A LOCAL WOMAN who was feeling unwell as last week’s sitting of the district court in Portlaoise had her case adjourned until May.

A call for change has been issued on several fronts

A CARLOW woman was severely reprimanded by Judge Mary Morrissey in Carlow Circuit Court last week for posting videos about an ongoing trial in which she is the defendant.

LAOIS Rose Katelyn Cummins has been announced as the winner of Dancing with the Stars 2026. The apprentice electrician won the Glitterball trophy following an electric performance alongside her professional dance partner, Leonardo Lini.

Denis Mahon, Derrybeg, Tullamore, Offaly/Mountmellick, Laois died peacefully on 15 March at the Regional Hospital Tullamore, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents Denis and Rose and his brothers Charlie, Ned and Pat.

The 40-year-old Laois man pleaded guilty to the offence of breaching a safety order

A DRIVER doing 105kph in a 60kph zone was among a series of motorists caught exceeding the speed limit, when gardaí targeted a notorious road in Laois. Other speeds recorded during the garda crackdown this weekend ranged from 85kph to 96kph.

A BLACK Saab described as ‘a pot of gold’ has been seized by Laois gardaí. The local force was in festive mood in advance of St Patrick’s Day, when they found the car at the end of a rainbow in Ballylinan this weekend.

John O’Brien (Retired Prison Officer, Portlaoise Prison) of 38 Avondale Drive, Hanover, Carlow and Lanzarote, Spain, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on 14 March at Portlaoise Regional Hospital.

LOCAL self-taught artist from Togher Aileen Donovan has made history in St James’s Hospital in Dublin after her amazing piece titled She Sells Sanctuary was hung in the CEO building following the recent realisation of a life-long dream of achieving ...

FOUR years after the hit BBC series Peaky Blinders came to a satisfying conclusion in its sixth and final season, Cillian Murphy dons the flat cap once more in the eagerly anticipated Netflix film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

“My client will say that there appears to be a vendetta against him.”

GARDA Lisa Murray served a book of evidence on a 22-year-old Laois man when he was sent forward to the present sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court on sex offences.

Marie (Nena) Ready (née Clare), St Brigid's Place, Portlaoise, Laois died peacefully on 13 March at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, surrounded by her loving family.  Predeceased by her infant daughter Marie, parents William and Kathleen.

A TAXI driver charged on four counts of sexual assault against a regular customer was sent forward for trial to the next sittings of Naas Circuit Court.

THE square in Rathdowney is in desperate need of a solar bin, as the existing bins are not fit to cater for the volume of rubbish that accumulates at the weekend.

THE Probation Act was applied at Portlaoise District Court to a man who had gathered €500 to be donated for the upkeep of a graveyard.

A PETITION for Abbeyleix to host Irish Famine Commemoration Day is getting strong local and even international support, with signatures from as far afield as Australia and the USA.

YOUNG Laois artists have joined students nationwide in having their works evaluated as judging for the 2026 Texaco Children’s Art Competition gets underway.

DRUGS and a knuckle-duster were found by Laois gardaí when they searched a van they dubbed ‘a mobile pharmacy’.