Gardaí are seeking help tracing the whereabouts of 16-year-old Gearóid Morrissey who is missing from Mountmellick, Co Laois.

Update September 23, 9am: Gearóid Morrissey has been located safe and well.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal to find a teenage boy missing since last month.

A teenage girl and a man in his 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the disappearance of a man in Co Laois.

William Delaney is missing from the Portlaoise area for almost five months since January 31.

Revenue seized drugs with an estimated street value of €20,000 during searches in Portlaoise on Thursday.

Gardaí investigating the assault and false imprisonment of a security man in Co. Laois have made a third arrest.

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Investigations are continuing after six migrants were found in the back of a truck in County Laois.

Gardaí are tonight trying to trace 15-year-old Jason Collins, who has been missing since last Thursday.

Gardaí have seized around €230,000 worth of drugs and made five arrests in three counties.

Gardaí have seized more than a quarter of a million euro worth of Cannabis herb at a checkpoint in Co. Laois.

Gardaí in Co Laois have arrested two men in connection with a murder four years ago.

Update: 5.05pm: Caelob O'Neill has been found safe and well.

Gardaí have seized cannabis herb and plants with an estimated street value of up to €290,000 in Co Laois, it was revealed today.

Gardaí have arrested two men after recovering a firearm during an operation in Co Laois.

Gardaí have recovered a major haul of stolen marine equipment, including 10 boats, 74 outboard engines, generators, and trailers.

A 35-year-old man appeared at Portlaoise District Court yesterday charged with false imprisonment of a girl.

People leaving the Electric Picnic this morning are being urged to make sure they are in a fit state to drive.

Two men have died following an accident on the N80 Portlaoise to Carlow road, close to Arles, Co Laois this morning.

Three people have been taken to hospital after a garda car collided with another vehicle in Co. Laois.

Gardaí have detained a man overnight in connection with the death of a woman in Dublin at the weekend.

Gardaí were continuing to question two men last night in relation to the fatal stabbing of a young man in Co Laois at the weekend.

Two men remain in Garda custody this afternoon in connection with the discovery of a man's body in Co Laois.

Gardaí are continuing to question a 31-year-old man in connection with a major drug seizure in Co Laois.

Gardaí in Co Laois have seized a number of guns and up to €10,000 worth of cannabis.

The heartbroken family of murdered pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan have said they were happy to have her body home as a local man appeared in court charged with her killing.

A lorry driver charged with the murder of pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan is to receive psychiatric treatment in prison.

A man is expected to be charged this morning in connection with the death of Aoife Phelan.

A post mortem is underway at Tullamore General Hospital on the body of a woman found in Portlaoise yesterday.

A 24-year-old man is still being questioned this morning over the disappearance and murder of Aoife Phelan from Co Laois.

As part of the investigation into the murder of Aoife Phelan Gardaí have this evening re-arrest 24-year-old a man.

A man being questioned over the murder of missing nanny Aoife Phelan has been released without charge.

A man being questioned over the murder of missing nanny Aoife Phelan has been released without charge.

Detectives searching for the body of missing pregnant woman Aoife Phelan have now launched a major search at the side of the M7 motorway.

Detectives searching for pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan have begun digging ground at the rear of a house in her home town.

Gardaí are today continuing to search a Co Laois location for missing pregnant woman Aoife Phelan, hours after a man was arrested in connection with her disappearance.

Gardaí say there are serious concerns for the welfare of a missing woman in Co Laois.

Two men have been arrested and cannabis with an estimated street value of €140,000 seized following a garda raid on a premises in Laois.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man found in the centre of Portlaoise in the early hours of this morning.

Two men remain in Garda custody this morning, in connection with a significant drugs haul in Co. Laois two days ago.

Two men have been arrested after gardaí in Portlaoise seized drugs with an estimated street value of up to €600,000, it has been revealed.

A GARDA found guilty of threatening and abusive behaviour will escape a criminal conviction if he makes a charitable donation of €250.