The company's staff donned gardening gloves and boots to help put the finishing touches to the tidy towns entry.

Over €25,000 was granted to a total of 54 groups around Laois.

The Lalor clan is the second most principal Irish clan in Laois, after the O’Moores.

The proud students travelled to Dublin to receive the award.

One of the key objectives of the competition is to showcase the contributions people and communities are making to a greener Ireland.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.

A man, aged in his 20s, has died following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Co Laois on Tuesday night

“Whatever the outcome for housing completions in 2025, it will fall well short of the 50,000-60,000 units required," said the author of the report.

The Vintage Rally takes place on Sunday 13 July

The Folly Festival in Cullohill this coming Friday and Saturday 4 and 5 July.

The county winning organisations will now go forward to the national finals in October.

Dorota (Dora) Gabrysiak, Esker Hills, Portlaoise passed away peacefully surrounded by her friends and family on Friday 20 June. Dorota was the dearly loved mum to Suzanne and Julia. Loving daughter to Krystyna.

The town will be a hive of activity over the weekend.

Elizabeth (Betty) Cass (née Carroll), Greenmount, Abbeyleix.

With heavy hearts we announce the peaceful death of Anne Lawlor, Ballytarsna, Abbeyleix and formerly of Cloncougher, Geashill Co. Offaly on Saturday 14 June 2025.

With heavy hearts we announce the peaceful death of Anne Lawlor, Ballytarsna, Abbeyleix and formerly of Cloncougher, Geashill Co. Offaly on Saturday 14 June 2025.

The school became the first one in the county to win this award.

They were recognised for their environmental efforts at the Green-Schools Awards ceremony.

The book bags are available in both Irish and English.

Laois le Chéile festival will be held in Portlaoise on Saturday 7 June.