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It was a battle of Portlaoise Parish in the final of our Round 1 matches with Holy Family facing The Heath NS.  Holy Family have six members on their team and representing them in this quiz was Lily-Rose Delaney, Ari Ajayi and Sarah Ging.  The Heath had John O'Hara, Finn Moore and Conall Lalor - the latter being a proud Portlaoise man but firmly in the black and amber for this one.  The sides coul...

There was huge drama as Scoil Mhuire Fatima Timahoe and Rath National School clashed in Round 1 of the LaoisToday Schools Quiz Cast. Ruairi Bowe, Daisy Ramsbottom and Lucy Scully were on duty for Timahoe while Michael Behan, Aoife Murphy and Michael Nolan competed for Rath.  There was serious drama in this one as a mistake on our end meant that Timahoe were incorrectly awarded the win in the first...

It's a long way from Crettyard to Clonaslee so primary schools from the two areas being paired against each other in the LaoisToday QuizCast makes for a novel pairing. Thankfully, the advent of Zoom meant that a long road trip wasn't necessary for either and Scoil Bhride of Clonaslee and Newtown were able to play out a thrilling Round 1 battle. Will Murray, Oran McEvoy and Donnacadh Owens were on...

If the rest of the LaoisToday Schools QuizCast competition can provide the same drama that the students of St Colman's of Stradbally and St Joseph's of Borris-in-Ossory, then we're in for some treat. The very first contest needed a tie-breaker to separate the schools, in what is the first episode of our new competition. Eight schools from around the county will battle it out over the coming weeks...

The Laois senior footballers begin their National Football League Division 4 campaign this Saturday when they welcome Longford to O'Moore Park.  And in this special episode of our Talking Sport Podcast, we're joined by our occasional contributor Billy O'Loughlin who managed Longford in 2022.  We are also joined by Damien Butler from Leitrim who has a strong insight into the Division 4 scene while...

Brian Hogan was the very impressive winner of the inaugural LaoisToday QuizCast, seeing off the challenge of Murt Norton in a thrilling finale in the Square Bar in Portlaoise in early December. In a special one-off Christmas episode of the QuizCast, he returns to chat about his success. He reveals the research he did, the topics he reckoned wouldn't come up - and explains how might not have won at...

The 2023 LaoisToday QuizCast came to a conclusion in the Square Bar in Portlaoise on Friday night when the four semi-finalists - Brian Hogan, Murt Norton, Colin Delaney and Jack Scully - battled it for supremacy in front of a live audience. With a full house and a cracking atmosphere, quizmaster Mark Comerford put the contestants through their paces. And though there was a high standard of questio...

Excitement is building as we are now just hours away from the live semi final and final of the inaugural LaoisToday QuizCast. Murt Norton, Brian Hogan, Jack Scully and Colin Delaney will face off in a bid to be crowned champion. The action gets underway at 8pm in The Square Bar in Portlaoise and ahead of the final, we are here to preview it all. Steven Miller is joined by Mark Comerford and Alan H...

The countdown is on to the live LaoisToday QuizCast semi final and final in The Square Bar in Portlaoise on Friday night at 8pm. Following a series of Round 1 and quarter final clashes held via Zoom, we were down to a final four of Murt Norton, Brian Hogan, Jack Scully and Gavin Deering. Sadly however, Gavin has had to pull out and in a bid to find his replacement, we are back with a semi-final wi...

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The second quarter-final in the LaoisToday QuizCast sees Courtwood’s Brian Hogan take on Timahoe’s Pauric Ramsbottom. Brian made short work of Darren Bracken in the first round, and has his sights set on a spot in our live finale. Pauric put Alan Hartnett to the sword with ease in Round 1 but faces a much tougher opponent in the quarters. The winner will book their place in the Square Bar on Frida...

The first quarter-final in the LaoisToday QuizCast sees Jack Scully of Portlaoise Panthers fame go up against Laois ladies football goalkeeper Eimear Barry. Jack was the highest scorer of all Round 1 winners, installing him as outright favourite to win this entire thing out. Eimear scraped past her colleague Mo Nerney but showed enough promise to say she could go far in this competition. The winne...

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The Battle of Clonad 2023! The latest pairing of the LaoisToday QuizCast sees Clonad hurling colleagues Murt Norton and Colin Delaney slog it out for a quarter-final place.  Two high-standard contestants, this is a clash that goes the way of the favourite, but only after a very tough test.  The LaoisToday QuizCast is a straight knockout general sports quiz devised by our Quiz Master Mark Comerford...

By now, the new LaoisToday QuizCast is in full swing, as we reach the halfway point in Round 1. There are 16 contestants in all in what is a straight knockout competition, a general sports quiz devised by our Quiz Master Mark Comerford. The Round of 16 and quarter-final pairings are all being recorded on Zoom with the semi-finals and final to be hosted in the Square Bar in Portlaoise on Friday, De...

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In the latest episode of the LaoisToday QuizCast, Bernard Rochford from Mountmellick goes head-to-head with his former Ballyfin College schoolmate Jack Scully, a man strongly associated with the Portlaoise Panthers Basketball Club and who more or less lives in St Mary's Hall! One of our contestants puts in a very impressive performance to lay down a marker for this competition. And the other is le...

The latest episode of the LaoisToday QuizCast sees LaoisToday Hurling Man Barry McEvoy from Castletown go up against Mountrath's Michal 'Beag' Boyhan. It's a decent contest - but the Round 1 winner here will go forward to the quarter-finals with a fair degree of confidence. There are 16 contestants in all in what is a straight knockout competition, a general sports quiz devised by our Quiz Master...

In the latest episode of the LaoisToday QuizCast, Alan Hartnett from LaoisToday takes on Timahoe's Pauric Ramsbottom in a surprisingly one-sided affair. There are 16 contestants in all in what is a straight knockout competition, a general sports quiz devised by our Quiz Master Mark Comerford. The Round of 16 and quarter-final pairings are all being recorded on Zoom with the semi-finals and final t...

After weeks of planning and scheduling in the background, the first episode of the new LaoisToday QuizCast is here. There are 16 contestants in all in what is a straight knockout competition, a general sports quiz devised by our Quiz Master Mark Comerford. The Round of 16 and quarter-final pairings are all being recorded on Zoom with the semi-finals and final to be hosted in the Square Bar in Port...

After 51 days, the Rugby World Cup came to an exhilarating end on Saturday, with one of the greatest finals ever played. Mark Comerford is joined by Steven Miller to review the final, and give their verdict on the tournament as a whole. We also take a look forward to the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour, and ask is it an antiquated idea. The IRFU have appointed a new Performance Director - how will...

Enda Rowland has another busy season with his club, county and country. And he is the special guest on this week's LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast. He chats about his new role as Laois Hire brand ambassador and what it entails plus he discusses his own new gym business Enda Rowland Health and Fitness. As well as that he chats about the disappointment of losing the recent Laois senior hurling fina...

Paris - Saturday, October 28 at 8pm - New Zealand v South Africa in the World Cup Final. The two most successful nations in rugby history are tied on three World Cup victories each. Mark Comerford is joined by Alan Hartnett and Steven Miller to preview the first final between the two sides since that infamous game in 1995. We also look back at two very different semi-finals, where England were jus...

The quest to win a quarter-final continues for Ireland. The greatest Irish team of all time came up just short last week in Paris, losing out to New Zealand for the second consecutive World Cup. Mark Comerford is joined by Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett to look back on last weekend's massive disappointment. We also look at the other three quarter-finals, which helped make last weekend the greates...