Laois U-14 academy squads had a successful day of hurling when they travelled to Cork recently for their first games of the year. They had a productive day out last Saturday – beating both Cork City and Cork East. However, despite the great hurling on display it was a trad session breaking out on the bus home that stole the show. Jack Higgins, on the box, and Tadgh Lowry, on the bodhrán, gave their teammates a wonderful performance on the way home from Cork. It was reminiscent of Brendan Bulger’s performance in Croke Park in 2013 and we hope to see another rendition of the tune in Croke Park o ..read more

Goals from Tony Mahony, Tom Og Phelan and Ross Deegan helped Laois overcome Carlow in O’Moore Park on Saturday as Glen McEvoy’s side booked their place in the preliminary quarter-finals of the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship. Speaking after the match, McEvoy cited the goals as the winning of the game. “We got the couple of… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Laois boss McEvoy confident ahead of provincial knockouts after six-point win over Carlow appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Camross 2-18 Clough-Ballacolla 1-19 ACHL Division 1 Round Round 3  Home side Camross edged a thrilling contest by two points despite a late push from Clough-Ballacolla. Gearoid Burke and Oisin Bennet were unstoppable throughout the game, even when Camross were in their slow periods. Ballacolla’s Podge Brennan, Jordan Walshe and Cillian Dunne all excelled, especially… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post ACHL Division 1: Camross edge out Clough-Ballacolla to move into top spot appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Abbeyleix 1-25 Rathdowney-Errill 4-15 ACHL Division 1 Round 3 Abbeyleix picked up their first win in Division 1 this afternoon, and in doing so ended Rathdowney-Errill’s perfect start to the league. A point at the very end from corner back, Ross Coffey was the difference between the sides after a relentless, back-and-forth encounter on a… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post ACHL Division 1: First win for Abbeyleix as Rathdowney-Errill’s perfect start is ended appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Mountmellick 3-13 Park Ratheniska-Timahoe 1-14 ACHL Division 4 Round 3 Mountmellick’s unbeaten run has increased to three games with a win over Park Ratheniska-Timahoe this evening. By contrast, the visitors have yet to record a victory, as they came into this off the back of two draws in their opening fixtures. Mick Bermingham did the… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post ACHL Division 4: Mountmellick and Clonad remain unbeaten while Rathdowney-Errill overcome Ballypickas appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Laois 3-12 Carlow 0-15 Leinster MHC Tier 2 Group 2 Round 3 Laois are through to the preliminary quarter-finals of the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, after a six-point win over Carlow in O’Moore Park this afternoon. Goals from Harps duo Tony Mahony and Ross Deegan, as well as another from Castletown’s Tom Og Phelan helped Laois… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Leinster MHC: Laois through to provincial knockouts after six-point win over Carlow appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Laois 7-29 Meath 1-16 Joe McDonagh Cup Round 2 Laois have coninuted their unbeaten start to the Joe McDonagh Cup with a comprehensive victory over Meath in St Loman’s Park, Trim, this afternoon. Willie Maher’s side came out on top by 31 points in a very dominant display. There was a vast array of excellent… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Joe McDonagh Cup: Seven-up for Laois as they give Meath a trimming to make it two from two appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

It is a huge day of county hurling involving Laois teams and we will have updates from two of them today. Up first, at 2pm, the Laois minor hurlers will take on Carlow where a win is needed to reach the Leinster preliminary quarter finals. If Laois win, they are likely to finish second in… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post LIVE BLOG: Follow the action as the Laois minor hurlers face Carlow and seniors take on Meath appeared first on Laois Today ..read more

Joe McDonagh Cup Round 2 – Laois v Meath In Trim at 3pm Team News Laois senior hurling manager Willie Maher has made four changes to the team that defeated Offaly last week. As expected, both Tom Cuddy and Jer Quinlan are ruled out as they played with the Laois U-20s last night. Fiachra C-Fennell and Willie Dunphy come into the team instead of them with Podge Lawlor and Gearoid Lynch named on the bench. While the other two changes are in attack where Stephen Maher and Mark Dowling slot in for John Lennon and Martin Phelan. The other change to the team is positional where David Dooley moves to ..read more

Laois U-20 manager Damien Carter was in good spirits after watching his side overcome Kildare in Hawkfield on Friday evening. After a tough opening round clash at home to Kilkenny, this side has been on the rise as they came away from Wexford Park with a draw and followed that up by putting Kildare to… This article is premium for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Laois U-20 boss Carter: “We came here on a revenge mission from three years ago” appeared first on Laois Today ..read more