CONCERN for children’s safety along Collier’s Lane in Portlaoise is mounting after a swan was “mowed down” by a motorist and left for dead in the cycle lane.

LAOIS 3-13 DIT 2-14 (AET)
LAOIS hurlers are through to a meeting with Dublin, the holders, as the result of an extra time victory over DIT at a bitterly cold Rathdowney on Saturday last, in what was the first game for the home side since that awful defeat to Cork in last year’s qualifiers.