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A Laois pensioner is preparing to fast for 24 hours, to raise money for the millions who are facing death from climate induced famine in the Horn of Africa. Ret...

Celebrating the Knights Centennial in Cuba This article appeared in the July 2009 issue of Columbia and is reprinted here with permission of the Knights of Columbus, New Haven, Conn--and of Maria de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda, author. by María de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda The year was 1909. Plastic was invented. Censorship of motion pictures began. And 53-year-old American explorer Robert E. Peary became the first to reach the North Pole. It was also the year that the Order founded chapters in bo...

Laois woman honoured by Concern for helping humanitarian work around the world Mountmellick native pays tribute to local people who have played a vital role in fundraising Reporter:  ); A former aid worker from Mountmellick who has helped raise thousands of euro for Concern Worldwide through local church gate and street collections has been honoured by the Irish humanitarian organisation. Alice Culliton (73) was presented with the individual fundraiser award at Concern’s annual volunteer aw...