Carmel Hayes

Drug driver arrested after Covid checkpoint U-turn

by 19/10/20 7:34pm

A DRIVER who did a U-turn at a Covid checkpoint tested positive for cannabis when he was caught by gardaí today. The Laois Roads Policing Unit pursued and stopped the car, after it turned away from a Covid checkpoint on...

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23 more Covid cases in Laois today

by 19/10/20 6:40pm

By Carmel Hayes LAOIS has another 23 Covid cases today, the same number as on Saturday. No deaths and 1,031 confirmed cases nationwide were announced this evening, with 235 in Dublin, 232 in Cork, 60 in Galway, 47 in Limerick...

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Mothers and daughters turned Spink pink!

By Carmel Hayes MOTHERS and daughters turned Spink pink yesterday, with a 10km relay in aid of breast cancer support....

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Covid outbreak worsens at Portlaoise hospital

By Carmel Hayes A COVID-19 outbreak at Portlaoise hospital has worsened, as frontline staff look after seven patients diagnosed with...

Monday, 19/10/20 - 11:27am Read More

Caught doing 182kph after failing brake test

A CAR recorded doing 182kph in Laois today had failed the NCT because of major brake defects. The dangerous car...

Sunday, 18/10/20 - 10:03pm Read More

Laois soccer club ‘sickened’ by mindless vandalism

By Carmel Hayes A LAOIS soccer club says it is “absolutely sickened” by mindless vandalism at its clubhouse and grounds...

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Another Covid spike as Laois has 23 new cases

Sunday, 18/10/20 - 7:26pm

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New Laois nursing home gets a green light

Sunday, 18/10/20 - 6:15pm

Searching for Laois people who want cheap houses

Sunday, 18/10/20 - 3:02pm

Tyred out trailer gets the boot in Portlaoise

Sunday, 18/10/20 - 2:31pm

Laois has 13 new Covid cases

Saturday, 17/10/20 - 6:53pm

Fireworks seized in Mountmellick

Saturday, 17/10/20 - 5:19pm

Farewell to the infamous Arles bends

Saturday, 17/10/20 - 3:42pm

Laois has 8 new Covid cases as county total passes 600

Friday, 16/10/20 - 6:55pm

Laois students plant flowers for Holocaust children

Friday, 16/10/20 - 4:28pm

Laois drivers slip-sliding away in Butterisland

Friday, 16/10/20 - 3:11pm

Mothers and daughters will turn Spink pink!

Friday, 16/10/20 - 1:11pm

Two Covid patients critical as cases rise at Portlaoise hospital

Friday, 16/10/20 - 12:00pm

Covid cases up 82% on last week

Thursday, 15/10/20 - 7:01pm

Flooding in Laois village is ‘like monsoon season in China’

Thursday, 15/10/20 - 5:25pm