Judging in the international Communities in Bloom competition is getting under way in the Co Laois village of Abbeyleix today ...

Returning home, I visit Portarlington’s Solas — Ireland’s first eco garden center and, inspired, stock up on plants. I may be leaving County Laois, but the various roses and foxgloves I ...

Scoil Fionntain Naofa, Shanahoe took home a gold medal in the competition, which was sponsored by Glenveagh and in which over ...