POULASTORE, a new Laois short film written by Cabrini Cahill and co-directed by Ann Marie Kelly and Cahill, premiered to attentive crowds at the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise on 7 February.

22 FEBRUARY 2022 saw the outbreak of what would become the most devastating ground war in Europe since the end of World War 2.

ALONE, a national charity that helps older people to age well at home, is urgently seeking volunteers for its Support and Befriending services in Laois.

Michael Pidgeon, Pinevilla, Portarlington, Laois and formerly of Belgard Heights, Tallaght, Dublin died peacefully on 19 February, surrounded by his loving family, at the Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Loving son of the late Michael.

AN Olympic athlete and an RTÉ presenter are among the inspirational speakers lined up for Laois Local Enterprise Week, which will run from 2 to 6 March.

SLEATY Road roundabout in Graiguecullen is set to be renamed ‘Tommy Murphy Road Roundabout’ in the coming weeks.

FOLK singer Emer Dunne from Laois will perform in New York’s famous Times Square in March, marking a new high in her growing international career.

A RECENT meeting of Portlaoise Municipal District heard that aerial technology will soon come to dominate residents' lives in a number of ways, many of them groundbreaking innovations in health and lifestyle.

“It’s back to business, back on the road,” he said, “but with a better balance going forward.”

COUNCILLORS were charged up at the recent Graiguecullen/Portarlington municipal district meeting over the lack of EV charging points in Laois.

After she let him in, he accused her of deliberately scratching his car

The death occurred suddenly of Thomas (Tom) Hill, Patrick Street, Mountrath, Laois on Wednesday 18 February, at the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Beloved husband of Marie and dear father to Lorraine, Sharon and Thomas.

Christy Rafter, Colt, Ballyroan, Laois passed away on Thursday 19 February, in his 91st year, at The Residence Nursing Home Portlaoise.

LOVE was in the air at St Clare’s Church in Graiguecullen on St Valentine’s Day as couples, from newlyweds to those married for an astonishing 75 years, gathered for the annual blessing of the couples Mass.

RATS are running rampant through the Esker Hills housing estate, which sits on Ridge Road near Portlaoise Leisure Centre.

CANCER patients and their families in Laois are receiving free counselling sessions, thanks to funding from the Irish Cancer Society (ICS).

A COMMUNITY information meeting on water quality in Laois will explore rivers and lakes across a large section of the county.

‘I don’t agree with that. I wasn’t doing donuts’

There is an ongoing risk of localised flooding across the road network in County Laois.

A 26-YEAR-old Graiguecullen man has been charged with two counts of assault and one count of criminal damage after allegedly attacking a mother and daughter with a golf club at a house in Carlow town.