Award-winning course for people with arthritis to run in Mountmellick

A six-week self-management course to help people living with arthritis will commence in Mountmellick on Wednesday 28 August.                 The Living Well with Arthritis course gives people with arthritis the tools and techniques to help them better manage their condition. The award-winning course will be held in Mountmellick Youth and Community Family Resource Centre and […]

Fostering Fortnight 2019 with Fostering First Ireland

Fostering Fortnight has been running since Monday 4th March until Friday 15th March 2019. The aim is to promote public awareness of fostering, to celebrate the amazing work that foster carers do and to shine a light on how foster care can change the lives of vulnerable children. Anyone interested in learning more can attend one of […]

Laois Retailer Receives Top Honours at the 2018 Londis Retailing Awards

Londis retailers from every corner of the country, including Edel Watchorne of Watchorne’s Londis, Mountmellick, descended on the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone in Co Westmeath for the 2018 Londis Retailing Awards.   The Londis Retailing Awards have been running for over 20 years and recognise stores that excel across all areas of store performance. This year 65 […]

Places Fill For Laois Summer Camps

Children’s nationwide performing arts network Starcamp is reminding parents that places are filling up for its two summer camps which take place in Gaelscoil Portlaoise from 8-12th August next and Mountmellick Community Sports Centre from 31stJuly – 4th August next.   Now in its 10th year and supported once again by banana importers Fyffes, the […]

CountryLife Dove Hill & Fethard A Blooming Success!

The management and staff at local garden centre CountryLife Dove Hill are celebrating after receiving a four-star accreditation at the National Amenity Horticulture Quality Awards which took place in Dublin last weekend. The Bord Bia-organised initiative recognises and awards the top horticulture businesses in the country and their dedication to achieving the highest standards of […]

Schoolboy Soccer results

U10 East Abbeyleix Ath A 0V4 Emo Celtic T&S Utd 5V0 Abbeyleix Ath C U10 Cen St Aengus 0V4 Tullamore Utd Tullamore Town Off Abbeyleix Ath B Mountmellick Utd 0V0 Killeigh U10 West Clara Town 0V4 Portumna Tn Birr Town Off Banagher Utd Killavilla Whites 2V0 Eyrecourt U11 SFAI Naas (K) Off Abbeyleix B (M) […]

Latest GAA results!

Sunday 26th September, 2010 Sparrow Insurances Senior Hurling C’ship Camross 1-13 The Harps 2-9 Clough/Ballacolla 1-11 Rathdowney/Errill 2-17 Saturday 25th September, 2010 Sparrow Insurances IHC Ballyfin 1-13 Clonaslee St Manmans 1-11 Sparrow Insurances Junior Hurling C\’ship Timahoe 1-13 Trumera 4-11 Friday 24th September, 2010 Sparrow Insurances IHC Camross 3-14 Clonad 0-15 Wednesday 22nd September, 2010 […]

Laois Tidy Towns

2010 Results CATEGORY A Ballacolla 291 Emo 274 Clough 248 Spink 234 Attanagh 229 Killasmeestia 227 Coolrain 226 Rosenallis 219 Pike of Rushall 216 CATEGORY B Castletown 299 Clonaslee 290 Durrow 285 Errill 281 Borris-in-Ossory 268 Killenard 229 Ballylinan 228 CATEGORY C Abbeyleix 292 Stradbally 272 Mountrath 233 CATEGORY D Mountmellick 244 CATEGORY E Portarlington […]