A Laois company is set to compete with the country’s best small businesses as one of the finalists for the National Enterprise Award taking place this week.

A MAN who threatened gardaí that he would ‘get their wives and children’ was remanded in custody when he came before last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

In this week's Laois Nationalist, the heartbroken family of student and Laois minor hurler Adam Kirwan (22) speak of their heartbreak following the death of their beloved son and brother after a fellow Laois student was jailed on Friday for ...

Stella Delaney (née Graham), Wolfe Tone Street, Mountmellick died peacefully on 19 May at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Beloved wife of the late Michael.

Br. Aidan (Patrick) Marron, De La Salle Brothers, Castletown, Laois and late of Bridge Street, Dundalk, Louth died peacefully on 19 May, in the loving care of the community and staff of Miguel House.

Peggy Meehan (née Moore), Dara Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare and formerly of Ballinakill, Ballickmoyler, Co Laois died peacefully on 18 May at Naas Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Pat.

A SUM of €309,475 has been approved for a childcare centre in Portlaoise which will allow for an additional 42 places for children.

"Ireland is a great country for volunteering and the Red Cross exemplifies all that is best about civic duty and compassion" - Charlie Flanagan

The event takes place in Portlaoise Library on Thursday 22 May.

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a long-serving Laois GP, who died unexpectedly on Saturday morning.

A MIDLANDS man was convicted of careless driving after overtaking a garda car on a roundabout approach.

RETURNING for its second and final season, Andor Season 2brings a jaw-dropping conclusion to this chapter in the Star Warsstory.

The event takes place on Saturday 24 May from 10am to 4pm.

THERE has been huge focus on the Catholic Church over the past number of weeks. Following the death of Pope Francis, media commentary intensified with the subsequent conclave which elected Pope Leo X1V.

Buses sought on a number of more roads in Portlaoise

A SPECIAL ceremony in Laois this weekend will honour children and adults buried in unmarked graves near a former workhouse.

Dr Fergus McKeagney, Belmont, Main Street, Portarlington, Laois passed unexpectedly but peacefully in Portlaoise Hospital on the morning of 17 May, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents Charles and Oonagh.

A MOTORBIKE was seized from a learner driver who was caught doing 168kph in Laois today. The motorcyclist was pulled in by the Laois Roads Policing Unit, after it was recorded at high speed on the M7 motorway.

A LEARNER motorcyclist who tested positive for cannabis was arrested by gardaí last night, after doing 180kph in a Laois village. The motorcycle was eventually stopped near Carlow, after a pursuit by the Laois Roads Policing Unit.

EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a fire in a wooded area beside a Laois road. Gardaí and firefighters are dealing with the blaze that broke out in woodland on the Ballacolla Road near Abbeyleix. In a warning on social media at 1.