Latest News in Laois

• Laois TD lambasts new government over health, housing, families and workers January 30, 2025
  Laois TD Brian Stanley has lambasted the new government – saying their first action was to create more ‘jobs for the boys’. In a statement issued today, addressing the fact that there are fewer women in Cabinet positions that under the last government, Deputy Stanley says ‘girls seem to have been forgotten about’. The Independent […]
• Explaining the Seanad Election as two Laois candidates challenging to win seats January 30, 2025
  Two Laois candidates – Fine Gael’s Conor Bergin and Sinn Féin’s Maria McCormack – are hoping to be elected to Seanad Eireann as polling closes this morning and the counting of votes gets underway in Leinster House later today. Traditionally the Seanad has been a useful launching pad for a career in the Dáil, an […]
• Government urged to increase ‘unsustainable’ income threshold for social housing January 30, 2025
  The Government is being urged to increase the income threshold for social housing, with the current thresholds described as “unsustainable.” The call came from the six Laois Fianna Fáil County Councillors, Catherine Fitzgerald, John Joe Fennelly, Paddy Bracken, Padraig Fleming, Paschal McEvoy, and Seamus McDonald. “We all know ordinary families out there on not a huge […]
• Division by division: All the fixtures in this year’s Laois club football leagues January 30, 2025
  Laois GAA have released the club football league fixtures for the coming season – which will get underway on Sunday March 9 with the opening round of the Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 3 and 4 competitions. Division 1 of the football league begins on Thursday, March 13 with St Joseph’s hosting Portlaoise and Graiguecullen […]
• Laois Hurling Podcast: Hurlers finally to start this weekend, Barry is back and Ryan Mullaney is NOT retired January 30, 2025
  The Laois senior hurlers were supposed to be in action last week but the game against Westmeath was postponed due to a frozen pitch. They will begin instead on Sunday against Offaly and our latest Podcast looks ahead to the game. Barry McEvoy is back and joins Alan Hartnett where they discuss the panel, hopes […]
• Deaths in Laois – Thursday, January 30, 2025 January 30, 2025
  Below are the recent local deaths. May they rest in peace. Giovanni (Nino) Ciamberlano 1 Glenregan, Portlaoise, Laois The death has occurred of Giovanni (Nino) Ciamberlano, 1 Glenregan, Portlaoise. Formerly of Partick Street, Mountmellick, born in Colle San Magno, Frosinone, Italia. Lovingly known to family, friends, and customers as “Nino”. Passed away unexpectedly after an […]
• Fleming loses out as government announce new junior minister positions January 29, 2025
  Sean Fleming has lost out as Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the junior ministerial positions today. The Laois TD was the outgoing Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for International Development and Diaspora. This is a role he was appointed to by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in 2022. Previously to that, […]
• Laois footballers and hurlers learn their fate as GAA refixes postponed matches January 29, 2025
  The Laois senior footballers and hurlers have discovered when their postponed National League Round 1 fixtures have been refixed for. The Laois footballers were due to begin last Saturday away to Leitrim but the game was called off due to a lack of electricity. The problem was caused by Storm Ewoyn and still wasn’t rectified […]
• Sadness and tributes paid following the passing of the owner of Nino’s chipper January 29, 2025
  There is sadness in Laois today following the passing of Nino Ciamberlano – the owner of Nino’s Fish & Chips on Main Street in Portlaoise. From Colle San Magno in Italy, Nino Ciamberlano originally came to Ireland in 1969. He originally worked for the Macari family in Dublin before he, and his wife Stella, opened […]
• Laois ‘missing a trick’ by not doing more to promote Rock of Dunamase as major tourist destination January 29, 2025
  Laois, as a county, is “missing a trick” by not doing more to promote the Rock of Dunamase as a major tourist destination. That is according to Independent County Councillor Tommy Mulligan, who was speaking at the Council’s first monthly meeting of 2025. Cllr Mulligan requested that the Council calls on the Office of Pubic […]