TEACHERS in Laois are buzzing after the launch of pollinator lesson plans that will be used in schools all over the county.

A man who started taking drugs when he was eight years old was given an additional ten months in prison last week for a burglary in Newbridge. “You gotta get a grip on your life,” said the judge. “Or the drugs will kill me,” acknowledged the prisoner.

FOR the first time ever in Ireland, an initiative aimed at people with physical disabilities to skydive in tandem, will be launched by Portlaoise and Naas Rotary Clubs.

A teenager smashed up his care home and covered a social worker’s car in tomato ketchup, because staff wouldn’t bring him home to his mother’s house. The incident occurred at the care home where he resided in Athy, Co Kildare, on 19 June 2024.

A TEMPORARY transfer of the liquor licence on Poole’s Tavern in Rosenallis was approved when an application came before Portlaoise District Court last week.

A MOTORIST who pleaded guilty to travelling at 160kph on the M7 in Portlaoise was disqualified from driving at a sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

'During Covid this issue really came to the fore' - Cathaoirleach of  Portlaoise Municipal District Council cllr Paddy Buggy.

Adult learning initiatives from Laois were celebrated at an awards event recently.

Having left Portlaoise last September, the donated bicycles eventually reached Tanzania in February.

Michael (Mick) Boyhan, Fr O’Connor Crescent, Mountrath, Laois passed away peacefully on 29 March, after a short illness, surrounded by his loving family at home.

A RATHER disgusting TikTok campaign in which the protagonist filmed himself urinating into bins and wrecking restrooms was nipped in the bud, when the management of a pub confronted the man when he uploaded a video in their premises.

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Larry Ryan, Knockiel, Rathdowney passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Friday 28 March. Larry was predeceased by his wife Kathleen and his brothers and sisters.

Annie Ryan (née Rohan), Old Road, Ballydavis, Portlaoise and formerly Corbally, Abbeyleix, died peacefully on 28 March, surrounded by her loving family. Beloved wife of the late Jim.

Larry Ryan, Knockiel, Rathdowney passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Friday 28 March. Larry was predeceased by his wife Kathleen and his brothers and sisters.

A LAOIS man came before Thursday’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court on charges of rape, threatening to kill and assault causing serious harm to a woman.

'The entire estate needs an awful lot of work done to it' - cllr Catherine Fitzgerald.

Death notice for Cyril Fitzpatrick, 1 St. Patrick's Terrace, Castletown and formerly Aughafan, Castletown, Laois. It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Cyril Fitzpatrick, aged 55, who passed away peacefully on 27 March in ICU in St.

THE Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI) Portlaoise Mosque at Rahman House, which is located along the Dublin Road, hosted a community breakfast recently that welcomed both Muslim and non-Muslim members of the local community.

The new legislation came into effect on Thursday 27 March.