CLOUGH/Ballacolla manager Willie Hyland was beaming with pride after his side's triumph in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final on Sunday.

RATHDOWNEY/Errill joint-captain John Purcell has been a mainstay in his club’s team for many years with Purcell being on the team the last time that the two sides in Sunday’s final last met in a county final in 2012.

CLOUGH/Ballacolla captain Aidan Corby is feeling confident and focused as his team prepares for the Laois SHC County Final against Rathdowney-Errill.

BALLINAKILL and Borris/Kilcotton are set to clash this weekend in the Premier Intermediate Hurling final, with both teams having already secured their spots in the Senior Hurling Championship for 2025.

THE atmosphere in the Borris/Kilcotton camp is currently very positive and Jer Quinlan shared that the team feels they are “kind of peaking at the right time”.

SHANNON Costello, captain of St Paul's who are Junior county champions, spoke about how much it meant to her to lift the trophy in Annanough on Friday evening.

ST Joseph’s put the hurt of losing the 2023 county final behind them as they were crowned LOETB Laois LGFA Intermediate champions on Saturday afternoon. Joint-manager Aidan Rowan gave his immediate thoughts on the victory in Laois Hire O’Moore Park.

EMMA Lawlor has been hugely influential for St Conleth’s not only on the day but all year. She has racked up a significant number of scores and spoke about how much it meant for her and St Conleth’s to get over the line. “It's unbelievable.

LGFA Junior Championship Final St Paul’s 2-7       Killeshin 1-9  St Paul’s and Killeshin travelled to Annanough GAA grounds this evening to contest the Junior title for 2024.

Laois Intermediate Football Championship 'B' Final Arles Kilcruise 1-7 Timahoe 0-5 By Laois Nationalist Reporter THE much-maligned Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate 'B' Football Championship came to a conclusion on Thursday night, with Arles ...

Preview - LGFA SFC Final  ST Conleth’s will be looking to secure a second championship in five years and they’ll be going up against Portlaoise, a side going for a third championship in a row and a fourth in five years.

Preview – LGFA SFC Final   THE Portlaoise Ladies footballers are facing into their third successive county final and their fourth in five years.

Laois Shopping Centre Junior C Football Final  St Joseph's 1-8     Courtwood 0-8   ST Joseph’s and Courtwood met on a miserable Wednesday evening in the LOETB Centre of Excellence to battle it out for the ...

Preview – LGFA JFC Final  THIS time last year, St Paul’s were sitting idle having not been able to fulfil an Intermediate team.

Preview - LGFA JFC Final  IT’S been 10 long years since Killeshin last got their hands on the Laois LGFA Junior Championship title and they’ll be hoping to do so once again on Friday evening against St Paul’s in Annanough.

Preview – LGFA IFC Final  GRAIGUECULLEN will be looking to be re-marked as a senior team for the 2025 season as they face St Joseph’s in the Intermediate final.

Preview LGFA IFC Final THE St Joseph’s ladies footballers will contest the Intermediate final for the second successive year having lost out to Shanahoe in the 2023 final.

A searing Summer Sunday, July 1961, the roads leading to the seaside are thronged.

The underdogs now face last year's finalists

The teams didn't fail to match the brilliant weather