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WATCH: The Sky Sports crew kept it local for their research ahead of Dublin and Laois last weekend

Sky Sports are competing with RTE in terms of their GAA coverage this Winter and as the GAA championship kicked off on Saturday night last with Laois taking on Dublin in the Leinster senior hurling championship, Sky Sports had the gig of bringing ...

27 Oct 2020 at 21:33

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IN PICTURES: Laois town celebrates French connection

Portarlington's historic Huguenot connection to France was celebrated with a French Festival at Solas on the Bastille Day weekend of July 13 and 14. Frank Smith supplied pictures from the fun to the Leinster Express / Laois Live. To see more tap ...

20 Jul 2024 at 20:00

Local News

Beginners luck for Midlands man who lands €500,000 Daily Million prize

A lucky man from the Midlands won a cool €500,000 Daily Million prize after playing the lotto online, two days after setting up his online account. The ecstatic winner, who scooped the top prize on Tuesday's 2pm Daily Million Plus draw, May 08, ...

09 May 2019 at 16:52

Local Elections

Campaign posters of Laois Council Candidate defaced with racial slurs

A Laois candidate for local elections had six campaign posters defaced with racial slurs this weekend. Naeem Iqbal, a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Portlaoise Municipal District, had six of his campaign posters defaced with racist comments and ...

28 May 2024 at 12:52

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Laois commuters warned of transfers due to road work

Commuters have been warned transfers are due to take place this weekend due to road works. Train commuters have been warned by Irish Rail that bus transfers will take place for Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh this Saturday, July 27. This ...

22 Jul 2024 at 14:00

National News

Number of 'endangered' animals seized in Limerick

A NUMBER of 'endangered' animals have been seized following a joint operation in Limerick. A joint operation was carried out this Friday by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and AnGarda Siochána, in conjunction with the Department of ...

16 Aug 2024 at 18:38

Local News

Portlaoise school praises mother for mini marathon fundraising

Third year student Seán O'Reilly and his mother Orlaith received a special appreciation post from St Mary's CBS for recent fundraising efforts for LOFFA and Solas. The Facebook post thanked Orlaith who donated €615 from the funds raised ...

24 Sept 2024 at 18:25

Portlaoise

"It's a problem, and help is available"- Portlaoise accounts for 1/5th of national counselling sessions for gambling

Out of 121 Family Resource Centres in the country, Portlaoise accounts for 1/5th of all consultations and sessions for gambling addictions nationwide. Portlaoise Problem Gambling Service are based out of the Portlaoise Family Resource ...

29 May 2024 at 21:43

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Laois TD says insurance industry continues to 'rip off consumers and pocket savings'

Sinn Féin TD for Laois/Offaly, Brian Stanley, has said that the insurance industry is continuing to rip off consumers and pocket savings brought about by recent reforms. Mr Stanley was commenting as 95% of the 1390 respondents to a ...

19 Jul 2024 at 19:00

National News

'You will never be forgotten', mourners say farewell to man who died in a fire in Mayo

Friends, family and colleagues gathered this Thursday in to celebrate the life of Dusan Ivan, who died in a fire in Ballina last week. Dusan who worked as a bouncer in the Castle Late Night in Westport, died following a fire at an ...

18 Jul 2024 at 15:30

Arts & Entertainment

Sex and the City star wanted to 'undo things' the show got wrong in reboot

Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon has said she was “reluctant” to reboot the franchise but signed on to the project to right some of the wrongs of the original. The actress, who played Miranda Hobbes, recently returned to the ...

15 Dec 2021 at 16:46

Local News

Laois recyclers boost Lidl to hit a whopping 100 million DRS returns

Laois has been named as one of the top counties for participating in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) recycling as Lidl Ireland announced it has become the first retailer to hit 100 million DRS returns across its 180 stores ...

01 Oct 2024 at 09:53

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