Laois

Laois housing estate approved after years of planning battles

Laois man who crashed car into stone wall to pay €2,200 compensation

Laois Leaves Festival in Portlaoise 2026.

In PICTURES: Laois Leaves delights

Young Laois man brings a taste of Spain to Ballyfin with new market

Portarlington Rugby Club

Laois rugby club plans major new indoor training building

Almost €10,000 a week to be spent on playgrounds in Laois

Laois TD Willie Aird speaking in the Dáil

No job offers for dozens of new Midland nurses - Laois TD Willie Aird

Christmas Lights 2025 in Portlaosie.

Santa in Laois for Christmas Lights big switch-on in Portlaoise

Over €33 million for Laois roads but inflation creates roadblock

Hoax bomb threats issued to Laois schools

Aidan Colgan

WATCH Laois shopkeeper goes national about shoplifting scourge

Laois dog owners to get their paws on free microchipping

The Laois team celebrate with the cup after the Allianz Hurling League Division 2 final match between Laois and Kerry at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, Laois.

Laois' 2027 Allianz Hurling League Division 1B fixtures released

The Ballyfin Road, Portlaoise.

No pedestrian crossing for schoolkids on busy Portlaoise road in Laois

Mountmellick Embroidery 200th celebration.

In PICTURES: Landmark day for world famous Laois craft

Laois dog warden services to cost over €1,000 a day next year

Portlaoise courthouse

Woman in Portlaoise court over possession of €280,000 worth of drugs
Woman was before Portlaoise District Court after being stopped by gardaí on the M7
Court Reporter

Tim Browne, Unsung Hero, with his wife Geraldine and their colleagues at Clonad GAA, who were Climate Action Runners-up in the Laois Community & Voluntary Awards 2025. Photo: Michael Scully

Shining lights of Laois to be celebrated at gala awards

€7 million redesign of Laois town takes ‘significant step forward’

Jackie Carroll, CEO, Laois Chamber Alliance

Laois commercial rates hike 'hard pill to swallow' - Laois Chamber CEO

Laois Comhaltas Awards 2026 in Mountrath.

In PICTURES: Laois Comhaltas rewards rising Laois trad talent

Deaths of Kieran Doyle and Mary Harte.

Warm tributes on the passing of Laois business people

Street cleaning in Laois to cost over €1 million next year

IN PICTURES: Lights, camera, action at Laois GAA Club's Movie Night

J17 National Enterprise Park, Portlaoise.

Plant machinery auctioneering company to expand in Portlaoise

Public sector pay deal could impact Laois' 2027 Budget

RTÉ weather presenter and Met Éireann meteorologist Joanna Donnelly visited Portarlington Library.

Storms, Sunshine and Surprises in Laois with Joanna Donnelly

Left: Judge Vanessa Kiely O’Connor presents the award for Biodiversity Dairy Farmer of the Year Winner 2026 to Durrow woman Maria Phelan, Laois Organic. Right: Last year’s overall National Dairy Award Winner, Katie Gleeson, a dairy farmer from Tipperary, presented the Tech Innovator Dairy Farmer of the Year Winner 2026 to Cathal Fleming from The Swan.

Laois farmers celebrated at prestigious national awards
FBD National Dairy Awards took place in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
Conor Ganly

Laois County Council Heritage Office Service of Remembrance on Remembrance Sunday 2026 at the War Memorial Park in Portlaoise.

In PICTURES: Laois fallen honoured in Portlaoise on Remembrance Sunday

The famous Mountmellick Christmas tree, and a real tree standing in its place.

Mountmellick Christmas Tree plan revealed for 2026 festive season

Construction to finally resume on special school in Laois

Safefood is inviting people to join the conversation about the food environment as part of an interactive ‘Appetite for Change’ exhibition at Rathdowney Library.

Teen food choices under the spotlight at Laois library

The artwork on the square celebrates the people and spirit of Rathdowney.

Laois views sought on Tru WAY for Rathdowney

Clough/Ballacolla v Crookedwood

Leinster Club Camogie final heartbreak for Clough/Ballacolla

Mountrath woman and Newstalk radio broadcaster Claire Byrne to compere concert featuring The Three Tenors and Laois soprano Caoimhe Fitzpatrick.

Laois star Claire Byrne set for Christmas concert at home

The Harps' historic season ends with defeat to Ballyhale Shamrocks

Portlaoise Musical Society brings Young Frankenstein to Dunamaise Arts Centre

In PICTURES: Laois musical stars rehearse for a wonderfully wacky show

LIVE UPDATES: The Harps v Ballyhale Shamrocks Leinster Club

Events in Portlaoise and Durrow in 2007.

In Pictures Memory Lane: Hollywood legend unveils Laois plaque

Young Laois woman shares her gut-wrenching story on life with a rare condition

Laois woman (29) on life with a rare genetic condition

PREVIEW: Clough/Ballacolla chase historic Leinster camogie title

Justin Duggan celebrates his goal in the Laois SHC final against Camross

PREVIEW: The Harps face Ballyhale Shamrocks in historic clash

12 September 2026; Krasimir, second from left, with Reese Holohan up, on their way to winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap during day one of the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Laois jockey among nominees for 2026 HRI Emerging Talent Award

Big Laois night out in Portlaoise over the October Bank Holiday Weekend in T Powers, The Mixer and Coppers Music Venue.

In PICTURES: Laois buzzing on Bank Holiday night out in Portlaoise

Slieve Bloom v Wexford side Gusserane O'Rahillys

Slieve Bloom bow out of Leinster after defeat to Gusserane O'Rahillys

The land being sold by auction

Massive Laois farm on the market for €1.8 million

The Castletown GAA team before Saturday's game in Trim GAA

Six from play for Breen as Castletown book Leinster semi-final spot

David Kitt to perform at Ballintubbert House.

Irish song-writing pioneer announces on-off Laois gig

LIVE UPDATES: Castletown v Kilmessan Leinster Club Hurling

Mercedes GLB 200.

Does Mercedes GLB hit the mark ?

Castletown and Slieve Bloom in Leinster Club action

PREVIEWS: Castletown and Slieve Bloom begin Leinster Club campaigns

PICTURES: Halloween fun in Portlaoise

Some of the Portlaoise Musical Society cast rehearsing for Young Frankenstein.

Monstrous musical fun in Laois courtesy of Portlaoise Musical Society

Scoil Mhuire Fatima Timahoe hold Café Gaeilge fundraiser for Laois Hospice.

Laois primary school holds tasty Café Gaeilge for Laois Hospice

Courtroom in the Criminal Courts of Justice Dublin.

Pope referenced in a case involving abuser of boys in Laois

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

Retirements herald 'new chapter' for popular Laois filling station