A teenage boy appeared before Portlaoise District Court for carrying a knife in Laois. The teen (17), who has a Kildare ...

The mother of a baby delivered stillborn at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise almost five years ago has criticised ...

The coroner observed that there had been “some shortcomings” in the care of Ms Brereton and noted she had “a difficult ...

Abdul Iqbal (32) of 93 Mostrim Oaks, Ballymahon Road, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford is accused of having cannabis for sale or ...

The defendant, who had been summoned to Portlaoise District Court for drug-driving at Manor Road and with failing to provide ...

A PORTLAOISE man was given a two-month suspended sentence for damaging a taxi when he came before the local district court.

Tensions are escalating in prisons due to some unprecedented overcrowding, with 1,000 in custody in the Midlands Prison on ...

TWO friends who were transporting drugs from Dublin to Sligo were caught red handed with €40,000 worth of cannabis after ...

The Kildare native will become the first Irish woman to ever play in a European basketball decider on Wednesday.

Melia first emerged with a dominant Rathangan school team and took the expected US college route to St Joseph’s, Philadelphia ...

Stars from the world of Irish country and showband music are set to perform a spectacular concert next month in honour of a ...

A hunger strike protest by the sons of steakhouse murder victim Jason Hennessy over conditions in Cloverhill Prison ended ...