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Jehovah's Witnesses in Laois have moved into a new Kingdom Hall in Portlaoise after years of planning but just a short few months of construction. In a statement announcing the opening, the group said ...

Here's the real story about what happened to Tracey Taylor's daughter Shelby Ann as the tragedy is portrayed in Netflix's Toxic Town. Toxic Town, written and created by Jack Thorne, tells the ...

Rebecca Angel Baer is the Senior Digital Editor, with a strong focus on News. So, if Southerners are talking about it, Rebecca is covering it. Rebecca has been with Southern Living since 2017 and ...

The Walt Disney Company developed Celebration, a residential community in Florida, during the 90s. Celebration's first residents arrived in 1996 after winning a housing lottery. Now, about 11,000 ...

THREE Portlaoise men with a combined total of more than 75 years’ employment with local fuel supplier Certa were recently presented with awards to mark their long service. The Certa brand, which is ...

Hurl a rock in the air and it’ll probably hit a mainstream Indian film that lacks a clear perspective. In fact, most of them are objectively misguided. The romantic drama Satyaprem Ki Katha was told ...

The Garden State is turning up the charm. A small town in New Jersey was crowned one of the most charming in the country. Lambertville made HGTV’s list of the 50 most charming small towns in ...

The people of Upper Hutt City are proudly wearing their "bogan heritage" on their tattooed sleeves. Even mayor Wayne Guppy donned his best mullet hairdo in support of a weekend of hard rock, black ...

A PORTLAOISE store will close its doors this month, after nearly three years in business. The Elfie shop on Lyster Lane will shut down at the end of March, following the owner’s difficult decision to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lady Gaga appears at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Strauss ...

Six tourists wearing hard hats and heavy overalls sit, cramped up in a narrow mineshaft, with barely enough space to kneel. The local tour guide pulls out a disposable lighter, ignites a bright ...