Joe Barrett

MINNEAPOLIS—For months, crisis after crisis has battered this Midwestern city and state. The killing of a state legislator and her husband. A mass shooting of Catholic school children. A sprawling fraud scandal that scuttled the governor’s re-election hop... See more

SPEAKING with members of the press at the preview of the site today, and to what type of weather festivalgoers can expect over the Electric Picnic weekend in Stradbally, Alan O’Reilly, ‘The Carlow Weatherman’, had this to say. “I think the weather will be... See more

THE Director of the Electric Picnic Melvin Benn said that there is no policy in place at his festival that will prevent any artist or band voicing their opinions or flying flags from the stages and that “mics won’t be switched off.” He made the comments w... See more

PASSENGER facilities at Portlaoise Railway Station need upgrading according to Laois Dáil Deputy Brian Stanley. The Independent Republican TD said: “The population of Laois has increased dramatically over the past two decades, with the result that the num... See more

ACCORDING to the latest GeoDirectory Commercial Vacancy Rates Report, the commercial vacancy rate in Laois was 13.5% in June 2025, which was lower than the national average of 14.6%. Compared to the same period in 2024, the commercial vacancy rate in Laoi... See more