LAOIS senior football manager Justin McNulty didn’t shy away from the harsh realities of his side’s heavy 17 point defeat at the hands of Westmeath in Saturday’s Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final at TEG Cusack Park.

Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald has made three charges to the team that dramatically beat Carlow to qualify for the Joe McDonagh Cup final. In come The Harps’ Cody Comerford, Fiachra C-Fennell (Rosenallis) and Mark Dowling (Camross).

Laois vice-captain Aidan Corby is hoping for a very different outcome to last year’s decider as the side prepare to take on Kildare in the Joe McDonagh Cup final.

UNLIKE Laois’s pervious game, when Laois manager Jusin McNulty sprung a surprise when Mark Barry stared the game against Offaly in O’Connor Park, there were no major changes to team named to take on Westmeath in Mullingar tomorrow.

WHEN Tommy Fitzgerald unexpectedly stepped into the Laois senior hurling hotseat, the main target was clear from the outset: get back to Croke Park and fight for a return to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

AS Laois prepare to face Kildare in the Joe McDonagh Cup final at Croke Park, captain David Dooley says he’s still coming to terms with the honour of being chosen to lead the county.

LAOIS may have left it late, but there was a stubbornness and steel to their performance against Offaly that bodes well heading into the knockout stages of the Tailteann Cup.

LAOIS manager Justin McNulty praised his players’ resilience after they snatched a dramatic 3-18 to 3-16 victory over Offaly in Saturday evening’s Tailteann Cup clash in Newbridge.

Laois 3-6 Wicklow 0-8 TODAY Laois senior footballers make the journey to Aughrim, for round two of the Tailteann Cup and This is not their first trip to Aughrim in this competition. Today we reflect on a championship encounter 23 years ago.

LAOIS senior football manager Justin McNulty admitted his side had plenty of room for improvement, despite easing to a comfortable victory in their opening Tailteann Cup fixture against Waterford on Saturday.

Laois 2-28 ildare 2-10 LAOIS have advanced to the Celtic Challenge semi-final after an impressive display against Kildare in the LOETB Centre of Excellence on Saturday morning.

Preview – Tailteann Cup Rd 1 LAOIS will get their 2025 Tailteann Cup campaign up and running in Laois Hire O’Moore Park this afternoon at 3pm. The home side go into this game against Waterford as raging hot 1/20 favourites.

PORTLAOISE GAA Club is set to embark on an ambitious development of grand proportions at their grounds at Rathleague. Plans for the development were unveiled at a meeting for club members on Monday night.

O’Neills Leinster U/20 HC quarter-final  Laois 1-24 Wexford 1-18DEREK Delaney and his U/20 Laois hurlers made the trip to Chadwick’s Wexford Park on the bank holiday Monday afternoon where Wexford ...

THE draw for this year's Tailteann Cup has been made and Laois have been placed in Group B along with Offaly, Wicklow and Waterford. Laois have had a mixed fortunes in the competition since its inauguration in 2022.

Celtic Challenge Rd 3 Laois 8-25 Kerry 2-12 KERRY arrived early in Portlaoise on Saturday morning to take on Laois in the Celtic Challenge hurling competition. Last time out they received a walk over from Offaly.

WITH two wins on the board from their opening two Joe McDonagh Cup games Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald was a happy man on Saturday afternoon after the contest against Down.

LAOIS senior hurling manager Tommy Fitzgerald was a content man following his side’s 3-25 to 1-22 victory over Westmeath in the opening round of the Joe McDonagh Cup. While not perfect, it was the ideal start.

Leinster Ladies U-16 FC 'B' semi-final  Laois 2-5 Westmeath 2-6 THE Laois U/16 ladies footballers were mere minutes away from a Leinster final, only to have their hearts broken with a last gasp goal ...

Leinster Ladies MFC 'B' semi-final  Laois 7-3 Longford 2-13  LAOIS are into the Leinster Ladies MFC 'B' final at the expense of Longford after a crazy game in dreadful conditions.

Laois 3-20 Westmeath 2-7  THIRTY NINE years ago Laois and Westmeath clashed in the Leinster SHC at Croke Park when the prize for the winners was a semi-final meeting with the reigning champions, Offaly.

THE Joe McDonagh Cup kicks off this weekend, and for Laois, it starts exactly where their only victory of the league came, against Westmeath.

DAVID Dooley admits he’s still adjusting to life as captain of the Laois senior hurlers, but the Rosenallis man is embracing the challenge as he prepares to lead his county into Saturday’s Joe McDonagh Cup opener against Westmeath.

IT all began against Westmeath seven years ago here in Portlaoise on a sunny Saturday afternoon in May.

PLAYING Offaly away from home is never an easy task, and Tuesday night at Faithful Fields was no exception — a real trip into the lion’s den for Laois, with everything on the line in this crunch Leinster Minor Football Championship clash.

Reaction THERE was no shame to the way the Laois minor footballers bowed out of the championship.

Laois 6-26 Wicklow 2-10 FOR the second week in succession Laois travelled away in the Celtic Challenge hurling competition. The week they were in the Faithful Fields taking on Offaly and snatched victory with a last minute goal.

Leinster U-20 HC Tier 1 Group 1 Rd 3  Offaly 1-25 Laois 0-14  LAOIS suffered a second consecutive defeat in Group 3 of the Leinster U/20 Hurling Championship after Offaly proved to be far too strong in ...

Very National League Division 3A Final  Laois 0-14 Roscommon 1-6 LAOIS and Roscommon met halfway in Kinnegad GAA on Saturday afternoon to compete for the Very National League Division 3A title.

HAVING failed to reach hurling and football leagues in the last month, it is now the turn of the ladies to make a bid for National League honours.

Celtic Challenge  Laois 2-10  Offaly 0-15 THE Faithful Fields in Kilcormac was the venue on Friday evening last, for the latest chapter of Offaly v Laois hurling when they opposed each other in the opening round of the Celtic Challenge, a ...

Leinster Senior Football Championship Rd 1  Laois 2-21 Wexford 2-11 LAOIS made the journey to the sunny southeast on Saturday evening to face Wexford in Chadwick’s Wexford pack in the opening round of the Leinster Senior Football Championship and ...

LAOIS captain Brian Byrne was handed the honour of leading his county earlier this year. As he reflects on the role, he believes it hasn't changed his approach much but acknowledges the responsibility that comes with it. "It's a great honour.

THIS week as Laois prepare for another tilt at Wexford in the Leinster championship, we look back on a famous league meeting at Wexford Park in 2005. Wexford were bidding to reach a league semi-final for the first time in 55 years.

IT is a long time since a knockout senior football game threw in at 6pm on a Saturday evening in March. March used to be the month of the Railway Cups when Croke Park would be packed for the double header.

LAOIS manager Justin McNulty was in a reflective mood as he prepares his Laois side for the challenge ahead as they face Wexford in the Leinster Senior Football Championship opener on Saturday.

Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald’s initial reaction to Saturday’s loss against Carlow is that he’s ‘obviously very disappointed’.

All-Ireland Minor ‘A’ Shield semi-finalLaois 3-6 Offaly 0-12 LAOIS and Offaly minor camogie teams met at Borris-in-Ossory on Sunday. At stake was a place in the of this new competition, the All-Ireland Minor ‘A’ Shield semi-final.

LAOIS senior football manager Justin McNulty was beaming with pride on Saturday evening as his Laois side dug deep to get over the line and record a two-point victory over a 14-man Antrim in Portlaoise.

LAOIS senior football manager Justin McNulty was beaming with pride on Saturday evening as his Laois side dug deep to get over the line and record a two-point victory over a 14-man Antrim in Portlaoise.

THE draws for this year’s Laois Shopping Centre Club Football Championships took place on Thursday evening at the Laois GAA offices in the LOETB Centre of Excellence.

Reaction LAOIS manager Justin McNulty was full of praise for his side’s application and determination to get the job done against Sligo in Portlaoise on Sunday.

Kelly Cup Group B Rd 1 St Joseph’s 5-14 Courtwood 2-5 CLUB football returned to Laois this week with the advent of the 2025 Kelly Cup.