Conor Ganly

Ireland

Deputy and News Editor at Leinster Express

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LGBT+ Midland teams up for soccer in Portlaoise

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

Portlaoise AFC has teamed up with the Midlands LGBT+ Project for Pride 5-a-side Football supported by the Laois Sports Partnership. The Midlands LGBT+ Project invites people to join us for a month of "fun-filled evenings of football" at the soccer club at Rosleighan in Portlaoise. "Lace up your boots, grab your rainbow gear, and get ready to show off your skills on the pitch," say the organisers. This sports event is open to both individual sign-ups and preassembled teams.
WATCH: Laois RTÉ star to explore lost Slieve Blooms village

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

RTÉ presenter Claire Byrne returned to her roots for a scenic walk in the Slieve Blooms, which features in final episode of Tracks & Trails on RTÉ 1. Claire, from Mountrath, joins with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin in the final episode of walk the Glenbarrow Old Mill Loop, a 10.5km trail that winds through forest, waterfalls, including the ruins of The Cones, which was the last inhabited village in the Laois Offaly mountains.
Laois Transition Year school team scoops top top prize

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

A team of Laois Transition Year (TY) students has taken the top prize in a pilot project that is set to be rolled out across Ireland to encourage more young people to take up careers in agriculture. Agri Aware and the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) officially launched its Intro to Ag programme for TY students nationwide on Friday, May 16, following its successful trial in the two midland counties.
Laois unsung hero campaigns for wheelchair users in Dáil

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

An award-winning Laois Unsung Hero took to the campaign trail in the Dáil as part of a fight by people with disabilities for a better deal from the Government so they can make ends meet.
In PICTURES: Awesome new art on show in Laois

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

Abbeyleix Further Education Centre art, craft, design and animation students presented a variety of work at their recent end of year exhibition in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise. To read more about the show at the Dunamaise gallery, see below this photo to see more photos supplied to the Leinster Express / Laois Live by Stephen Murphy, tap next or arrow. Work in the show featured concepts of memory, childhood objects, identity gender, landscape and the feminine.
Laois trad music roads lead to Slieve Blooms for Fleadh

1 week ago | ireland-live.ie | Conor Ganly

The cream of young Laois trad talent will descend on Clonaslee over the June Bank Holiday weekend for the Laois Fleadh. The Craobh Seán Ryan branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) in Kilcavan has the honor of hosting the 2025 edition of the annual feast of music, song, dance and storytelling entertainment. The branch has opted to hold the event in Clonaslee, another cradle of Comhaltas in Laois.
Laois trad music roads lead to Slieve Blooms for Fleadh

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

The cream of young Laois trad talent will descend on Clonaslee over the June Bank Holiday weekend for the Laois Fleadh. The Craobh Seán Ryan branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) in Kilcavan has the honor of hosting the 2025 edition of the annual feast of music, song, dance and storytelling entertainment. The branch has opted to hold the event in Clonaslee, another cradle of Comhaltas in Laois.
Pharma firm takes big step on Laois expansion into Portlaoise

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

A pharmaceutical sector company has begun the process of getting the go-ahead to build a Laois distribution hub for chemicals and ingredients in Portlaoise. BNL Properties Ltd has notified Laois County Council that it intends to apply for permission for the construction of a storage and distribution warehouse facility and all ancillary site development works at the J17 National Enterprise Park at Togher, just off M7 motorway near Portlaoise.
Half of farm workers want higher pay finds Laois jobs agency

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

Ireland’s farming industry must find ways to reduce the level of unsociable working hours and define better career pathways for progression if the sector is to attract and retain workers into the future, a nationwide survey of farm workers has found. That's according to the 2025 survey of FRS Co-Op’s 1,200 farm operators across Ireland which has found that the majority of people who work on farms do so because they enjoy working outdoors and working with animals.
In PICTURES: Laios Offaly TY students enjoy grand celebration

1 week ago | leinsterexpress.ie | Conor Ganly

Over 100 Transition Year (TY) students gathered in Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington, as the school year wound down to celebrate the TY Graduation along with their parents and teachers. To read more about the event, CONTINUE below the picture. Tap NEXT or ARROW to see more pictures. The students’ hard work and dedication to the Transition Year Programme was acknowledged and commended at the event in Portarlington on Thursday, May 15.