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Pencil style anti-parking bollards at Scoil Mhuire NS in Abbeyleix.

Laois hospital goer blocked in their driveway by school traffic

Vigilance urged as deer active on Laois roads

Deer on the move: Crossings and collisions reported on Laois roads

Emma Fogarty with her friend Hollywood actor Colin Farrell, starsin a new documentary The Slightest Touch

Laois hero Emma Fogarty on Late Late Show to chat about new film

Ómós owner Cúán Greene in Abbeyleix and The Old Canal proprietors Joanne Deegan and Barry Liscombe in Mountmellick.

'Absolutely delighted' two Laois restaurants make prestigious guide

Timahoe Community Hall, The Rock GAA Club, Fr. Breen Park Vitality Hub, and Cullahill Community Centre among the groups to receive funding.

Big cash boost for Laois community centres, halls and GAA Clubs

Celebrity chef Edward Hayden will host the fundraiser for Abbeyleix Golf Club, with a portion of the proceeds also being donated to DEBRA Ireland.

Celebrity chef to host Laois golf club’s fundraiser

Dunamaise Arts Centre

Laois restaurateurs open new cafe at Dunamaise Arts Centre

Pedestrian crossing missing at Laois HSE community nursing unit

Tom Og Phelan scored 2-5 on Monday evening

Phelan and Cuddy deliver as Castletown get off the mark in U-20 HC

Niamh Shaw on an Arctic adventure.

Penguins to Mars - local Laois space expert set for Portlaoise show

An application for retention planning permission for a car wash at Dunnes Filling Station, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise has been submitted.

Retention planning permission sought for Laois car wash

The late Stephen Sheeran

Funeral details confirm death of beloved missing young Laois man

WATCH: Tánaiste Simon Harris on Laois jobs, courthouse and soccer

Laois courthouse has 'very detrimental effect' -Tánaiste Simon Harris

Cast and crew at the screening of Thresholds at the Dunamaise Arts Centre.

In PICTURES: Laois film about universal birth and death experiences

Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town 2026 - Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, at the 2026 SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD; Robbie Quinn, Chair of Abbeyleix Tidy Towns and Margaret Barron, Chief Marketing Officer at Musgrave; along with committee members from Abbeyleix Tidy Towns.

See points scored by all Laois Tidy Towns groups as €35,000 announced

Abbeyleix TidyTowns collecting their 2026 award as Ireland's tidiest small town, from Minister Dara Colleary in Croke Park.

'Just stay plugging away' Laois win for Ireland's Tidiest Small Town
Abbeyleix is celebrating again as the beautiful heritage town wins at the SuperValu TidyTowns 2026
Lynda Kiernan

Mary White raises the trophy watched by chair Robbie Quinn, as Abbeyleix Tidy Town wins 2026 Ireland's Tidiest Small Town Award.

'Wow' Abbeyleix wins national Ireland's Tidiest Small Town 2026 title

Death notices for Laois - Thursday, October 22

A workshop was hosted by Abbeyleix Community Garden.

PICTURES: Laois residents make cleaning products the natural way

Death notices for Laois - Wednesday, October 21

Laois Cumann na mBunscol Gaelic football finals 2026 day one in Laois Hire O'Moore Park Portlaoise.

In PICTURES: Historic day at Laois schools Gaelic football finals

Project outline submitted for Laois Greenway

A 30km/h speed limit sign

Laois speed limits dropping to 30km in towns amid doubt on enforcement

The first Urban Search and Rescue Instructor course held in Abbeyleix, Laois last September, ahead of construction of the new national training centre.

Laois chosen as home of new €4m national rescue training centre

Death notices for Laois - Monday, October 19

A general view of Laois Hire O'Moore Park before the Laois Senior Football Championship final match between Courtwood and Portarlington at Laois Hire O'Moore Park

Laois school one win away from historic Cumann na mBunscol triumph

PICTURES: Standing room only at Laois organic gardening event
Laois Climate Action Festival event held in Abbeyleix Library with organic horticulturist Kitty Scully
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PICTURES: Vintage Club holds memorial run in Laois

Laois TD Brian Stanley challenged Minister Helen McEntee on the need to invest in Portlaoise, Abbeyleix and Mountmellick hospitals.

'Severe pressure' on Portlaoise hospital insists Laois TD

PICTURES: Laois Intermediate & Uneven Ages Cross Country Championships

Hugely popular Christmas fair returns to home of Laois billionaire

PICTURES: Bees and biodiversity event creates a buzz in Laois

The boardwalk on Abbeyleix Bog.

Famous bog in Laois gets an audio visual guide for smartphones

Midlands Prison in Portlaoise to take part in Famine commemoration

A bus stop in Portlaoise.

Traffic delays ahead as four Laois towns get new bus stops

Laois community urged to support ‘once in a generation’ famine event

Green Road junction between Ballyroan and Abbeyleix, Laois.

'Repeat washouts' - Laois household affected by rain running off road

Traffic disruptions Abbeyleix

Works in Abbeyleix to cause traffic disruptions

Laois jam makers celebrate huge national award

Photo caption: L-R: Edel Heffernan, Library, Fiona Skehan, Healthy Laois Coordinator, Fiona Flanagan, Le Leche, Aoife Flanagan, Jackie Carroll, Laois Chamber Alliance.

Make Laois 'breastfeeding friendly' for local mums

Laois great gran Kathleen Flanagan with her copper art that won first prize at the Tullamore Show.

'You'd go mad if you were doing nothing' craftmaking Laois great gran

Official Laois stops on the 858 bus route

Laois councillors call for 'common sense' on unofficial bus stops

Crimecall Deception appeal

WATCH: Crimecall appeal as bank details stolen from Laois victims

Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley calling for lights on Portlaoise to Abbeyleix road junctions

'Dark, dangerous' junctions on main road from Portlaoise to Abbeyleix

Senator Maria McCormack and Justin McNulty, MLA, were at the protest on the Garvaghy Road residents.

Laois senator and GAA manager on Garvaghy Road to in solidarity

Volunteers from Bank of Ireland, Clough Tidy Towns and Caitriona Ryan, Laois Volunteer Centre.

Laois bank staff get painting to give church grounds a facelift

'There forever more' - Ghostly tales of Laois immortalised in book

Ómós restaurant in Abbeyleix and inset: Chef Cúán Greene.

New Laois restaurant wins top fine dining award

The late Emily Culhane

Meningitis vaccine fundraiser launched in Laois girl's memory

Raheen Vintage Club

Laois vintage club to host national rally

A quiet evening in Abbeyleix, Laois.

Laois County Council hires specialist to fix Abbeyleix traffic lights

Friel the hero as Rosenallis strike late to reach last four of SHC

LIVE UPDATES: Abbeyleix v Rosenallis; Borris-Kilcotton v The Harps

Laois Memory Lane Collage 2004

In PICTURES Memory Lane: Lots of lively Laois events

Abbeyleix v Rosenallis at 2.15pm; Borris-Kilcotton v The Harps at 4pm

PREVIEWS: Who will book their place in the Laois SHC last four?

Emmaus House & Development Land, Ballyroan Road, Abbeyleix

Georgian home in Laois with potential to build up to 130 new houses