Portarlington 20 Leinster League Division 2B Portarlington returned to action in Division 2B of the Leinster League on Sunday afternoon with a trip to play Garda Westmanstown in Dublin. The home side got off to a great start, scoring three tries in the first half and did enough to hold off Portarlington […]
• Soccer: Mountmellick held at home, Abbeyleix beaten and Clonaslee out on penalties January 19, 2025
  Mountmellick Utd 2 Birr Town 2 CCFL Senior Division Mountmellick United ended 2024 on the back of a seven-game unbeaten run and returned to action in the CCFL Senior Division this afternoon at home to Birr Town. The hosts led 2-0 midway through the second half, but were forced to settle for a draw after […]