BY MICHAEL TRACEY
NOT to be outdone by the rare bit of sun that bore down on Co Laois last Friday, President Mary McAleese was herself in radiant form on her visit to the county.
BY MICHAEL TRACEY
LEGAL challenges from the Brazilians and Australian Olympic Federations are not the only setbacks the Hoey family encountered recently, as the family home in Portarlington was also burgled last week.
BY JOE BARRETT
A WOMAN who claimed that she and her three young children have been threatened with being raped and continuously targeted and intimidated by teenagers has vowed she’d sooner live at the side of the road, than return to her home.
BY MICHAEL TRACEY
NINETY-nine reported cases of infestation including rats, mice and ants were reported in Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise over the last three years, it has emerged.
BY JOE BARRETT
A RESIDENT of Forest Park estate in Portlaoise said he was shocked when two men purporting to be debt collectors from Portlaoise Credit Union confronted him at his house last Thursday evening.
BY JOE BARRETT
THE future of the post office service in Timahoe hangs in the balance this week.
BY JOE BARRETT
ARMY bomb experts were called to Portarlington on Monday morning to examine a suspect device that was left on top of the SuperValu supermarket in the town.
BY AISLING CULLEN
THE 30-year long battle by residents in the Ballymorris/Deerpark area of Portarlington over a disused dump, finally ended last month.
BY MICHAEL TRACEY
A CLONKEEN farmer died of his injuries following a fire at his home last week.
BY JOE BARRETT
CHILDREN in Portlaoise are skating on thin ice, and locals are concerned for their safety.