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Laois charity appeals for Easter egg donations for homeless in Dublin

The Portlaoise Action to Homeless charity has appealed to the public to donate Easter eggs for their trip to Dublin this weekend. The charity organise a group of volunteers to travel to Dublin city centre every Saturday evening to help people who ...

27 Mar 2018 at 15:56

Local News

€30 million for new council homes in Laois to tackle housing crisis

With 1,606 people now on the list for a council house in Laois, the local authority has revealed it will spend €30 million in the next two years buying and building homes. Laois County Council’s housing construction programme will have an ...

20 Nov 2017 at 11:04

Young Laois art student Niamh Bakker has blossomed and she credits Comhairle na nÓg

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Laois student Niamh Bakker has blossomed in Comhairle na nÓg

The 25 teens that make up Laois Comhairle na nÓg include Niamh Bakker, 18, a bubbly art student from Stradbally. Studying at Abbeyleix FEC , Niamh is a graduate of Scoil Chriost Rí, and represents Laois on the National Executive of ...

24 Oct 2017 at 12:11

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Growing number of Laois homeless is hidden because they 'couchsurf' rather than sleep on street

Over 120 Laois secondary school students heard the sad truth about homelessness in Laois and Dublin, at the AGM of Laois Comhairle na nÓg. At the invite of the comhairle, Portlaoise Action to Homelessness (PATH) volunteer Billy ...

19 Oct 2017 at 17:00

Electric Picnic

Last of the Laois recycled Electric Picnic sleeping bags go to worthy cause

All of the camping equipment gathered after the Electric Picnic by Portlaoise Action to Homelessness (PATH) volunteers have now been distributed to voluntary homeless charities around the country. The Laois group were given ...

05 Oct 2017 at 12:59

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Housing crisis: 'Never have we seen the streets so busy' says Portlaoise charity of Dublin's summer homeless crisis

A Laois charity that helps Dublin's homeless faced unprecedented demand in August from people sleeping rough on the streets of the country's capital city. Volunteers from Portlaoise Action to Homelessness (PATH) travel ...

31 Aug 2017 at 17:44

Electric Picnic

Campers leaving today are urged not to repeat last year's 'graveyard' of broken tents, chairs and gazebos

Campers at Electric Picnic are filing out in the misty rain this morning, surely with thoughts of a hot shower and warm bed on their tired hungover minds. However organisers Festival Republic and charities Friends of ...

04 Sept 2017 at 12:39

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Laois charity urgently needs volunteers to wash sleeping bags

Portlaoise man, Tom Duffy, has led a movement of collecting sleeping bags, mats and tents leftover from Electric Picnic with the intention of giving them to people who are homeless and sleeping rough. Tom travels to ...

06 Sept 2017 at 13:54

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Portlaoise kids sell homemade lemonade, smoothies and sweet kebabs for local homeless charity

If you need a quick sugar hit, head to Main Street Portlaoise this lunchtime and help out a charity in the process. Sweet kebabs, homemade lemonade, smoothies and fruit jelly pots have been made and are on sale by ...

06 Jul 2017 at 14:36

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Soldiers to walk 70km of Slieve Blooms to help Portlaoise charity that helps the homeless

PATH volunteer Jason O'Neill and two of his army colleagues from the Curragh Camp, are planning to walk the full 70km Slieve Bloom Way within a 24 hour period, to raise money for the charity. PATH (Portlaoise ...

22 Feb 2017 at 15:00

Events & Listings

Rathdowney woman celebrates 70 with charity parachute jump

Rathdowney woman Gina O’Loughlin has decided to celebrate her 70th birthday in style- by parachuting out of a plane for charity. Mrs O’Loughlin is well known throughout Laois for her involvement in various ...

30 Sept 2024 at 19:53

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