Columnists
Mark Doheny: 21 things we’ve learned from club football in Laois
A couple of weeks ago we brought you the list of life lessons from playing hurling in Laois.
Here is the football version.
Now, time to...
Colm Fingleton: More research needed if we’re to be serious about producing distilling barley
I attended the most recent Teagasc Spring Seminar, on the farm of David Walsh-Kemis, outside Stradbally in Laois.
Shay Phelan from Teagasc was on hand...
Jack Nolan: What a satisfying weekend for Laois hurling
How satisfying to sit down first thing Monday and write about a double Laois hurling success after a hugely satisfying weekend.
Our minors and seniors...
Dan Keane: Extensions and conversions can have many knock-on effects
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been asked to take a look at a couple of developments onto dwelling houses where the...
Fr Paddy: The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ
The date for the beatification ceremony of Blessed John Sullivan elect has been confirmed for Saturday May 13 in Gardiner Street Church at 11am.
This...
Wired with Whelan: Bord na Móna can sod off if they have nothing better...
Ho ro the rattlin’ bog
The bog down in the valley-o
And in that bog
There was a…
We are Bogmen! That includes you too girls, just...
Noel Garvan: Could this be the perfect training mix?
Trying to find the perfect mix when it comes to training can be difficult especially with so many different opinions out there at the...
Fit with Brid: Why the backlash against the ‘Clean Eating’ fad isn’t a bad...
Recently there’s been a bit of a backlash against the “clean eating” trend that became popular over the last few years and I for...
Jack Nolan: Young Laois hurlers should learn from Westmeath scare
That was a huge relief! Laois hurlers don’t make life easy for their supporters. Once again in a game that they had wrapped up...
Fr Paddy: Butterflies and resurrection
As a butterfly soared overhead, one caterpillar said to the other, "You'll never get me up in one of those things."
Yet for every caterpillar...
Wired with Whelan: There is no Hollywood ending in sight for Portlaoise Hospital
Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true?
Or is it something worse.
(The River, Bruce Springsteen)
We mightn’t like what she is saying but...
Nigel Pearson: Let’s talk about squats
I've come to believe that there is a squat variation to suit most people.
You may have been injured; have poor movement; or just find it...
Dan Keane: Let’s talk about radon, pyrite, ventilation and condensation
We are quite lucky in Laois that a number of recent problems that have cropped up in buildings haven’t affected any houses in the...
Fr Paddy: Why Easter 2017 Matters
Will the sun dance this Easter morning 2017? The joy of Easter morning brings much needed hope to a world beset by many challenges:...
Wired with Whelan: Laois could be the next Iceland
Laois could be the next Iceland
Lovely Laois, I hear you calling
In my dreams I hear you say
Come back home to dear old Ireland
Lovely Laois,...
Fit with Brid: How to get those toned arms for that summer wedding
In my last column I gave fitness tips for summer brides-to-be and today I’m following on with a video which shows five exercises that...
Jack Nolan: Minor hurlers deliver in style
What a refreshing performance and victory by Laois minor hurlers on Saturday as they comprehensively defeated the old enemy Offaly in the opening round...
Fr Paddy: A Holy Week Monologue
I don't belong here. I really don't. Paradise is the last place I expected to end up after all I've done. Let me tell...
Wired with Whelan: Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye in the Town I have loved...
In my memory I will always see
The town that I have loved so well
(Phil Coulter)
I went to a play in the Dunamaise Arts Centre...
Two Broke Divas: Introducing our top ladies to follow on social media
I don't think we are the only ones when we say that we are getting a tad sick of Snapchat.
Same conversation, different day! I've...
Noel Garvan: Will we ever see another Gooch?
Back in 2002 I played in a Division 2 league final against Kerry.
Playing that day was a skinny, gangly, redhead who didn’t look a...
Stephen Dowling: The real cost of scanning your cows and the problem with snow
In his latest column, Stephen Dowling from Dunmasc Genetics looks at the issue of pre-breeding scanning, welcoming visitors from Africa and how the recent...
Jack Nolan: We are where we are because nobody seems to care
The unimaginable happened at the weekend as Laois footballers plummeted to the basement of Gaelic football in Ireland for the first time in 50...
Dan Keane: The steps you have to go through to get your planning permission
Over the last couple of weeks we have looked at the pre-planning process in relation to the pre-planning meetings, percolation and ensuring that your...
Fr Paddy: And they crucified him…
Our columnist Fr Paddy Byrne writes this week how Jesus being crucified is an invitation to new life.
A medical doctor provides a physical description:
The...
Wired with Whelan: The Picnic is the best thing since sliced bread … but...
A 747 for Jackson Browne,
They had to build a special runway just to get him down.
Before the Chieftains could start to play,
Seven creamy pints...
Nigel Pearson: Simple steps to starting a fat loss journey
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when it comes to fat loss is jumping in head first and changing too much, too...
Mark Doheny: 15 things you’ll remember if you went clubbing in Borris-in-Ossory
They just don't make nightclubs any more like they used to.
We're not saying that's a good or bad thing - it depends on your...
Jack Nolan: Don’t sit at home complaining – get out and support our county...
That was a rather pleasing weekend as a Laois supporter as both the footballers and hurlers rose to the challenge and brought back a...
Fit with Brid: My tips for summer brides
Wedding season is fast approaching and for many brides-to-be thoughts may be turning to preparing their bodies for the big day. Here are some...
