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# portarlington - Monday 27 July, 2020
Man (20s) charged after €161,000 worth of cocaine seized following search of house
The seizure was made following a search of a house in the Patrick Street area of Portarlington on Saturday.
# portarlington - Sunday 26 July, 2020
Man (20s) arrested after €161,000 worth of cocaine seized following search of house
Investigations are ongoing.
# portarlington - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
Firearms and suspected cocaine seized after being found at wasteland in Co Laois
A search was carried out in the area at 1pm today as part of an intelligence led operation.
# portarlington - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
Public thanked after teenager missing from Co Laois located
Leanne Cawley was found “safe and well” today.
# portarlington - Sunday 7 July, 2019
Woman killed and two children hospitalised in two-car Laois crash
Two others were also taken to hospital after the collision.
# portarlington - Tuesday 19 March, 2019
Trains not stopping at Portarlington Station due to fire in nearby building
There are currently bus transfers operating between Portarlington and Portlaoise stations.
# portarlington - Friday 1 June, 2018
Renewed appeal to help find missing boy
Ronan Quinn was last seen in Portarlington on Monday.
# portarlington - Friday 16 February, 2018
Four men arrested after man is stabbed in Portarlington
The men range in age from their 20s to 40s.
# portarlington - Monday 7 August, 2017
Man in his 20s killed after car hits a wall
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
# portarlington - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
'I just want to find Tony. I'm brokenhearted': Mother's plea for missing son
Tony Egan was last seen in Portarlington, Laois, on 19 September.
# portarlington - Monday 7 November, 2016
Two men arrested over 2012 murder of Gerard Eglington in Laois
The 27-year-old was shot in the Kilnacourt Woods housing estate.
# portarlington - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
Garda investigation launched after man in his 50s dies in workplace incident
He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 10am.
# portarlington - Thursday 22 September, 2016
Gardaí appeal for help to find Laois man Tony Egan
Tony Egan was last seen on Monday night.
# portarlington - Tuesday 5 July, 2016
Girl given €25,000 after being knocked down while chasing her dog
The girl had been visiting family friends.
# portarlington - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
Man convicted of killing housemate 'who failed to bring home ribs from the butcher'
Lithuanian Deivydas Zigelis stabbed his flatmate Alexander Karpovs when he returned from the butcher empty-handed.
# portarlington - Tuesday 27 October, 2015
Mother of boy (4) killed by drunk driver says, "We will always wonder how life would have been"
Gillian Treacy was seriously injured in the crash Ballymorris, outside Portarlington in Co Laois.
# portarlington - Wednesday 9 September, 2015
Man arrested for drink-driving after Garda car is rammed at a checkpoint
Both have been released from hospital.
# portarlington - Friday 6 March, 2015
Lorry tries to make it under low bridge: Doesn't make it
The incident happend this morning in Portarlington, Co Laois.
# portarlington - Monday 24 November, 2014
Yet another County Council has passed a motion to abolish water charges
There was only one dissenting voice in the chamber…
# portarlington - Friday 7 November, 2014
This Laois kebab shop just won the 'best pun' contest without even trying
*spontaneous applause*
# portarlington - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
Disused Avon factory in Portarlington destroyed by massive blaze
It was previously feared that a fire at the site would require the town to be evacuated.
# portarlington - Monday 4 August, 2014
The body of missing woman Carmel Tynan has been found
Carmel had been missing from Portarlington since Sunday.
# portarlington - Saturday 31 May, 2014
The Data Protection Commissioner is getting a new office, but keeping the one beside a convenience store in Laois
The DPC is to open a new sub office in Dublin following Cabinet agreement this week.
# portarlington - Friday 18 April, 2014
Boy (4) dies after collision in which three others injured
A man in a second car was arrested after the incident and has been released without charge.
# portarlington - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
Woman arrested following seizure of heroin and cannabis worth €13,000
The 29-year-old was arrested at the scene of the planned search.
# portarlington - Monday 17 February, 2014
Man due in court over murder of Latvian national
Another man arrested in connection with the death has been released without charge.
# portarlington - Sunday 16 February, 2014
Two arrested after body found in Laois
The body of a 26-year-old man was found yesterday evening.
# portarlington - Thursday 16 January, 2014
One arrest after cannabis seizure worth €100,000
A man in his 30s was arrested following the planned search at a premises in Portarlington, Co Laois.
# portarlington - Friday 19 July, 2013
75 new regional jobs created through reward scheme
The new jobs will be made by three companies across Portarlington, Kinvara and Co. Longford.
# portarlington - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Irish Rail's says new timetables will cut some journeys by up to 25 minutes
Timetable changes on intercity services to Dublin have come into effect from today but some services have been cut.
# portarlington - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Iarnród Éireann makes route changes for 2013
Making journey times up to 13 minutes faster, increasing services on Galway, Westport and Portlaoise routes and cancelling poorly demanded services.
# portarlington - Monday 5 November, 2012
Gardaí find body of missing 17-year-old Quey Laurence
The Portarlington teenager’s remains were recovered from a river in Ferbane this afternoon.
# portarlington - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Perpetrators of 'barbaric' gangland killings lack 'humanity or decency' - Shatter
The Justice Minister has said the “evil perpetrators have absolute no respect for human life” following the death of two men in Laois and Dublin. Both were shot in front of their children.
# portarlington - Monday 24 September, 2012
Appeal for information about murder of Gerard Eglington in Portarlington
The 27-year-old was shot in the Kilnacourt Woods housing estate this morning.
Man killed in morning shooting in Portarlington
The man, aged in his 20s, was shot in a housing estate at about 8:30am this morning.
# portarlington - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Hundreds mourn three brothers killed in Offaly crash
The funeral mass for David, Darren and Ryan Doyle took place yesterday afternoon.
# portarlington - Friday 2 September, 2011
Two arrests after cannabis seizure worth €400,000
Two men are due to appear before court this morning.
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