"With that he pounced and got me by my neck. He kept beating me into the side of the head," claimed the woman.

May Eileen rest in peace.

May John rest in peace.

May John rest in peace.

CREWS from two Laois fire stations rushed to the scene after a tractor plunged into a canal last night. The tractor rolled into the Grand Canal in the Vicarstown area, shortly before 7pm on Monday evening.

ONE of Carlow’s longest established and most well-known shops has just been put up for sale, marking the end of an era in retail history. Haddens Centre on Tullow Street in Carlow town centre was established by the Hadden family in 1909.

May Frank rest in peace.

Deputy Aird said the new school term for parents in Laois was marred with significant gaps in the School Transport Scheme.

ÓGLAIGH Náisiúnta na hÉireann (ONE), an organisation of National ex-service personnel, recently donated funds to the Cuisle Centre in Portlaoise.

Harvest thanksgiving services will be held in Coolbanagher, Rosenallis and in Mountmellick.

May Tom Joe rest in peace.

RESIDENTS who lives in Kilminchy Retirement Village in Portlaoise claims “lives are being put at risk” by alleged anti-social behaviour from teenagers from a nearby housing estate.

On one occasion the 44-year-old was found sleeping in a bush drunk in the People’s Park in Portlaoise.

AN UNSUCCESSFUL candidate in both recent local and General Elections has been charged with allegedly sending abusive social medial posts to a county councillor.

A CARLOW man who had “far too much to drink” while he was on medication for epilepsy ended up in the local district court after he caused €2,000 worth of damage in the Talbot Hotel in Carlow.

The accused allegedly told the doorman at the public house in Portlaoise that he knew where he lived.

FEARS have been raised about potential flooding at the derelict Centrepoint site in Portlaoise, where a large housing development is in the early planning stages.

€4 million had been allocated by the Department of Justice for the new school that the development has stalled on.

TWO drivers had ‘a lucky escape’ in a high-speed crash at a rural Laois crossroads, prompting a councillor to call for urgent safety works.

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