Independent Laois

05/09/2025

Laois Roads Policing Unit stopped a driver of a stolen BMW making their way home from Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co. Laois.

05/09/2025

A special-needs education campaigner has identified at least 168 children in Dublin and ­Laois alone whose start dates have been ­delayed by building works.

The Government is being criticised for not making public the number of children with special needs who are without a school place for the coming academic year.

04/09/2025

Th club made hay at last weekend's music festival at nearby Stradbally by collecting 70,000 empty cans and bottles.

Killeshin Gaa

Fundraising activities take all shapes and forms these days and it is important for clubs to adapt with the times. Step forward, Killeshin GAA Club.

04/09/2025

The full 90 minute programme 'Beo ón Electric Picnic' and the highlights version is presented by Síomha Ní Ruairc and John Sharpson.

Kneecap’s Electric Picnic Sunday performance is now available on the TG4 Player coinciding with the release of their new song Sayonara.

03/09/2025

The website includes information about and opening hours for a number of gardens found throughout the county.

Laois County Council has launched a website to include information and opening hours for 12 gardens throughout the county.

03/09/2025

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, festival director Melvin Benn confirmed two of the headliners for next year’s Electric Picnic have already been booked.

Tickets for Electric Picnic 2026 have sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale.

02/09/2025

Love it or hate it, the Rose of Tralee continues to draw both celebration and criticism – with references to the “lovely girls competition” or its “pageant-like” nature. But this year’s winner, Katelyn Cummins from Ballyouskill, on the Laois-Kilkenny border, is pushing back on that perception.

As the first ever Laois Rose to take the title, Katelyn said it still “doesn’t feel real” to be representing her home county and serving as a year-long ambassador for the festival.

While the festival can get some backlash for its outdated representation of women, Katelyn said “that is not what it’s about at all” and that some people do not understand.

“I think there is a stigma around the Rose of Tralee and people say it is outdated, but I highly disagree with it.

“The bond you form with the girls is incredible and it’s an experience that you can’t explain to anyone unless they’re involved in the festival. It is out of this world.

“I do think the festival is moving away from outdated comments. It doesn’t highlight a pageantry. It’s a celebration of Irish women.

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Laois Rose Centre Rose of Tralee International Festival

02/09/2025

Braving wind and rain for the last festival of the season, here’s what some celebs got up to over the weekend.

While most people make their commute to work this morning, there are tens of thousands of revellers making the journey from the grounds of Stradbally House to their homes for a much-needed rest, after Electric Picnic.

01/09/2025

Band played to a packed crowd at Stradbally, but insist it was a one-off gig.

It is more than seven years since Dolores O’Riordan tragically died, and over eight years since the Cranberries played their last live gig.

01/09/2025

Planning begins for Electric Picnic 2026 with tickets to go on sale this week

01/09/2025

Kneecap, who attracted a crowd of 60 people when they first performed at EP in 2018, drew one of the biggest crowds ever seen on the lawns of the Stradbally Estate.

American rock legends Kings of Leon closed out Electric Picnic (EP) on Sunday night, bringing to an end a weekend that saw dazzling performances from Hozier, Chappell Roan, Kneecap, Dermot Kennedy and the Cranberries, and many more.

01/09/2025

A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help the family rebuild their lives and their treasured family home where they have lived for over 20 years

A Carlow couple are being forced to rebuild their lives from scratch following a devastating house fire that reduced their home to pile of smouldering ashes.