St Patrick's Day

Memory Lane from 2003 from Portlaoise, Mountmellick, and Castletown.

In PICTURES Memory Lane Lots of Laois happenings

St Patrick's Day Laois Memory Lane pictures: Community rises to parade challeng...

In PICTURES: Radiant St Patrick's Day parade in vibrant Laois community

Oh dear: Laois temperatures falling to -3°C this St Patrick's weekend

LIVE: Met Éireann's St Patrick's Day weather forecast has good and bad news for parades

LIVE: Met Éireann's St Patrick's Day weather forecast has good and bad news for ...

Changes to social welfare payments expected as Bank Holiday weekend approaches

Social welfare recipients reminded of next week's payment schedule change

Fingers crossed! Above average temperatures expected for St Patrick's Bank Holiday weekend

Fingers crossed! Above average temperatures expected for St Patrick's Bank Holid...

Scoil Rince during a previous parade in Portarlington. Photo: Michael Scully.

Laois Offaly town ready to revive St Patrick's Day parade for 2025

Scoil Rince during a previous parade in Portarlington. Photo: Michael Scully.

Laois town's St Patrick's Day parade returns for 2025

WATCH Laois town gears up for early St Patrick's Day Parade

Taoiseach finally receives St Patrick's Day invitation to White House after speculation

Taoiseach finally receives St Patrick's Day invitation to White House after spec...

Laois Senator Maria McCormack and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald

Laois politician backs Sinn Féin's White House boycott

No 'specific invitation' to US as ministers plan St Patrick's Day visits

Taoiseach yet to receive St Patrick's Day invitation from Donald Trump

Taoiseach yet to receive St Patrick's Day invitation from Donald Trump

Raymond Barrett leaving Portlaoise District Court

Man sentenced over mini steam engine crash at Laois Patrick's Day Parade

George Boyce at Letterkenny Circuit Court. (North West Newspix)

Man who claimed he 'couldn't remember' following woman home jailed for 'sinister...

The woman alleges the attack happened at a hotel

Irishman accused for alleged rape of woman in the US
The man was said to be in the country celebrating St Patrick's Day
Lili Lonergan

The image of the horse has been widely shared on social media

Horse ‘left like rubbish' on side of busy road on St Patrick's Day

WATCH: Irish students surprise and delight with St Patrick's Day celebration at ...

In Pictures: Vibrant Laois community celebrates St Patrick's Day in style

In PICTURES: Tremendous St Patrick's Day turnout around the Laois round tower vi...

In PICTURES: Ireland's farming leader leads super Laois St Patrick's Day Parade

Stunning video celebrates Irish diaspora as St Patrick's Day is marked around th...

WATCH: Newest Irish St Patrick's Day Parade in Laois on The Heath

Portlaoise GAA on the town's St Patrick's Day Parade in 2023. Pic: Denis Byrne

St Patrick's Day weekend Laois weather forecast from Met Éireann

Guinness to give away hundreds of free pints this weekend but there's a catch

Guinness to give away hundreds of free pints this weekend but there's a catch

Since its inception in 1759, Guinness has long been considered a cultural icon in Ireland

Revealed: How many pints of Guinness could your weekly wage get you each year si...

St Patrick came to Portlaoise in 2023. Pic: Denis Byrne

St Patrick's Day parade grand marshalls revealed for biggest Laois parade in Por...
The two groups are celebrating their 25th anniversaries in Portlaoise this year
Conor Ganly

In PICTURES: Memory Lane St Patrick's Day in Laois

Clover Utd take part in the 2023 parade.

Laois town 'On the One Road' for St Patrick's Day festival

St Patrick in the 2023 parade. Picture: Denis Byrne

St Patrick's Day Parade Portlaoise needs you for the biggest celebration in Laoi...

Minister Sean Fleming accompanied President Higgins and his wife Sabina on the visit.

Scandinavia, Baltic, Africa St Patrick's Day missions for Laois Offaly Ministers

Elbows out - there's fewer pubs per head of population in Kildare than in many other counties. File photo via Pixabay

Bank reveals how much Ireland drowned the Shamrock and celebrated 6 Nations win

In Pictures: Operation Transformation star leads the way on St Patrick's Day in ...

In Pictures: Striking parade on St Patrick's Day in Laois Electric Picnic town

IN PICTURES: Ballyroan St Patrick's Day festivities

In pictures: Laois community rises to the St Patrick's Day parade challenge

First convictions for involvement in human trafficking handed down at midlands court. Image by sammisreachers from Pixabay

Slave St Patrick the 'patron of victims of human trafficking is a modern saint

In Pictures: Laois community shows Carlow neighours its true colours on St Patri...

'Sober-curiosity’ on rise among Generation Z, says Drinkaware

Dangers of driving the 'morning after' St Patrick's Day stressed

IN PICTURES Down Memory Lane: St Patrick's Day craic around Laois

Sean Fleming and Pippa Hackett are due to make long trips on March 17

Samba and safari for Laois and Offaly representatives promoting Ireland on St Pa...

Rain, hail or snow, Laois town promises St Patrick's Day to remember

St Patrick's Day Mardi Gras carnival promised in Laois town

Revealed: our spending in pubs and bookies went through the roof around St Patri...

One of the organisers, Orla Vaughan, admitted to Clare FM that their project was 'tone deaf.' Pic: manseok_Kim via Pixabay

Organisers of controversial St Patrick's Day float depicting late Carlow pension...

We can all learn a lot of lessons from the humble clover

Was St Patrick the first environmentalist?

WATCH Live: Mayhem on St Patrick's Day at the Temple Bar in Dublin

Ryan Tubridy said “We are all family, and we will gather together to remind ourselves of why we love being Irish.”

Guests revealed for special St Patrick's Day RTE Late Late show tonight

Laois Offaly Gardaí give St Patrick a vital lift on big day

The best Irish movies to watch on St Patrick's Day

The best Irish movies to watch on St Patrick's Day

People came from far and wide to mark the occasion in Dublin

In Pictures: St Patrick's Day celebrations are in full swing

Up to 400,000 people are expected to attend the parade in Dublin, two years after it was cancelled due to the pandemic

Ireland set to welcome back St Patrick's Day celebrations following 2 year break

Ryan Tubridy said “We are all family, and we will gather together to remind ourselves of why we love being Irish.”

Special St Patrick's Day Late Late show will bring 'craic agus ceol'

Ballyfin athletes on parade in Mountrath in 2021

St Patrick’s Day parade twisted ankle risk due to 'terrible' state of Laois town...

Martin will also attend the White House where he will meet with President Biden in the Oval Office

Taoiseach jets off to US for St Patrick's Day celebrations

St Patrick's Day in Portlaoise in 2008.

Big line up of St Patrick’s Street Festival fun finalised for Portlaoise