AN AMAZING Laois group that helps people with disabilities to take part in sport has won a Community Champions title, with a prize of €10,000.

PORTLAOISE hospital hosted a variety of awareness events to mark national Grief Awareness Week.

Betty (Elizabeth) Brennan (née Holohan), Coolbally, Clough, Ballacolla, Laois died peacefully at home on 4 February, surrounded by her loving family.

SIX local towns and villages are set to bloom as they share €44,000 in biodiversity grants. Portlaoise Tidy Towns has been awarded €12,000 to develop a biodiversity waymarked trail, enhancing public engagement and understanding of local nature.

Bridget Cashin (née Dowling), The Course, Durrow, Laois/Kilkenny passed away peacefully on 4 February, surrounded by her loving family, while under the wonderful care of the medical staff of Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit.

GARDAÍ investigating the road incident that claimed the life of Laois musician Tony Kavanagh (70) last week have renewed an appeal for witnesses.

THE HSE has taken charge of a private nursing home in Laois, following a district court direction today.

A LAOIS woman has been named ‘Employee of the Year’ at an Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) midlands branch awards lunch.

A LAOIS mother has been left in the dark seeking an Assessment of Need for her son, whom she suspects may be autistic.

MAGNIFICENT members of the Mountmellick Macra Capers team are celebrating an outstanding third place finish, in the FBD National Capers Final.

DRINK and drug driving checkpoints in Laois/Offaly have plunged by 25. 1 per cent, according to garda figures.

DROIMNÍN Nursing Home in Stradbally is expected to lose its operating licence today, at an adjourned court hearing regarding conditions at the facility.

A MAN who took out a loan to pay €4,000 compensation to a man he viciously assaulted, in an unprovoked attack in a Laois pub, was told that he needed to raise another €2,000 at Portlaoise District Court last week.

Laois County Council is inviting residents to take part in its first-ever Commuter Survey, which was launched today.

Marian McMahon (née Smyth), Garrons, Stradbally, Laois and formerly Aughadreen, Wolfhill, Laois passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on 2 February.

MORE than €6m has been paid out by Laois County Council under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grants Scheme.

ELEVEN members of Laois Quilters will travel to France in April to exhibit their work at the internationally acclaimed Pour L’Amour du Fil textile festival.

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who was involved in the theft of €200 worth of dog leads from a pet shop in Portlaoise was left in no doubt what will happen to him if he misses one day in school, when he came before last week’s juvenile sitting of Portlaoise ...

A MAN was successful in his application for free legal aid and the postponement of his case at Portlaoise District Court, when he told a judge that he had booked a 10-day Spanish holiday.

Paddy Delaney, Feereigh, Rathdowney, Laois died peacefully on February 1st at the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, surrounded by his family. Predeceased by his parents John and Catherine and his infant brother Peter.