A MAN who was on the second day of a wedding celebration has very little recollection of how he ended up getting arrested.

A yellow high-temperature warning is currently in place for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway and Mayo until 7am on Wednesday.

A WOMAN was fined a total of €360 for having no registration number plate on the front of her car and a non-conforming number plate on the back of her car.

Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis said the seizures represented a “significant disruption of organised criminal activity”.

The operation from Friday to Sunday involved personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.

Emergency services and gardaí attended at the scene at 12.30pm on July 5th.

The warning will come into effect on Sunday.

Graiguecullen GAA, located on the Laois/Carlow border, put the ban in place, which took “immediate effect” on Tuesday.

Independent Republican TD Brian Stanley raised the shortage and the affordability of childcare in Laois in the Dail

She was aged in her 50s and was found dead at a house in Portlaoise on Sunday.

The woman, who worked in a dental practice and lived over the premises, was found in a house on Church Street in Portlaoise at 12.30 pm.

An incident room has been established at Portlaoise Garda station.

A large marquee was also erected.

The defendant received a hefty ban after failing to appear in court

Electric Picnic takes place 28-30 August. It is set to welcome an estimated 80,000 music fans to the 600-acre Stradbally Estate in Co Laois.

Embrace FARM held its annual service on Sunday, 28 June to remember loved ones lost within the farming community.

THE countdown to one of Ireland’s top agricultural shows is on, as the Ossory Agricultural Show 2026 was officially launched at the Ossory Showgrounds in Coolfin, Rathdowney on the evening of Monday, 29 June.

Uisce Éireann to support homes, businesses and future growth in Borris-in-Ossory with major wastewater upgrade

Anna Mae Muldowney from Stradbally turned heads at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse, Co.

Daniel Cass (91) was a proud farmer and historian who will be sadly missed by family, friends and neighbours.

Garda Sgt Kirby said the defendant had no previous convictions and had not come to garda attention since the incident.

The incident happened on the R433 at Tullyroe near Abbeyleix at around 10am morning, when the car he was driving left the road and struck another parked car.

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Sean Fleming announced the news following the visit of the Minister of State for Special Needs

The cheese manufacturing plant is slated to shut its door in the second half of 2026

A Laois boy has been forced to wait over six years for dental treatment

The ‘Someone You Loved’ singer will headline Ireland’s biggest music and arts festival on Friday 28th August.

In Laois, listed house prices in the second quarter of 2026 were on average 8.9 per cent higher than a year ago

The Fianna Fáil TD especially wanted to highlight that there were no locations for charging electrical vehicles in several substantially populated Laois towns

Drainage and blockage specialists Dyno-Rod are set to scour the country this summer to find Ireland’s next SuperLoo.

Carmel passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Monday 22 June, under the loving care of the nurses and staff at The Hillview Nursing Home, Carlow.

At Monday’s sitting (yesterday),  solicitors Josephine Fitzpatrick and Barry Fitzgerald told Judge Susan Fay that they were withdrawing their services under the free legal aid scheme, except for custody and juvenile cases.

A former student of Carlow College does not think you would get the "same sense of community in any other college in the country”

Annual Water Conservation Campaign Comes on Foot of Recent Survey

The collision occurred on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise shortly after 11pm.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following the single-vehicle crash

The victim, a Co Laois man in his early 20s, was left fighting for his life in hospital after what was described as a sustained attack.

The man pleaded guilty to having no large public service licence (owner)

A sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday heard Kedagh Moore (16) was fatally injured as a result of a collision some 250 metres from his home at Graigues, Robertstown, Co Kildare

16-year-old Kedagh Moore was fatally injured as a result of a collision close to his home

EIGHT thousand new homes could be built throughout Laois in the coming years following Laois Co Council approval of a major government-initiated zoning amendment.

LAOIS Libraries are delighted to announce that the Summer Stars reading challenge is back, with lots of exciting events and fantastic prizes to be won this summer.

The incident occurred at Old Knockmay Road, Portlaoise, at around 1.30 am on Sunday.