Portlaoise

Man who admitted careless driving after Offaly collision is fined

Banned drug driver went through checkpoint at Laois/Offaly border

The late Josie McGill, a native of Clareen

Offaly woman to be remembered by daughter-in-law in Dublin marathon

Man appeared at Tullamore District Court

Man appears before Offaly court on Portlaoise drug possession charge

Name sign outside Midlands Prison

Prison service working with HSE after number of overdose presentations at jail

Man in court in Tullamore on criminal organisation charge

Offaly court gives gardai more time in criminal organisation case

The Festival Field during the 2025 festival.

Slieve Bloom festival returns with an expanded lineup

Tom Maher Assistant Treasurer, Brenda Kiernan, PRO, John Keena, Chairman and Johnny Butterfield, site owne,r pictured preparing for the Show on the Butterfield Estate. Ger Rogers Photography

Forget Google Maps: Gardai issue traffic plan for Tullamore Show

The late Monsignor Tom Coonan

Tributes paid as popular Offaly-based priest passes away

Man being prosecuted at Tullamore District Court

Accused of theft of phone from pub and being drunk in Offaly hotel

Tullamore District Court hears book of evidence will be served

Man before Tullamore District Court on criminal organisation charge

CCÉ Craobh Chuilinn - Rath , the U-12 Ceili Band Leinster Champions. Front Row (l. to r.): Mia Ryan, Lucy Richardson, Lucy Byrne, Erin Reddan, Sarah Gath & Róisín Hennessy. Back Row: Aoibhe Dooley, Meibh Dooley, Cian Kelly, Rory Kelly, Millie Fitzpatrick (Leinster Secretary), M.J. Carroll, James McConville, Jody Conway (Leinster Chairperson), & Naoise Dooley.

Offaly’s newest Comhaltas branch celebrates outstanding success

Birr Garda Station has been steadily downgraded since Covid.

Policing model has negatively impacted local Garda Stations

The scene of a fatal assault in Laois

Breaking Man in his 70s arrested after woman dies in fatal assault in Laois

Tulamore Lions Club members with the global conservationists who visited their peatland project near Birr

Global conservation leaders visit Tullamore Lions Club’s bog project

Gardaí issue appeal amid 'concern' for missing teenage girl

Discover the All-New Suzuki e Vitara at Downey's Auto Stop
The future of driving has arrived at Downey’s Auto Stop
Jayde Maher

Ben Scally with family members at Scally's Centra Store Arden Road Official Opening of their new look store. Ger Rogers Photography

Centra Scally in Tullamore overall Customer Service Award 2026 winner

Courts building

Two men plead guilty to terrorist-linked attempt to damage Galway mosque

A stock image of garda crime scene tape

Man arrested following serious assault in Co Laois

Tullamore halting site resident appears at Portlaoise District Court after Portlaoise cemetery Sunday Mass

Offaly halting site resident charged after cemetery Sunday incident

Breaking WATCH: Garda riot squad called to brawl at cemetery mass in Portlaoise

L-R: Dr Peter Horgan (GAA Strategy & Insights Manager), Benny Hurl (Chairman Demographics Committee), Cllr John Leahy (Cathaoirleach Offaly Co Council), and Eoghan Ryan (Offaly Chief Executive) at the GAA demographics meeting during the May meeting of Offaly County Council held in Kilcormac Community Centre.

Rural Ireland is slowly dying following 'years of poor government'

Midlands prison

Nurse forced to 'watch helplessly' as inmate in Portlaoise prison died

Leinster Express / Laois Live journalist Eoghan MacConnell.

Offaly journalist shortlisted for national award

Cyclist dies after collision with railings

Services are located on the St Fintan's Health Campus in Portlaoise.

Census 1926 reveals identities of hundreds of Laois Offaly 'inmates' at Portlaoi...

Investigation launched after alleged sexual harassment of woman by fast food del...
The incident is alleged to have occurred in Portlaoise earlier this month
Eoghan MacConnell

Lorries and tractors converge in Dublin to protest against fuel prices

Investigations underway after death of man at Midlands Prison

Three released without charge in connection with murder of man missing since 201...

Tullamore District Court hears about attack in Portlaoise Prison

Prisoner before court in Offaly accused of assaulting fellow inmate

Man appeared in court by video link

Man with Offaly address accused of Laois drugs offence

Cabragh Wetlands

Local people learn about fen restoration at Laois and Offaly community events

Renato and Eileen Purcell both avail of the Local Link bus service to and from Tullamore

Rural bus routes in Offaly booming as local link ridership surges

The late Joe Dunne lived in Ballyfin and worked that Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise.

'A light has gone out' - Many tributes paid on the passing of former nurse at...

Ellen O'Sullivan from Portlaoise has lived in the UAE since 2022.

Laois woman in UAE describes 'very unsettling' atmosphere amid Iranian air strik...

Guilty pleas to dangerous driving and drink-driving at Tullamore District Court

Man caught drink and drug driving in Offaly has 'run out road'

Gardaí attend scene of bus crash in the Midlands

Gardaí attend scene of bus crash in the Midlands

Jackpot won this week in Offaly GAA Club's Lotto Draw

Newsagent in Midlands that sold winning ticket revealed as one lucky player wins...

Jackpot won this week in Offaly GAA Club's Lotto Draw

WINNER! Newsagent that sold winning ticket revealed as one lucky player wins big...

Pictured: File photo

Major US fast food chain to open next Irish location in the Midlands

Forty towns and cities around the country were surveyed and assessed

Tullamore impress as Athlone prevents Midlands clean sweep in 2025 litter rankin...

Free walk‑in children’s flu vaccine clinics in Tullamore and Portlaoise

Man arrested in relation to Midlands Prison assault probe returned to jail

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to the Rathangan attack

Man wanted nationwide apprehended by Gardaí in operation targeting prolific offe...

Book of evidence served on woman at Tullamore District Court

Community service for theft from Tullamore supermarket

Penneys in Laois Shopping Centre.

Penneys in Midlands to double in size before Christmas

Picture Credit Laois Offaly Gardai

Suspected 'prolific' shoplifters arrested and house searched in the Midlands

Have you seen Lucy? Appeal launched for 15-year-old missing for three days

Three people released as investigation continues into murder of man missing sinc...

Longford's Inspector Frank Finn has been promoted to Superintendent at Castlerea Garda Station

BREAKING: Gardai issue update after arrests into investigation of murder in the ...

Top garda who was based in Kildare gets promoted. File photograph

BREAKING: Two women and a man arrested in connection with murder of man in Midla...

Three arrests as part of investigation into murder of missing man

Top garda who was based in Kildare gets promoted. File photograph

Sinn Féin expel party member in the Midlands following arrest of partner in Gard...

Attack on mosque in Galway was ‘imminent’, gardai tell court

Garda Operation Táirge targets organised retail crime

Call to 'reject hatred' after two men 'brutally attacked' in the Midlands by gro...

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