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Portlaoise Prison and Midlands Prison
New Prison Officers graduate in Croke Park will serve at jails in Portlaoise and other parts of Ireland.
Image of planned Lidl Mountmellick store
Bernie Everard, (MI Food & Drink Network manager), Evelyn Reddin (LEO Laois), Orla Martin (LEO Offaly), John McKenna at the official launch of Midlands Flavours.
Ribbon cut on relaunched Portlaoise Penneys on Thursday, March 26. Photos: Penneys & Leinster Express
Laois Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins attended the event which highlted a prison eduction in Portlaoise.
Minister Marian Harkin presented certs at event in Offaly.
Cllr Vivienne Phelan with Minister Simon Harris when she launched her campaign in the 2024 local election.
Ciarán Mullooly is an MEP for Midlands North West.
There are several juntions to access and exit the M7 and M8 motorways in Laois .
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A screenshot of the new fuelwatch app which is 100 percent free
The new development will be on a site located off the N78 in Ballylinan (Photo: Google Maps).
The M7 motorway at Portlaoise blocked on Tuesday morning by protesters (Photo: Leinster Express).
Lidl's image of their new supermarket planned on Emmett Street, Mountmellick (below photo: Leinster Express).
EuroGiant in Lyster Square.
Uniformed Services members at the Secure Our Future rally in The O’Brien Institute, Marino.
Lidl's image of their new supermarket planned on Emmett Street, Mountmellick (below photo: Leinster Express).
Pictured: File photo
Laois kids enjoying STEM event
a Bus Éireann school bus
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Dunamase College students getting into the spirit during Seachtain na Gaeilge.
An image of the motorcycle that was stolen in Grangehall, Mountmellick on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Pictured is the fuel prices protest in Laois
Fuel price protest on the M7 in Portlaoise today
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