A SPEED ramp and pedestrian crossing are urgently needed outside a local secondary school, which has 950 students and is located near a busy filling station.

A MOTHER and daughter shoplifting team “with issues” will retire after only one outing, and neither left court with a conviction.

Edith Doyle (nee Deffew) St Brigids Place Portlaoise. September 26th 2024 . Peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her husband Patrick and son Paul.

A €5. 8m windfall has been announced for sports and leisure clubs in Laois, the largest amount the county has ever received under the sports capital and equipment programme.

Tragic news

RESIDENTS near a local railway station are “living in fear” because of constant speeding outside their homes, according to a county councillor.

The book will help children understand the changes in their loved ones

CONCERN has been expressed about the ‘ongoing delays’ in providing a new fire station for Monasterevin.

THE Laois ICA marquee was a hive of activity during the recent Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska.

The centre uses the bus to help transport elderly people to and from the day service

On the day, you will have the chance to speak to the staff to get a better idea of how Laois Partnership Company can help you or your community to grow

UPGRADES costing almost €320,000 are getting underway in Mountrath, ranging from a redesign of the town square to improved landscaping and signage along the river walk.

Visitors will have the chance to explore the school’s facilities and learn about its academic and extracurricular offerings.

Evangeline died tragically two weeks ago

The assault happened on Monday night

Michael (Mike) Byrne, Grange, Maganey, Co. Laois, September 22nd 2024 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, following a brief illness. Predeceased by his parents William and Mary-Kate, brother Joe, sister Lilly and nephew Laurence.

Richard Bracken from Churchtown was a 28 year old landscape gardener

Helen Moloney, Irishtown, and formerly of Moloney's Gaelic Bar, Mountmellick, Co. Laois 22 September, peacefully in the tender and loving care of her family and all staff at St. Vincent's Community Nursing Unit, Mountmellick.

AN Abbeyleix man whose little son was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of two will abseil from the roof of Croke Park this weekend, in aid of Childhood Cancer Ireland (CCI).

“He lived by the sword, and died by the sword."