A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy who has a rare form of cancer is now raising funds for youngsters at the children’s hospital in Crumlin. Despite going through difficult bouts of chemotherapy to treat his rare Ewing’s sarcoma cancer, Brandon Bolger from Graiguecullen...
RESIDENTS of Tankardstown are shocked and disgusted at the scale of illegal dumping in the river beside the bridge. Ongoing dumping in the area reached a new low last week, when a huge collection of household rubbish was discarded in...
HUNDREDS of people queued in Portlaoise throughout Thursday to get their hands on early bird tickets for next year’s Electric...
GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses after vandals left an upsetting trail of destruction at a local GAA club. The Heath...
MOUNTMELLICK will represent the county in this year’s Bank of Ireland National Enterprising Town Competition. Other towns have previously represented...
A SHOWCASE of surreal paintings by eight artists, six of whom are Laois based, is currently on show in the...
ELECTRIC Picnic will be even bigger next year, with plans to expand the main stage arena and an extra 2,500...
FIREFIGHTERS galloped to the rescue when a mare and yearling became trapped in a muddy river on the Laois-Kildare border....
THREE post offices in Laois have been earmarked for closure. Some people in the three villages concerned may now have...
MORE than 40 vintage vehicles converged on Clogh for the annual fun-filled road run, raising thousands of euros for local...
IT appears as though the entire community of Clonaslee and further afield came out to celebrate the local pharmacy’s fifth birthday....
EFFORTS are being made to raise €30,000 to bring a young man home after he fell ill while holidaying in...
EIGHT members of St Michael’s Church Choir in Portarlington sang at the papal Mass in the Phoenix Park on Sunday....
LEA Castle, Emo Court, the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the Stoney Man all feature in a recently-released graphic novel by...
TODAY there are 123 pubs in Laois compared with 157 in 2005 – a decrease of 21%. Figures from the Drinks...
LAOIS came away with four all-Ireland titles at this year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, which took place in Drogheda recently....
ONE of the first events of Heritage Week in Laois was the launching of a conservation plan for the early...
UP to 60 vintage tractors, cars and motorcycles converged on the local GAA grounds for the first-ever running of the...
SINCE its inception, the Laois Vintage/Hospice Run has raised a total of €899,626. The first staging of the event managed...
SEVENTY sixth-year students received their leaving certificate results at Portlaoise College on Wednesday last. The students achieved excellent results, which...
