TWO Laois farmers were among a group of 20 Tirlán students who proudly graduated as the third group of family farm suppliers to complete the Tirlán and Baileys Sustainable Farming Academy.

THE Dunamaise Arts Centre’s second annual indoor Christmas Market will take place on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November, and the management is calling out to artists, makers and creators who wish to display and sell their works at the two-day ...

COMPELLING bestselling crime writers Catherine Ryan Howard from Cork and Catherine Kirwan from Waterford were in conversation with Laois’s own bestselling author of the Inishowen Mysteries series and There Came A-Tapping, Andrea Carter in Portlaoise ...

Woman pleads not guilty to theft of graveside lamps THE case involving a 78-year-old woman summoned with the theft of graveside lamps is to proceed to a full hearing on 13 January after she pleaded not guilty at Portlaoise District Court last week.

A SUPER mix of retrospective, figurative and classic art is currently on display in Bloom HQ in Mountrath from resident artists Antoinette Breen, Mike Rafter and Kevin McCann - who came together with the joint exhibition following a cancellation ...

PORTLAOISE-based Midland Steel Group has played a major role in the rapid reconstruction of the George’s Dock Bridge in Dublin’s IFSC.

AN appeal for funding to extend a “maxed out” rural graveyard hit a dead end, when a council official noted that the site is private parish property.

This land presents potential for those who qualify under local needs criteria to possibly secure planning permission

Mountmellick Community School was alive with activity on Wednesday 12 November when it hosted the Ógra Live Well Expo 2025.

Frank Conway, Colliers Lane, Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Laois and late of Ennistymon, Co Clare passed away peacefully on 16 November in Tallaght University Hospital, surrounded by his loving family, after years of the wonderful care of Midland Regional ...

28 Ard Erín, Mountrath, Laois €245,000 3 Bed 3 Bath 108 m² Clement Herron Real Estate is delighted to welcome 28 Ard Erin, Mountrath, Laois to the sales market.

The man is charged with trespassing at the Hibernian Direct Provision Centre in Abbeyleix

THE Tooth Fairy and the youngest brother of the Three Little Pigs will be brought to life in Vonnie Bolton’s new children’s bookWinter in Fairyland.

SHE was dying slowly in her father's house, forbidden to leave—until a poet's letter changed everything and she risked it all for a love that would become immortal. Elizabeth Barrett was born in 1806 into wealth built on Jamaican sugar plantations.

Liam Kelly, 14 Hawthorn Way, Portlaoise, Laois died on Friday 14 November. Formerly of Ballylinan. Beloved husband of Theresa, predeceased by his parents Daniel and Kathleen, brothers Michael, Andrew, John and beloved sister Josephine.

Noel Archbold, Ryevale Lawns, Leixlip, Co Kildare and late of Portlaoise, Co Laois, died peacefully on 15 November, surrounded by his loving family, in the excellent care of the staff of the Mater Hospital.

Bernadette (Bernie) Geraghty (née Dowling), Cedarwood Drive, Monksland, Athlone, Roscommon/Westmeath and formerly Mountmellick, Co Laois died peacefully on Saturday 15 November. Predeceased by her brother Paddy (Portarlington).

Margaret (Rita) Henderson (née Hickey), Donaghmede, Dublin and formerly of Rathdowney, Co Laois and Urlingford, Co Kilkenny died peacefully on 13 November, surrounded by her loving family and in the wonderful care of staff at Tallaght University ...

Margaret McDonald (née Nash), Moate, Ballinakill, Laois died peacefully on 14 November, surrounded by her loving family, in the loving care of the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. She is predeceased by her husband Paddy, sons Br.

The death occurred on 14 November of Liam Kelly, 14 Hawthorn Way, Portlaoise, Laois. Beloved husband of Theresa. Predeceased by his parents Daniel and Kathleen. Brothers Michael, Andrew, John and beloved sister Josephine.