A CREATIVE crochet artist from Laois has been shortlisted for a national award by a new government agency.

THE Portlaoise headquarters of Midland Steel has hosted over 150 business leaders and industry representatives at a landmark event.

LAOIS County Council will host the Climate Carnival 2025 at Ballintubbert Gardens and House at the end of this month. The Climate Carnival will take place over two days on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 September.

A 33-year-old man told Carlow District Court he punched an autistic man at a petrol station because he feared for his safety and that of his 12-year-old son.

A BEAUTIFUL tourism attraction offering colourful horse-drawn wagon tours and comfortable glamping has officially opened its doors, with the help of a €250,000 grant.

THE Laois team is all set for the National Ploughing Championships in Offaly this week, when they will dig deep to bring glory across the border.

A VAN driver stopped on the N7 is facing a six-month driving ban, after being caught holding a mobile phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

Full report from Monday's meeting between councillors and independent Presidential hopefuls 

The court was  told that it was the fourth time in which HIQA has made such an urgent application in relation to a nursing home since 2016.

May McCormack (née Flanagan), Drummond, Rosenallis, Laois and formerly of The Meeghlans, Killeigh, Offaly passed away peacefully on Monday 15 September, surrounded by her loving family, at The Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.

Thomas McCormack, The Grange, Portlaoise, Laois/Naas, Kildare passed away peacefully on 15 September at Willowbrook Nursing Home, Newbridge. He is predeceased by his wife Elizabeth. Loving father, foster father and grandfather.

A WOMAN who was allegedly stalked and harassed by her in laws over her insistence that access to her child was on her terms, had her appeal for an interim protection order struck out as the judge wanted to see if the grandparents could abide by the ...

A TEENAGER who allegedly raped his stepmother in their home two days prior to his court appearance was remanded in custody for a week, after the State established that there was a bed available at the youth offenders facility in Oberstown, Co Dublin.

LAOIS County Council yesterday (Monday) failed to nominate any independent candidate to contest the presidential election.

TWO rainbows above a sixth century Laois church heralded a historic wedding last week, the first at the site in more than 800 years.

A LAOIS primary school that urgently needs more space has come up with a plan to expand into a vacant service station site nearby.

Ann Holohan (née Kelly), Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois and formerly Barrack Street, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny passed away on 15 September, peacefully at Kilkenny Care Centre, Newpark, surrounded by her family.

A BLANKET called ‘Grannies for Gaza’ was the centrepiece of a demonstration in Portlaoise on Saturday, when more than 40 volunteers gathered for what they described as ‘a moving act of craftivism’.

Jack Conroy, Drim, Mountrath, Laois passed away peacefully on 14 September, after a short illness, at his daughter’s residence, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents James and Elizabeth, sisters Mai, Maggie and Lilly.

Maria Alberta (Mary) Brophy (née McCormack), Portlaoise, Laois/Mountrath, Laois and formerly of West Yorkshire passed away peacefully on 6 September, surrounded by her loving family at home.