TWELVE people from south Laois have just completed a three month training course in tourism, run by Laois Partnership.
SHAEN Hospital Action Committee has submitted a seven-page detailed plan to the HSE on how they see the hospital continuing in a sustainable manner.
LAOIS men of the land: are you hunky and beefy enough to pose topless for the 2013 edition of the Irish Farmer Calendar?
WHILE Laois Co Council may have moved to sort out the issues that people have about how the free half-hour parking operates in Portlaoise, town councillors at their recent meeting said that there was still confusion among people.
A RIGHT political dustup took place in the chambers of Laois Co Council last week when two Sinn Féin town councillors took on two Fianna Fáil and two Fine Gael town councillors over the controversial household charge.
IT was a day of celebration at Abbeyleix South School last week when the new school building was officially opened.
THE first ever Darkness into light 5km annual fundraising walk in Laois was launched in Mountmellick last Tuesday.
THE number of Laois people on the live register decreased slightly during the month of April, according to recent CSO figures.
ROSES will add a splash of colour to Laois this June bank holiday when, for the fifth year, the Rose of Tralee regional finals will take place in Portlaoise.
AMERICAN film star and heartthrob George Clooney may be on his way to Abbeyleix.