Laois News
Edward Dunne, Pattison Estate, Mountmellick passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday 30 May. Edward...
CHILDREN from Laois schools have made many happy memories at their First Holy Communion celebrations this month. Don’t miss our...
Kenneth Fox Met Éireann is forecasting that the current spell of good weather will continue into the June Bank Holiday...
By Joe Barrett Urgent repair work will be carried out on the footpath at Glenlahan along the Stradbally Road...
GARDAÍ had a busy day yesterday as four vehicles were seized and towed away from a checkpoint near Portlaoise. All...
A MARRIED man who accepted an invitation to go back to a refugee centre with two women to do drugs,...
National News
By Cillian Sherlock, PA The Cabinet has approved Ireland’s participation in a European Defence Agency (EDA) project to improve cyber-threat...
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he expects the National Children’s Hospital to be...
By Cillian Sherlock, PA The Department of Justice has estimated that approximately 50 per cent of international protection applicants this...
Kenneth Fox The number of tenants who were issued with termination notices (NOTs) increased to 4,753 in the first three...
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA There has been a “significant” increase in number of households overholding on properties, as housing...
Gordon Deegan JD Wetherspoon plc is planning to erect a 43 ft high sound barrier to prevent neighbours near its...
Laois Sport
By Denis J. Croke At the Leinster Rugby Awards Ball on Sunday evening, St Mary’s CBS, Portlaoise were recognised with...
Mountmellick Community School and Portlaoise CBS made their own little bit of history at Portlaoise RFC grounds in Togher on...
Athletics FOUR of our senior athletes made the trip to Belfast on Saturday to take part in the Belfast Irish...
This Thursday afternoon Portlaoise people will have the opportunity to meet up with a true sporting legend, and in the...
South Leinster Colleges Senior Football League Shield Final Portlaoise CBS 10-12 Coláiste Íosagáin Portarlington 1-5 By Mark Comerford PORTLAOISE CBS...
Summer is here and that means Touch Rugby returns to Portlaoise RFC. Touch rugby is a fantastic sport that encompasses...
National Sport
By PA Sport Staff Andre Marriner has announced his retirement from refereeing after a distinguished 23-year career in football’s upper...
By Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, Paris The Kosovo Tennis Federation is preparing an official complaint about Novak Djokovic’s on-camera...
By Andrew Baldock, PA Rugby Union Correspondent London Irish look set to be granted a short deadline extension by the...
By PA Sport staff Joao Felix is heading back to Atletico Madrid with Chelsea choosing not to retain the Portugal...
Michael Bolton Andy Farrell has named a 42-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup, with four uncapped players in...
By Damian Spellman, PA German Jorg Schmadtke has been appointed as Liverpool’s new sporting director. The 59-year-old, who left a...