Over 300 people have marched through Portlaoise in a protest over plans to close down a community leisure and swimming pool complex in the town with the loss of 30 jobs.

The Board of Portlaoise Leisure Centre confirmed today that the facility would close with immediate effect. In a statement it said the closure was due to "severe financial constraints caused by ...

Fr Tommy Dillon marked an incredible six decades of being a priest at a special Mass in the Holy Family Church, Askea with ...

Drugs worth €249,000 have been seized at Portlaoise Mail Centre by Revenue officers. In one instance, 12kg of Mitragynine powder with an estimated value of €240,000 was found in separate ...

Portlaoise Panthers say they will refuse to replay the final 0.3 seconds of their quarter-final tie against Limerick Sport Eagles because it would be "completely against the spirit of basketball".

Monsignor John Byrne, the parish priest of Portlaoise, Co Laois, was due to visit the Montague Hotel centre in Emo this morning with minister of state at the Department of Justice and Equality ...

GVA Donal O Buachalla together with joint local agent Hume Auctioneers are selling a prime town centre site in Portlaoise, Co. Laois with a guide price of €2.5m. The site comprises a total of 3. ...

O'Moore Park is a GAA stadium in Portlaoise, County Laois. The parish hope to hold three sittings to complete the confirmation, taking into account the 340 children, their parents and a sponsor.

Peter and Paul parish in Portlaoise on the other side of the Atlantic. “In addition to cards and letters, several of the priests, including the pastor, have corresponded by email,” she said.

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A consortium of local developers has put forward plans for a EUR50 million (£33.4 million) shopping centre in Portlaoise in the Irish midlands. A planning application is expected in a few weeks for ...

"The centre provides accommodation for you on our behalf. ... It’s a regime of which Msgr John Byrne of Portlaoise parish has had first-hand experience in recent days.