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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Mary Donoghue (née O'Dea), Tara, Tullamore, Offaly and formerly of Ballypickas, Abbeyleix, Laois, passed away peacefully on 22 September, after an illness bravely borne, surrounded by her loving family in the wonderful care of the staff of Tullamore ...

Laois man and President of the Irish Road Haulage Association Ger Hyland says that insurance costs are crippling rural Ireland.

Richard (Dick) Holohan, Middlemount, Rathdowney, Laois and formerly Kennedy Park, Roscrea, Co Tipperary, died peacefully on 21 September at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, surrounded by his loving family, after a short illness.

Joseph (Joe) Molloy, Elm Lawn, Portlaoise and formerly Rossmore Rd. , Ballyfermot, died peacefully on 20 September at Portlaoise Regional Hospital. Deeply regretted by his extended family, neighbours and friends, his carers and home help team.

The death occurred on 22 September of Mary Donoghue (née O'Dea), Tara, Tullamore, Offaly and Abbeyleix, Laois.May she rest in peace.Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Seamus Behan, Esker More, Daingean, Offaly and late of Ballyfin, Laois passed away peacefully at home on 21 September, surrounded by his loving family, after a long illness bravely borne. Predeceased by his parents Hugh and Maureen.

A LOT of people – myself included – did not know the ARCH Club in Blackparks, Athy was originally funded by a Guinness World Record … in a tractor.

THE plight of 132 people who will lose their jobs next year at the Leprino Foods cheese factory in Portlaoise was highlighted in the Dáil by local TD Brian Stanley, who described the record of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland in Laois as “awful”.

"In the district court you get to see and hear every circumstance,” said the judge.

THE average price of a second-hand three-bed semi-detached home in Laois has soared to €300,000 for the first time, according to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance (REA).