A former council foreman has recalled how members of the Armed Response Unit trained their Uzi machine guns on him during a five-hour stand-off four years ago.

Wexford 2-8 Laois 0-16

Laois 2-12 Monaghan 0-12

Laois edged an entertaining battle against an Offaly side, minus Ciarán McManus and Niall McNamee at the opening of the new Mountmellick GAA Clubhouse by GAA President Liam O’Neill last night.

Laois 1-15 Armagh 1-10

Cork 2-14 Laois 0-10

James Horan is targeting a prolonged run in the league to keep his Mayo charges sharp as they make a belated start to their championship campaign.

Mayo 1-11 Laois 0-8

THE Irish Examiner’s Fiachra Ó Cionnaith is the 2011 young medical journalist of the year.

A SCORELINE and a game that says far more about Laois than it does Dublin.

Dublin 1-16 Laois 0-11

COMPLAINTS by service users to the HSE in 2009 increased by 63% on the previous year because of the “success” the executive’s complaints procedures, according to figures circulated yesterday.

ADULTS with severe or profound and physical or sensory disabilities can now avail of innovative education and training services in Co Carlow.

IRISH cyclists Padraic Moran and Gay Shelly set new national records in their respective events on a day of contrasting emotions in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing yesterday.

Laois athlete Garrett Culliton ended his Paralympic challenge tonight by throwing his second personal best in the space of 24 hours.

CHARTING a vision of Ireland to 2015 may sound aspirational, but it is more realistic now than at any time because the country boasts an economy of unprecedented strength.

THE Enterprise Strategy Group report on Irish economic development for the next decade, due to be released today, is expected to pick up where the Industrial Policy Review Group’s 1992 Culliton Report left off, according to analysts.

PBC and Rockwell College combined to serve up an enthralling display of rugby in the Munster Senior Cup semi-final at Thomond Park yesterday.