Bill O’Shea, 20 O’Moore Place, Portlaoise passed away peacefully on Tuesday 7 January surrounded by his loving family at the Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.

Today’s figures at Portlaoise hospital are down 15 from yesterday’s total.

Ann Munnelly (née O'Connell), Portlaoise and formerly Oola, Limerick passed away peacefully on Sunday 29 December at Beaumont Hospital surrounded by her loving and devoted children, Róisín, Pauric and Elaine, and their partners Emily and Ciarán, ...

Margaret Byrne (née Styles), Boughlone, Mountrath Road, Portlaoise died peacefully on Saturday 4 January.

As a result of the ongoing adverse weather conditions in Portlaoise and the surrounding areas, Portlaoise hospital has cancelled outpatient appointments for tomorrow Tuesday 7 January.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said seven people are being accommodated on trolleys in the A&E Unit while another 30 patients are lying on trolleys in wards around the hospital waiting on beds.

The competition challenges second-level students across the island of Ireland to recite a prescribed poem from memory.

Nora Delaney (née Maher), Cullenagh, Portlaoise died peacefully on Sunday 5 January at her home surrounded by her loving family. Nora was predeceased by her husband, Denis (Din), her daughter Louise, her infant son and her son-in-law Don Browne.

The evening was organised by the Science and Biology teacher Ms Kelly along with the college’s Head of Technology Mr Kenny and Technology teacher Mr Bennett.

NEIL McCabe, otherwise known as The Green Fireman and CEO of ‘The GreenPlan’, visited Portlaoise Fire Station to launch the implementation of the plan.

A large group of people had been involved in a fight that lasted about 10 minutes.

A TEENAGE boy who caused over €2,000 damage to glass doors of a shop was remanded on continuing bail when he appeared before a recent sitting of the Juvenile Court in Portlaoise.

THE owners of the TK Max store in Kyle Shopping Centre, Portlaoise had to pay a call-out fee of €350 to repair an escalator in its store after a teenage boy damaged it by jumped up and down on it while it was operational.

Joe Styles, 1 Marian Avenue, Portlaoise died peacefully on Monday 30 December surrounded by his loving family and the amazing staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

The HSE Dublin and Midlands wishes to advise that all acute hospitals within this region are experiencing a high number of patients with respiratory viral illnesses, such as Influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

Sharon Scully, Salem House, Clara Road, Tullamore, Offaly and formerly of Glasgow, Scotland and Portlaoise died on Saturday 28 December at Saint Brigid’s Hospice, The Curragh, Co. Kildare.

A MAN who broke into a garda station and broke into a house in Durrow was ordered to undergo a probation report with a view to carrying out a community service order.

Michael McManus, 19 The Garden Village, Portlaoise and previously of 36 Thomond Road, Ballyfermot and Henrietta Place, Bolton Street, Dublin passed away peacefully at home surround by his loving family on Saturday 28 December.

A MAN who was detected soaking wet after trying to gain illegal access to this year's Electric Picnic by crossing a local river came before Portlaoise District Court on public order offences.Garda Sergeant JJ Kirby said that at 8.30pm on 17 August, ...

THE Portlaoise Group, accompanied by a spiritual director is organising a Pilgrimage to Lourdes beginning on Tuesday 9 September. The cost of the Pilgrimage is €735 per person, but if paid in full before Friday 10 January the cost will be €635.