The meeting comes as families across Laois continue to struggle under the pressure of soaring energy bills, rising rents, childcare costs, food prices and fuel costs.

GARDAÍ have renewed an appeal for witnesses following the tragic death of a father-of-one in a bicycle accident in Mountmellick.

Ms Doyle said: “She’s a 21-year-old mother of young children"

The items up for auction range in price from €100 to hundreds of thousands of euro.

The two students from St Mary`s CBS, Portlaoise won 1st place overall and the Intellectual Property Awards in the Junior Category.

The collision between a town bus and a dumper truck happened at about 3pm

The HSE will hold an information webinar to learn more about the role and what the programme has to offer from 7pm to 8pm on Wednesday 13 May.

A MAN received a six-month prison sentence, to run consecutively to one he is currently serving, after he pleaded guilty to the theft of €65 worth of groceries from a supermarket in Carlow.

A NEWBRIDGE warehouse operative has been awarded €28,000 after a ruling that Lidl Ireland GmbH discriminated against him by failing to provide reasonable accommodation for a workplace injury.

CCTV footage from the day was harvested from the courthouse and played in court

A new school building is currently under construction, as the school prepares to reopen for its 20th year 

School friends took a ramble down memory lane, when the class of '81 - '86 at Mountmellick's Tech School celebrated a 40th anniversary reunion

Riders will roll up to Laois Co Council headquarters for a ceremonial start on Wednesday 20 May

The family would like to thank you for your support and ask for privacy at this time

The elderly man was sentenced to a month in prison, suspended for two years

Donations, if desired, to North Tipperary Hospice/LSPCA/Friends of St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

Kathleen Dunne (née Delaney), Dysart, Stradbally, Laois and formerly of Feereigh, Rathdowney died peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on Friday 8 May.

The iconic red door of Alo Donegan & Sons on Market Square will sadly shut, after 97 long years

UPDATEDA CRASH in the centre of Mountmellick caused traffic delays this morning. The collision between a truck and a van happened near the Tirlán CountryLife store on Market Street.

LAOIS-BASED food company Solanti is one of 21 new food and drink producers launching its products in selected SuperValu stores across Ireland, following their completion of the Food Academy programme.