Tickets are priced at €8/€5 concession and can be purchased from the Dunamaise Arts Centre website on www.dunamaise.ie or by phoning 057 86 63355.

LAOIS County Council is to repair a boundary wall at Woodview Estate and Woodview Mews in Portlaoise.

A LAOIS man who is charged with rape, threatening to kill and to assaults causing serious harm to a woman will be presented with a book of evidence at the 8 May sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

AN UNUSUAL fundraiser for an escape artist Laois pig has passed the half-way mark after just one week. After countless breakouts from his home in Ballinakill, the cheeky rescue called Arnold needs expensive steel railings to keep him safe.

A MAJOR pharmaceutical company is on its way to Laois, bringing a welcome jobs boost for the county. BNL Sciences Ltd, which is part of international pharma firm Caldic, plans to construct a new plant at the J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise.

A young boy who struck a golf ball at a Laois driving range but it rebounded hitting him in the eye has settled a High Court action for €55,000.

PROPERTY prices in Laois have soared by more than 22% since last year, making the county the most expensive place in the midlands to buy a home.

A LONG-AWAITED flood relief scheme for Clonaslee has moved a step closer, with a planning application about to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála (ABP).

TWO primary schools in Laois were recognised for their efforts in the ‘2025 Our World Awards For Irish Aid’ and have been shortlisted for a national award.

A PORTLAOISE secondary school was named as Ireland’s An Taisce Sustainable Travel School of the Year at a ceremony in Dublin recently. The judging panel said that Scoil Chríost Rí, with its 850 students excelled and embraced the challenge.

The Judge remanded the woman in her absence on her own bail and adjourned the case for finalisation.

A GRAIGUECULLEN man was last week sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to breaking into his local GAA clubhouse and stealing alcohol and cash.

PLANS to commemorate up to 2,000 adults and children buried in former workhouse grounds in Laois have received a green light from the HSE.

FOLLOWING on from a successful first solo art exhibition at Bloom HQ in Mountrath in January, spiritual artist Anna Kupper filled the three-roomed gallery space of Mountmellick library with over 70 vibrant pieces for the library’s April art show.

"All I’m looking for is a stretch of double yellow lines of about 15 metres in length" , said the councillor.  

See our picture spread from the Expo in this week's edition of the Laois Nationalist newspaper, in shops and online on Tuesday 29 April A DAY of laughter, learning and connection brought more than 2,000 people to the 2025 Live ...

A TOTAL of 6,500 poo bags have been swiped in a Laois town in just six weeks, an average of more than 1,000 a week.

TWO TDs in Laois have joined an Oireachtas Heart and Stroke group to back urgent calls for a new national cardiovascular disease (CVD) health policy.

A PEDESTRIAN crossing is needed to be upgraded or manned at one of the largest primary schools in Laois.

THE DEATH of Pope Francis fills me with a deep sadness as we mourn the loss of a kind, courageous and gentle pastor. I also have a sense of gratitude to God for the great leadership he has given to the Church over the course of his papacy.