When he is nine years old a decision is taken by the workhouse boys that Oliver should ask the master for a second bowl of gruel at mealtime…and Oliver finds himself hauled before the workhouse ...

The ever-increasing death toll and the need to provide coffins for internments created demands on the finances of the Board ...

Lorraine Brandolini, who played the role of Michael in Golden Years’ production of “Peter Pan” last summer, will take on the role of the orphan workhouse boy Oliver Twist. Al Reif ...

PLANS to commemorate up to 2,000 adults and children buried in former workhouse grounds in Laois have received a green light ...