Independent Laois

15/07/2025

A group of retired and some current An Post employees will gather outside the Portlaoise Mail Centre from 5.15pm this evening to protest pension increases

A group of retired and some current An Post employees will gather outside the Portlaoise Mail Centre from 5.15pm this evening to protest pension increases.

15/07/2025

Kealan Burns (15) has been reported missing from Portlaoise, Co. Laois since Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Kealan Burns, who was reported missing in Portlaoise, Co. Laois on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

14/07/2025

The capacity issue comes as 80 families have been left waiting months to move into their new homes in Portlaoise, Co Laois, with many now facing eviction from rental properties and loss of mortgage approval

Half the country’s electricity substations have little or no capacity to connect new housing or other developments, analysis of the power network shows.

12/07/2025

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09/07/2025

Gardaí are now appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Abbeyleix, Co Laois on Tuesday evening.

06/07/2025

Irish judges have complained of a court chamber that was a “horror show” and noises from pests they would “prefer to ignore”, in a litany of complaints received by the Courts Service

Irish judges have complained of a court chamber that was a “horror show” and noises from pests they would “prefer to ignore”, in a litany of complaints received by the Courts Service.

05/07/2025

A 37-year-old man appeared before a court yesterday evening, charged with careless driving causing the death of a man on Wednesday who died at a construction site in Co Wicklow

A 37-year-old man appeared before a court yesterday evening, charged with careless driving causing the death of a man on Wednesday who died at a construction site in Co Wicklow.

04/07/2025

Former Portlaoise man John was a loving husband to his wife Tracey, with whom he had two beautiful sons, Seán and Fionn

The funeral of Kildare father of two, John Maher, who died tragically in Wicklow on Wednesday afternoon in workplace accident, will take place in the Church of Assumption and St. Patrick in his hometown of Rathangan on Monday at 12 pm.

04/07/2025

Commenting on the outcome of the hearing, Claire Cullen, said her “nine-year fight” had reached a conclusion that was “fair and just” for her son

Difficulties in ventilating a baby boy in the first 11 minutes after he was delivered at the Midlands Regional Hospital (MRH) in Portlaoise nine years ago were not a factor in his death, an inquest has heard.

03/07/2025

Formerly of Portlaoise, County Laois, John Maher was an avid cyclist and a loving husband to his wife Tracey and father to sons Seán and Fionn

A man who died in a tragic workplace accident in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, yesterday afternoon has been named locally as John Maher, a father of two from Kilmoney North, Rathangan, Co Kildare.

03/07/2025

Tog’s most recent repair café took place in Portlaoise, Co Laois, at the end of June.

Ireland has an extensive electrical recycling network, with electrical shops across the country accepting batteries and waste electrical items for free under the WEEE Ireland scheme. However, in many cases, malfunctioning items can be easily repaired. Opting for repair wherever possible reduces the....

02/07/2025

The nurse said she was concerned that the oxygen from the Neopuff resuscitator being used was “off or at a low level.”

A nurse has told a reopened inquest into the death of a baby boy a few days after his birth at the Midlands Regional Hospital that she was concerned that the oxygen in equipment being used to resuscitate him was “off or at a low level” for the first 11 minutes of his life.