LAST week marked Pride Week in Laois, which ran from Monday to Sunday, 7-13 September. This year’s festival also marked the fifth annual Pride festival in Portlaoise.

John and Bridget Bambrick from Ballylinan celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends in Fleming’s Lounge, Ballylinan, last week.

IN this week's Laois Nationalist, we have five pages of First Holy Communion photographs from around the county.