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On June 6 and June 7, Creative Ireland will hold over 27 fun events for Laois kids across the county. These free events are ...
A search on open ground in Co Laois has begun on Wednesday as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murder of Fiona Pender. Gardaí announced last week that they would excavate ...
A man has been arrested after an attempted armed robbery of a commercial premises in Portlaoise, Co Laois. Shortly before noon, gardaí responded to a report of an individual who entered a ...
Ireland is militarily neutral but has joined a European Union (EU) rapid reaction force and a European information sharing group. Ireland is set to join the Common Information Sharing Environment ...
STRIPE co-founder John Collison plans to turn a ruined country estate he bought for just €400,000 into a luxury hotel. The derelict Millbrook House in Co Laois ... oak tree in Ireland, along ...
Born on October 1, 1945, in Co. Laois, Ireland, Mike is survived by his wife, Madge (née Keane), and his four children: Michael (Katie), Patrick (Jackie), Mary, and Peter (Kari). He was preceded ...
The co-founder of a Surrey LGBTQ+ group has been found guilty of raping a 12-year-old boy he met on Grindr. Stephen Ireland, 41, was convicted of raping the child in the Addlestone flat he shared ...
A five-year-old boy has died in a crash in Co Laois. He was hit by a car in the Kilminchy area of Portlaoise at about 4.20pm this afternoon. He was rushed to Portlaoise Regional Hospital ...
In this Regency mansion in Ireland’s Midlands ... at the foot of the heather-lashed Slieve Bloom mountains in County Laois. The mansion that stands today was built in the 1820s by Sir Charles ...
Three Irish restaurants have been added to the latest UK and Ireland edition of the Michelin Guide. The restaurants are Ballyfin Demense in Co Laois, The Morrison Room in Co Kildare and Lignum in ...
A total of three restaurants in the Republic of Ireland received a coveted star, including The Morrison Room in Co Kildare and Ballyfin in Co Laois. Lignum in Co Galway was also acknowledged at a ...
which will feature 32 children from all over Ireland. Mason is in 2nd class at Castletown Primary School, in Elderfield, Castletown, Co Laois, and loves hurling for Castletown GAA club.