MORE THAN 3,600 shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts for children of all ages will bring smiles to the faces of thousands of Kosovan kids this festive season.

The three day event takes place from Tuesday to Thursday 16 to 18 September.

A PROTEST will be staged in Cullohill next year unless a long-awaited pedestrian crossing is installed on the main road, which is notorious for traffic speeding through the village.

AN important meeting for landowners in the Erkina and Goul catchment will be held on Thursday 12 December at 7pm in Newtown Mill. The meeting will hear an update on the progress of the Curragh European Integration Project.

Throughout December, a donation of €1 will be given to the charity from every meal purchased.

ACCORDING to a survey, 75% of patients reported having a ‘good or very good experience’ as an inpatient at Portlaoise hospital.

"There was a green area beside Scoil Bhríde (Knockmay). It was parish land. It should have been used as a park or a green area, but that went into houses,” said one councillor.

Finbar Heneghan, Collier's Lane, Portlaoise and formerly of Bowgate Street, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo passed away very peacefully in the care of Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home, Portlaoise on Tuesday morning 10 December surrounded by his loving family.

A DRIVER who caused a four-car crash on the M7 motorway near Portlaoise was convicted of careless driving when he appeared in court.

You are invited along to join in the festive fun, food, beverages and musical entertainment to enjoy on both days

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Nicole Doyle, who was reported missing in Portlaoise, County Laois on Sunday evening, 8th December 2024.

When last seen, Nicole was wearing a black hooded jumper, black leggings, a red winter coat and black runners.

MOUNTMELLICK Macra’s annual Light Up Truck and Tractor Run is back by popular demand and will take place again this year on Saturday 14 December. Trucks and tractors are invited to converge on the town to raise funds for Laois Down Syndrome.

THE winter meeting of Laois ICA Federation was hosted by the home guild of its president Deirdre Dunne in Mountmellick.

Eileen McCarthy, (née Doyle) 19 High Street, Birr, Co. Offaly and formerly of Abbeyleix passed away peacefully on Tuesday 10 December aged 79, in the care of The Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore surrounded by her loving family.

Mary Maher (née Brady) Lake Glade,  Kilminchy, Portlaoise/Newbridge, Kildare Mary Maher née Brady, Lake Glade, Kilminchy, Portlaoise and formerly Pairc Mhuire, Newbridge, Co Kildare.

A NEW café and bakery is set to open at the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise, in a large restaurant space that closed over two years ago.

Robert Deegan (29) will have his life celebrated on Saturday

A NEW café is set to open at the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise, in a large restaurant space that closed over two years ago.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl wants to share the magic of Christmas with the extraordinary people who cared for her and support their heroic efforts to give every sick child every chance.