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Gardaí are treating the unsettling email as a hoax

Breaking ‘Death awaits you’: Bomb threat email sent as 150 schools targeted

The project saw the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade award two separate contracts: one to develop and design the publication and one to print and distribute

€150,000 spent on children's book about Ireland's EU Presidency

The October midterm is just around the corner

5 family breaks that won't break the bank including European trip #AFF

Children run in a wet playground

School absence increased since pandemic – research finds

Everyday driving habits during the school run could lead to unexpected and costly fines

Parents warned as fines over €1,000 issued for school run offences

School children in a classroom. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Laois class sizes ‘way above’ EU average

The Portlaoise CBS U-19 basketball team that won the All-Ireland in March

Portlaoise U19 basketball team to hold Laois church gate collection

Four comfy shoes for your little one heading back to school (aff)

School costs force families to seek out moneylenders, warns Laois TD

Laois students celebrate major win at national ESB competition

Theo,parents principal Darach Kennedy and Amanda Horan PLC Deputy

Laois school announces Entrance Scholarship winners for 2026

Taoiseach Micheal Martin with the 2025 winner in the disability category Samantha Mulligan (left), at a photocall for a mental health awareness initiative spearheaded by Mental Health Matters which calls on people across Ireland to express what mental health means to them through art, at Government Buildings in Dublin

Taoiseach encourages people to take part in mental wellbeing poster competition

Laois students with autism shine bright at STEM showcase

Laois schools making strides in STEM honoured with national awards

Laois school to get new classroom for students with autism

No footpath on 'dangerous' Portlaoise road getting a new school

Applications are now open and won’t close until September 30, 2026.

Families across Ireland can now apply for payment of up to €285
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance now also includes children from the age of two
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Hildegarde Naughton

Schools will lose no more than one SNA a year from 2027 – minister

Laois schools share wise words as Leaving and Junior Cert kick off

Youthwork Ireland Laois is running the project.

New youth project sprout in three Laois communities

PHOTOS: Laois school bids farewell to three popular teachers

PICTURES: Laois students honoured at 2026 graduation ceremony

Students across Ireland took part in the Pittsburgh Steelers Flag Football National Finals

Students across Ireland in the Pittsburgh Steelers Flag Football Final

Tipp All Ireland captain shares his Laois Garda tips on cycling

'Teachers are being kicked and spat at' - INTO calls for immediate assault schem...

The school's second-year footballers got the better of Mullingar CBS

Knockbeg College reach Leinster 2nd Year Football Final after stunning second-ha...

'Shocking' - Fears Irish children as young as seven going to school high on drug...

Schools could face legal action if student pronouns and bathroom access not respected

Schools could face legal action if student pronouns and bathroom access not resp...
The guide was produced by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties with support from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Jayde Maher

More than 200 schools closed in Northern Ireland after weekend of snow

Darver National School

Parents shocked after school sends out email asking for one toilet roll per stud...

IN PICTURES: Laois Sport Year in Review January 2025

IN PICTURES: Laois TY Students shine at annual SciFest Showcase

Pic credit Laois Offaly Gardaí

'Slow down. School zones are high-risk environments', Laois Offaly Gardaí warn

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Laois parents of special needs children left in limbo waiting for school offer

Photos by Michael Scully

PICTURES: Laois students wow audiences with show-stopping musical

Maryborough NS, Portlaoise Educate Together, Gaelscoil Portlaoise and Scoil Bhride (not pictured) in the Laois County Council council chambers for the 2025 Travel Forum

Portlaoise students pave the way for greener and safer school journeys

IN PICTURES: More than 30 nationalities celebrated at Laois school

‘Like a hug I didn’t know I needed’ – Mother praises MS Ireland services

Students are 'undermining and eroding their learning' by using AI to do their ho...

A roast beef lunch by an Irish school meals provider. Image: Irishschoolmeals.ie

Hot school meals not feeding children on special diets - Laois councillor

Families encouraged to take 'CyberBreak' following stark school children survey findings

Families encouraged to take 'CyberBreak' following stark school children survey ...

IN PICTURES: Bumper crowds attend Open Days at Laois school

Parents asked to have their say on school matters with survey coming soon

Should schools be religion free? Parents asked for their say on school matters

Warning on mobile phone scam

‘It could happen to any of us’ - Irish children worried about ‘dangerous’ AI dee...

A new special needs classroom has been approved for Colaiste Iosagáin, Portarlington.

‘Historic moment’ as foreign languages are to be added to Irish primary school c...

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'I don't know what to do'- Mother of autistic child with no school place this te...

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'Crippling fear'- School avoidance a huge issue as one mother 'tried everything'...

More and more children taken out of school Pic WOKANDAPIX on Pixabay

Irish primary school class sizes reach lowest level this century and here's why....

ALERT: Parents could be hit with €320 fine on school run over major mistake

ALERT: Parents could be hit with €320 fine on school run over major mistake

Will schools close because of Storm Ashley? Latest update as winds hit 145km/h

60,000 kids out of school as parents are warned of little-known 'syndrome'

Will schools close because of Storm Ashley? Latest update as winds hit 145km/h

LATEST: Thousands of Irish primary schools to close early next month

‘We’re out for the long haul’: School secretaries and caretakers take to the pi...

National Slow Down Day continues until 7am on Tueasday

ALERT: Motorists warned of major garda clampdown as schools reopen following sum...

IN PICTURES: First school day for Laois Junior Infants

School secretaries and caretakers stage strike action

School secretaries and caretakers begin indefinite strike

Minority of young bullying victims tell an adult, research suggests