LAOIS animator Seamus Malone has won a prize at the Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Awards 2026. Seamus won in the Animation category alongside collaborators Danny Gallagher and Anna Leong Brophy.

A recent incident saw significant damage to a family home

Meet Rhiannon Fitzpatrick from Barrowhouse.  Rhiannon is the current age 12 CRDM World Champion. Rhiannon dances for the Behan Academy of Irish Dance based in Co Laois, under the instruction of her mum, aunts and cousins.

Denis Dunne, Barrowhouse passed away peacefully on Friday 20 December in Carlow District Hospital.

The successful groups each received a share of the total funding of €229,213