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Laois petition launched to 'Save lives, businesses and our future - get the vaccine out'

13/01/21

Laois petition to help pharmacies 'Save lives, businesses and our future - to get the Covid-19 vaccine out' #bestshot

#bestshot

Laois GP Dr Simon Honan gets the vaccine jab in Portlaoise

08/12/20

EXPLAINER - In what order will people get the Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland?

Provisional sequence agreed by Government om under the COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy

What are the new restrictions brought in for Level 5 Covid-19 Lockdown

06/01/21

What are the restrictions brought in for Level 5 Covid-19 Lockdown to February 1?

Revenue and Garda alert

Gardai and Revenue Commissioners raise red flag about text smishing scam

23/01/21

Crime and Courts

Fence restricts Emo Court access

'Anger' over fence at access gate to very popular public park in locked down Level 5 Laois

23/01/21

Arts culture entertainment

Laois photographer wins RTÉ winter weather photo award

23/01/21

Coronavirus cases in Laois

#STAYHOME More Covid-19 cases for Laois with deaths spiking again but fewer new cases across Ireland

23/01/21

Cllr Tom Mulhall held aloft by supporters after his 2018 re-election

Kildare ministerial tribute to 'tireless and passionate' Laois man

23/01/21

Vaccination at racecourses in UK

#WATCH Horseracing and Covid-19 mass vaccination runs side by side in UK as Irish public must wait months more for jab - 1,000 vaccinated each day at just one UK track

23/01/21

Dr Michelle Byrne gets Moderna vaccinated in Portlaoise

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine supply issue hits mass vaccination plan Taoiseach admits

23/01/21

"Furious" frontline nurses say Covid-19 hospital infection rates “out of control” and make PPE upgrade demand

23/01/21

Young Laois artist exhibits at major exhibition in Tokyo

Ciarán Leonard (13), from St Mary's CBS, Portlaoise, with his artwork ‘Weathered Wisdom’.

Shout out to young Laois artists to get creative for the Texaco Children’s Art Competition

23/01/21

The gardaí are investigating

Electricity cables cut at home before break-in and ransacking - Laois Offaly Kildare Garda Division investigate

23/01/21

Garda investigate raid in Laois village

Burglars discovered during the Angelus in Laois village

23/01/21

Crime and Courts

Bus Éireann 'consolidated' cut through Laois and Portlaoise an 'absolute disgrace' rails furious Laois Government Minister

22/01/21

Close to 1,000 fines issued by gardai for non-essential travel

Close to 1,000 Garda fines for Covid-19 non-essential travel - with a small number of people penalised over masks

22/01/21

Anti social activity at derelict Portlaoise shopping centre

Anti social activity at derelict Laois shopping centre

22/01/21

Who got what in Laois to enhance their communities new round of grants? Full details here

Tidy Towns members Barbara Lalor, Maura Reddin and Kitty Creighton with supporter Eileen Dunne in 2017

Who got what in Laois to enhance their communities in new round of grants? Full details here

22/01/21

Dr Tony Holohan

#STAYHOME Don't delay on Covid-19 symptoms urges Dr Tony Holohan who has a weekend message for Ireland

22/01/21

Coronavirus cases in Laois

#STAYHOME Better day for Laois on Covid-19 front but virus is as deadly as ever with more than 50 more deaths around Ireland

22/01/21

STOLEN: Garda appeal over theft of four dogs from a home in Laois

Image by saviera from Pixabay for illustration purposes

Abbeyleix Gardaí seek help tracking down dogs stolen on Laois Kildare border

22/01/21

Local news

Laois County Council snow plough and gritter during Storm Emma in 2018 in Abbeyleix

WEATHER WARNING

BREAKING Met Éireann warns of 'hazardous' conditions with snow on the #SNEACHTA

22/01/21

Laois Weather

Zane Keenan celebrates a score for Camross.

Camross GAA breaks with 'tradition' and goes virtual due to Covid-19

23/01/21

GAA

Timahoes' Sean Ramsbotton claims this breaking ball. Photo Denis Byrne.

Timahoe GAA reaches out to community to support essential fundraiser

22/01/21

GAA

GALLERY: Down through the years of Cahir Healy in club and county colours

21/01/21

Jamie Muldowney

The Jamie Muldowney Blog - 4. Looking for inspiration in Covid quarantine

21/01/21

Portlaoise councillors back Panthers basketball campaign for facilties

20/01/21

Ronan Coffey

Laois man named on top 20 players of 2020 u20 Football Championship

20/01/21

Swim Ireland and RNLI team up for virtual open water series

20/01/21

GAA National Leagues set to be put back to late March

20/01/21

Coursing

Government entitled to delist coursing as permitted activity during current Covid-19 restrictions - court told

20/01/21

Crime and Courts

Acapella Bourgeois. Photo: Patrick McCann/Racing Post

Mullins' Acapella Bourgeois heads the weights for the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase later this month

18/01/21

National Sport

The JP McManus Pro-Am in Adare has been postponed for 12 months

BREAKING: JP McManus Pro-Am postponed for 12 months

19/01/21