GRANTS totalling over €140,000 have been approved for a variety of Laois projects, under three separate government funding schemes. The grants announced this week will see €143,318 spent on projects ...

Welcoming the research, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne said: “Through the Tóchar Project, ...

Ireland is examining a report that a flight carrying deportees from the US to Africa, against a judge’s order, stopped at an ...

Donegal Minister of State, Charlie McConalogue, getting ready to drop the flag to mark the start of the 2025 Rás Tailteann in ...

Phillip Meagher is the founder of Forest Fest, the popular music bash returning to Emo, Co. Laois this July for its fourth ...

One of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts written in Irish goes on public display after a two-year long ...

The Old Fort Festival 2025 is set to light up Portlaoise from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June, offering a weekend bursting ...

The Irish Red Cross has elected Charlie Flanagan as the new chair of the board to succeed Pat Carey, who has served with ...

Kilcock man, Conn McDunphy will be back in the line-up for the 2025 Rás Tailteann, hoping to go one step better on his runner-up finish in last year’s competition.

A planning application is being made for a ‘critical’ multimillion euro upgrade for Portlaoise’s Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Forecaster says cooler and wetter weather on the way, with major salmon fisheries having had to close due to rise in water ...

Kilkenny Agricultural Show Society held its final bull sale of 2025 on Wednesday 14 May, writes Nevan McKiernan.