Tag: LaoisToday podcast

Former Laois-Offaly TD John Moloney says that the "clock is ticking" on Fianna Fáil to prove that they can be "a party for the...

On this week’s LaoisToday Podcast, we're delighted to be joined by former Fianna Fáil TD and Junior Minister John Moloney. It’s 10 years this week...

The Moloneys from Mountmellick and Cowens from Clara are two of the old stock Fianna Fáil families - ones that can trace their lineage...

Twitter can be an unforgiving place at the best of times but for someone in the public eye like RTE presenter and Laois native...

Claire Byrne's media career has always been on an upward curve but she says she's quite happy with what she's doing at the moment...

On this week's LaoisToday podcast, presenter Brian Moss is joined on the line by RTE TV and radio presenter Claire Byrne. In a wide-ranging discussion,...

In every General Election there are countless stories from the hundreds of candidates all over the country. One that really caught the attention in the...

A little over a year ago Laois native Patricia Ryan topped the poll and took the first seat in the Kildare South constituency in...

Local independent TD Cathal Berry has described the atmosphere in nursing homes as "almost celebratory" during the Covid vaccination rollout and says that whereas...

A new build for Coláiste Íosagáin secondary school, a regeneration of the town centre and capitalising on the increase in remote working are the...

It’s exactly a year since the 2020 General Election and on this week’s LaoisToday Podcast we catch up with one of the stories of...

Local independent TD Cathal Berry - one of only two doctors in the Dáil - has said he'd grade the Government's response to the...

Former GAA president Liam O'Neill says he would like Dublin GAA to field four teams at underage level in line with the current council...

Former GAA president Liam O'Neill says that it's "ludicrous" that the GAA, ladies football and camogie associations aren't part of the same organisation and...

Part 2 of the LaoisToday Podcast interview with former GAA president Liam O’Neill. In today’s episode, he reflects on his three years as GAA president...

In 2014, the GAA made a decision to sell some of their broadcasting rights to Sky Sports, in a ground-breaking deal that saw games...

The euphoria of being successful in an election provides the triumphant snapshots - but for losing candidates, it's harder to think of a tougher...

The Coronavirus pandemic has effected everything and slowed development in lots areas but anyone driving on the M7 motorway in Portlaoise will have noticed...

In the late 1990s, Laois GAA was not in a good place. The county teams weren't faring well, O'Moore Park was ageing badly, there...

This week's guest on the LaoisToday Podcast is former GAA President Liam O'Neill from Trumera. In a wide-ranging conversation with presenter Steven Miller, he recalls...

In our first LaoisToday podcast of 2021, we chat with John Mulholland, chief executive of Laois County Council. He chats about the challenges of managing...

In the latest LaoisToday Podcast interview, Steven Miller is joined by well-known comedian Bernard O'Shea who discusses growing up in Laois, his new book,...

Growing up in Laois and going to school in Killeshin and Knockbeg, Paddy McDonald could hardly have predicted that one day he'd be brewing...

In this latest LaoisToday Podcast, we chat with Paddy McDonald, owner of Laois's first craft brewery - 12 Acres in Killeshin. Although he started out...

When you think of elections and the subsequent count, it's usually the happy scenes of celebration that come to mind first. But for Mark Wall,...

When a pub on the main street of the county town has been in the same family since the 1860s, it's bound to have...

It's been an incredibly tough year for publicans and in the latest LaoisToday podcast, we're joined by PJ and Niamh Kavanagh, proprietors of one...

The owners of one of Portlaoise's oldest pubs have described the experience of losing almost an entire year's custom as well as the challenges...

Labour Senator Mark Wall is our latest guest on the LaoisToday Podcast. From Castlemitchell outside Athy, he was elected to the Senate earlier this year...

Though it's not unprecedented it is unusual for a Senator to be appointed to a ministerial role. When Pippa Hackett was appointed as a 'Super...