Our columnist Mark Doheny on the things that get Laois people going.
From the local hospital to the price of a pint – the things that get under the skin of Laois folk are detailed below – or at least 24 of them!
1. The price of the pint.
2. Vegans
3. That all of Kildare hasn’t been tarmaced over with motorways
4. Traffic jams getting to and from schools
5. The county constantly being overlooked for jobs
6. Burglaries
7. Not being able to shoot all burglars
8. Terrible broadband
9. Division 4 football
10. The price of milk (farmers)
11. The price of beef (farmers)
12. The weather (mostly farmers)
13. Camross winning the county final
14. Portlaoise still being in the football
15. Paying for Road Tax for more potholes and speed bumps than tarmac
16. No parking spaces in the train stations
17. Litter fines going to the wrong people and not those that deserve them
18. The ploughing going anywhere other than Ratheniska
19. Pronouncing all letters of alphabet. We survive fine without Using Ts
20. Notions
21. Having to get planning permission
22. How Irish Rail call Portlaoise Phort Laoise but Portarlington Cuil an tSudaire (they both start with port?)
23. Did we mention vegans
24. Portlaoise hospital being downgraded
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