Person: G Brody

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Brian Hurley and Mark Collins fire Cork into Super 8s

Cork will spend the next two weekends in Croke Park after comfortably securing their place in the Super 8s with this emphatic 14-point dismissal of Laois.

Dublin v Laois - Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final

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Laois names unchanged side for Thurles battle with Cork

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Laois edge win over Offaly in entertaining derby

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Limerick recall influential quartet for final battle

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Sugrue warns Laois to get ready for big step-up

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Bryan Menton hits brace as Meath too good for Laois

Laois stumble over the line against Westmeath

Not a game to restore your faith in Leinster football.

Sun, 26 May, 2019

Westmeath claim more silverware with Division 3 success

In-form Westmeath claimed their second piece of silverware of the season as they finished strong to secure the Allianz NFL Division 3 title.

Sat, 06 Apr, 2019

Laois continue upward curve

Laois have sealed back-to-back promotions for the first time in their history after a dramatic win over Carlow.

Mon, 25 Mar, 2019

Galway to give trio championship debuts in clash with Mayo

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Fri, 11 May, 2018

Laois ‘move on’ after ending challenging week on a high

John Sugrue was understandably pleased but sensibly restrained after watching his Laois side make the best of a strong start to see off neighbours Carlow and claim Division 4 honours.

Mon, 02 Apr, 2018

John Sugrue’s Laois tear up Limerick

Laois 2-12 Limerick 0-9: Gary Walsh hit 1-6 and set up Paul Kingston for a 70th-minute goal as Laois got the John Sugrue reign off to the perfect start with a nine-point victory over Limerick.

Mon, 29 Jan, 2018

Cleary inspires rising Banner

A ruthless second-half performance saw Clare safely through to the third round of the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday afternoon, at the expense of Laois.

Mon, 03 Jul, 2017

Laois survive Wicklow comeback to progress in qualifiers

Laois withstood a stubborn Wicklow fightback to claim a Round 1 All-Ireland Senior Football Qualifier win at a sunny Aughrim this evening.

Sat, 17 Jun, 2017

Kildare destroy limp Laois in Leinster

Kildare have coasted through a Leinster football semi-final on the back of the most facile of victories over an utterly insipid Laois side in Tullamore this afternoon.

Sun, 04 Jun, 2017

Laois blow Longford away in clinical six-minute spell

Four goals in six minutes of devastation sent Longford packing and set Laois up for a Leinster quarter-final clash with bitter rivals Kildare.

Mon, 22 May, 2017

Tipperary stay on promotion trail

Tipperary 1-16 Laois 1-10: Their county board delegates may have gone against the football fraternity and helped the so-called All-Ireland Super 8 series become a reality, but Tipperary shrugged that disappointment aside with another eye-catching performance to keep their promotion hopes alive at O’Moore Park.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2017

Tyrone chairperson insists board backing Mickey Harte

Tyrone chairperson Roisin Jordan has insisted the county executive is fully behind Mickey Harte and his team, and fully supportive of their efforts to win a first All-Ireland title since 2008.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Pat O’Connor named Clare skipper for 2017 season

Tubber’s Pat O’Connor has been named as Clare senior hurling captain, though Tony Kelly will deputise for him in tomorrow night’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm).

Fri, 10 Feb, 2017

Disputed penalty saves Meath

Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13: A controversial late penalty saw Meath advance on Saturday night in Stradbally to the O’Byrne Cup semi-finals at the expense of hosts Laois.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2017

Clare revel in rain and stun Laois in stoppage time

Clare only led once in this qualifier, but they hit the front when it mattered most, landing a winner as the game slipped into stoppage time to crown a great weekend for the Banner County.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2016

Laois v Armagh - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 1A Refixture

Laois march on but angry Mick Lillis blasts ‘unfair’ system

Laois 1-11 Armagh 1-10: In the end, like most recounts in a general election, there was no change.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

Laois end Armagh's season thanks to goal in controversial circumstances

Laois came out on top a real dogfight at O’Moore Park and advance to the second round of All-Ireland qualifiers, while Armagh’s disappointing season is over.

Sat, 18 Jun, 2016

Laois show defensive frailties in unimpressive win over Wicklow

Laois secured the dubious honour of a Leinster football quarter-final tie with Dublin in Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park early next month, but only with a deeply unimpressive and barely deserved win over Division Four opponents on home soil.

Sat, 14 May, 2016

Tyrone boss Mickey Harte rules Ronan McNabb out of Derry clash

Ronan McNabb will play no part in Tyrone’s Ulster Football Championship opener against Derry on Sunday week.

Fri, 13 May, 2016

Meath preserve Division 2 status as Laois go down

Laois 1-9 Meath 0-18: Meath preserved their Division 2 status thanks to a six-point win over Laois at O’Moore Park yesterday.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Cavan turn on the style as Laois fight relegation

Cavan 1-17 Laois 0-15: Promotion-chasing Cavan set themselves up for a winner-take-all duel with Galway next weekend after a comfortable NFL Division 2 win over Laois at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

James Kielt rescues draw for Derry in injury time

Laois 1-22 Derry 5-10: Laois and Derry played out a dramatic draw in O’Moore Park yesterday as James Kielt’s injury-time point ensured a share of the spoils for the visitors.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Brilliant Tomás Corrigan routs ‘shocking’ Laois

Fermanagh 1-17 Laois 0-10: Fermanagh boosted their prospects of staying in Division 2, with Tomás Corrigan scoring a brilliant match-winning haul of 1-11 to push Laois further into relegation danger.

Mon, 07 Mar, 2016

Football League Division 2 wrap: Tomás Corrigan outscores Laois single-handedly

Meanwhile substitute Cian O’Brien was the hero for Meath as his late equaliser rescued a draw.

Sun, 06 Mar, 2016

Mickey Harte not getting carried away with Tyrone start

Laois 0-14 Tyrone 1-14: Three wins from three now for Tyrone, but it isn’t as if Mickey Harte’s team have been affording him a comfortable ride.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

Kieran McGeeney relaxed but Laois raise pressure on Armagh

Armagh 0-15 Laois 1-13: Kieran McGeeney presented himself as a ‘glass half full’ type of guy after watching Armagh fall to a league defeat which leaves them facing a difficult spring.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

Kevin Walsh happy as Galway's young guns make step-up

Galway 3-12 Laois 1-10: Kevin Walsh cut a contented figure after the final whistle at O’Moore Park yesterday and he was entitled to do so, as his Galway team proved far too strong for a particularly poor home side in this Division 2 opener.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Meath v Laois - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Section C

Mick Lillis says Dublin not widening the gap

O’Byrne Cup - Meath 2-16 Laois 0-14: Laois manager Mick Lillis has dismissed the suggestion that the appointment of Bryan Cullen as Dublin GAA’s high performance manager illustrates the widening gap between the capital and other counties in Leinster.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Laois v UCD - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Group C

Lillis’s Laois leave it late against UCD

O’Byrne Cup - Laois 1-10 UCD 1-9: An injury-time point from sub Ruairí O’Connor got Mick Lillis’s tenure as Laois manager off to a winning start in Ratheniska yesterday.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Portlaoise dig deep to edge ‘dogfight’ with Sarsfields

Portlaoise (Laois) 2-5 Sarsfields (Kildare) 0-10: Kieran Lillis hailed the character of his Portlaoise team-mates as they withstood everything 14-man Sarsfields threw at them to edge a highly entertaining tie at O’Moore Park.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015

Pre-match drama fails to rattle Antrim

Laois 1-16 Antrim 2-15: Laois became the 2015 football championship’s first high profile casualty on Saturday when they failed to defend a nine-point lead against Antrim in their home venue of O’Moore Park, eventually crashing out thanks to the concession of a late goal to Antrim substitute Dermot McAleese.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2015

Kildare’s self-belief sees them soar

Kildare 3-18 Laois 1-11: Not even their own supporters held much hope of Kildare beating Laois given their injuries and a horrible league campaign but manager Jason Ryan insists he and his coaching staff retained faith in their methods despite some of the vitriol being aimed in their direction.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2015