CONCERN for children’s safety along Collier’s Lane in Portlaoise is mounting after a swan was “mowed down” by a motorist and left for dead in the cycle lane.
FOUR JACK Russell terriers are on the mend after they were found with their tails shoddily docked, effectively making them rotten.
THERE was disappointment in Laois on Saturday night when the news filtered through from Manchester that Portlaoise rapper Wally had failed to get to the next round of Britain’s Got Talent.
ELDERLY motorists, lone female drivers or parents with young children who break down on the highways and byways of Laois can expect very little help from passing local motorists.
A SPECIAL public meeting on crime in the Durrow area will take place tonight (Tuesday).
A HERD OF elephants stampeded down Main Street, Portarlington last week … well not quite, but they did provide an amazing sight not seen in the town in years.
THE DECISION to implement free parking on Saturdays in Portlaoise may not be cut and dry, despite popular local support.
THERE was a good turnout at the first fly-tying course of the year hosted by Mountmellick Angling and Conservation Association in the Town Hall last Thursday evening.
HISTORY was made recently in Carlow Cathedral when a Laois man, Joe O’Rourke, was among a group of seven who took their first official steps towards becoming a deacon.
THEY were rolling in the aisles in Raheen and Portlaoise last week as local panto groups put on their annual extravaganzas.