When planning a trip to Ireland, there are a number of place names that typically stick out, but very often, the lesser visited counties hold the most treasured hidden gems. Co Laois, a small ...

Next came Ireland’s first farmers ... By the first century AD, Laois was part of the Kingdom of Ossory. The county was divided roughly into seven parts, which were ruled by the Seven Septs ...

Laois County Council is to explore the possibility of colouring roads red near schools in order to warn motorists to slow ...

Family Carer of the Year 2024 Sarah Dooley, from Mountmellick, Laois is leading this year’s Family Carers Ireland national Heart of Gold campaign.

In this Regency mansion in Ireland’s Midlands ... site at the foot of the heather-lashed Slieve Bloom mountains in County Laois. The mansion that stands today was built in the 1820s by Sir ...