Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Ugochukwu in the Laois jersey during this year's O'Byrne Cup

Ugochukwu hoping to realise Laois ambitions

Collins Ugochukwu is hoping to make inroads with Laois after getting an unexpected call from manager Billy Sheehan.

Conor McDonald picks off Wexford's first goal of the game at O'Moore Park

Wexford plunder six goals in 27-point rout of Laois

Wexford got their first win of this year's Leinster SHC when they had a massive 27 points to spare over Laois in O'Moore Park.

GAA • 01 May 22

There was very little to separate Cork and Clare last summer

Leinster and Munster SHC: All you need to know

There are four games across the Leinster and Munster SHC on Sunday afternoon, with the meeting of Henry Shefflin's Galway and Brian Cody's Kilkenny the pick of the bunch.

GAA • 29 Apr 22

Eoin Darcy, Kevin Quinn and Pádraig O'Toole celebrate a famous win for Wicklow

Costello: Wicklow always believed they could beat Laois

Wicklow joint-manager Alan Costello says his squad always had belief that they could upset Laois in Sunday's Leinster SFC preliminary quarter final.

GAA • 25 Apr 22

Kevin Quinn scores his third and Wicklow's fifth goal, despite pressure from Laois' Patrick O'Keane

Quinn treble helps Wicklow to record win against Laois

A remarkable and historic Leinster SFC win for Wicklow over Laois ensured that for one of the two teams that were relegated from Division 3 of the Allianz Football League, the 2022 season suddenly was a much more memorable one.

GAA • 24 Apr 22

Wexford secure Leinster U20 semi-final spot

Wexford progressed to the semi-finals of the Leinster U20 hurling championship on Tuesday night after a stern test from Laois at MW Hire O'Moore Park on Tuesday evening.

GAA • 20 Apr 22

Laois relegated to Division 4 after Longford loss

Joe Hagan and Dessie Reynolds were to the fore as Longford maintained their Division 3 status thanks to a 2-17 to 1-13 win over Laois.

GAA • 27 Mar 22

Paul Crummey of Dublin takes on Laois' Sean Downey

Dublin stroll in dress rehearsal ahead of rematch

Laois and Dublin will meet in Parnell Park in a month's time in the opening round of the Leinster championship – so their final round league game in O'Moore Park was a glorified dress rehearsal.

GAA • 20 Mar 22

Sam Mulroy again was to the fore in the scoring stakes for Louth

Louth continue to look up after seeing off Fermanagh

Louth came out on top by four points - 2-12 to 0-14 in their Allianz Football League Division 3 promotion clash against Fermanagh at Brewster Park in Enniskillen.

GAA • 13 Mar 22

'We want to stay in this division and that's exactly what we've done'

Maher: Laois have achieved their goal for the league

Stephen 'Picky' Maher tells RTÉ's Sunday Sport that Laois have achieved their main goal for the Allianz League with today's victory over Antrim at MW Hire O'Moore Park.

GAA • 06 Mar 22

Laois edged out Antrim by a single point in O'Moore Park

Dwyer the hero as 14-man Laois pip Antrim

Cha Dwyer hit an injury-time winner for 14-man Laois to give their top-tier survival hopes a huge shot in the arm.

GAA • 06 Mar 22

Kieran Donnelly's Fermanagh side have recovered from a slow start to the league

Impressive Fermanagh too strong for Laois

Impressive Fermanagh picked up two precious points in a high-scoring affair at Brewster Park as they defeated Laois 3-15 to 3-09.

GAA • 05 Mar 22

James Bergin of Kilkenny tries to evade the attention of tackled by Seán Downey

All too easy for Kilkenny in accounting for Laois

Kilkenny claimed their second win in three when seeing off the limited challenge of Laois 2-28 to 0-17 in their Allianz Hurling League Division 1B encounter at UPMC Nowlan Park

GAA • 27 Feb 22

Ryan Murray earned Antrim a draw in Portlaoise with the last kick

Ryan Murray to the rescue as Antrim draw with Laois

Ryan Murray rescued a point for Antrim with the very last kick of their Division 3 contest against Laois at MW Hire O'Moore Park.

GAA • 26 Feb 22

Luke Loughlin weighed in with a tally of 1-01 for Westmeath

Westmeath earn sixth straight league win over Laois

Westmeath maintained their recent good record against Laois in the Allianz Football League with a 2-11 to 0-11 victory at O'Moore Park.

GAA • 06 Feb 22

Walsh nets twice as Laois defeat Louth

Laois dusted themselves down from O'Byrne Cup final defeat last week to register a 3-09 to 1-10 over Louth in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

Football • 30 Jan 22

David Dunne scores the fifth goal for Wexford

Wexford rout Laois to set up date with Cats

Rampant Wexford comprehensively defeated Laois 5-31 to 1-23 at UPMC Nowlan Park to set up a much-awaited Leinster SHC semi-final against Kilkenny.

GAA • 26 Jun 21

Brennan steps down as Laois manager

Eddie Brennan has stepped down as manager of the Laois hurling team after two years in charge.

GAA • 24 Nov 20

John Heslin helped himself to eight points

Heslin stars as Westmeath breeze past Laois

Westmeath were full value for their eight-point winning margin in the rearranged Allianz National Football League Division 2 match played in ideal conditions for football in TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar this afternoon.

GAA • 17 Oct 20

The GAA have said that "from a GDPR perspective WhatsApp is not compliant when used for official communications".

GAA urges clubs to avoid WhatsApp due to GDPR concerns

Laois County Board has told clubs to stop using the messaging service WhatsApp due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) concerns around those included in team groups.

GAA • 28 Jan 20