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The LoveLaois Podcast

A weekly news podcast brought to you by the team behind LaoisToday

  1. The Friday Panel joined by tillage farmer, brewery owner and now TV star - David Walsh-Kemmis

    MAR 7

    The Friday Panel joined by tillage farmer, brewery owner and now TV star - David Walsh-Kemmis

    Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett sit down for this week’s Friday Panel podcast with a very special guest.  David Walsh-Kemmis of Ballykilcavan Brewery in Stradbally joins the lads for a chat.  He is currently starring on a six-part RTE TV series called 'Saol Na Feirme' on Monday evenings at 8.30pm.  While most known for being a tillage farmer and brewery owner, the show demonstrates how David is also fluent 'as Gaeilge'.  The lads chat about the TV show, how David's love of language was fostered in primary and secondary school, boarding school memories, GAA involvement and Steven's Gaeltacht antics.

    51 min
  2. Friday Panel on council drama, school issues, the Laois man in San Fran and unspeakable local tragedies

    FEB 28

    Friday Panel on council drama, school issues, the Laois man in San Fran and unspeakable local tragedies

    Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett sit down for this week's Friday Panel podcast looking back on some of the biggest local stories of the past seven days. From Monday's very eventful full meeting of Laois County Council to the Laois man who will be Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco, they also chat about a devastating recent fire, two unspeakable local tragedies and a new era for an iconic business site in Portarlington.

    31 min
  3. Transition Year Series - Doireann Brennan (Presentation Thurles)

    FEB 28

    Transition Year Series - Doireann Brennan (Presentation Thurles)

    After a little bit of a hiatus, we are back with our LoveLaois Transition Year podcast series.  In the hotseat this week is Doireann Brennan from Portlaoise, who is in school in Presentation Thurles.  Doireann spent the first three years in Scoil Chríost Rí in Portlaoise before moving to the Tipperary school to link up with their highly-regarded soccer team.  She gets the train to Thurles every morning and has played with the school this year at both U-17 and U-19 level.  As if that wasn't enough, she is also playing for Wexford Youths in the U-17 League of Ireland.  She chats about her training schedule, what it's like changing schools, why she did Transition Year, her favourite subjects and her attitudes to spending, saving and social media.  Our Transition Year series is brought to you in association with People First Credit Union.  People First Credit Union support young minds in shaping their future. People First believe in the power of community and the potential of youth. People First Credit Union – building a future of opportunity, one saver at a time.

    19 min

  4. FEB 14

    Senator Maria McCormack, whirlwind year, Justice for Joe and JP's 40 years

    New Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack from Portlaoise joins us on this week's episode to talk about her whirlwind political year. She contested three elections in seven months but is now settling in to her new role in Seanad Eireann. She chats about the experience of the past 12 months, what being a Senator actually entails, exchanging her water bottle for a crystal glass, her mother watching Seanad TV and what it's like when Mary Lou picks up the phone. We also chat about the tragic case of Joe Drennan and his family's fight for justice as well as the much lighter topic of JP Cahillane's brilliant 40-year involvement with the Portlaoise Pantomime group.

    49 min
  5. New Friday Panel, Seanad elections, double-barreled names and those we have lost

    FEB 7

    New Friday Panel, Seanad elections, double-barreled names and those we have lost

    After a few weeks off, the LoveLaois Podcast is back with a new Friday panel.  It is an all LaoisToday affair as Steven Miller is joined by his colleagues Alan Hartnett and Mark Comerford.  The lads begin with a detailed discussion on the Seanad elections where Maria McCormack was elected.  They also discuss some of the most read stories from the last couple of weeks.

    44 min

  6. JAN 17

    Friday Panel returns - New Year's Resolutions, Government, Seanad and Alan says No!

    The first Friday Panel of 2025 as presenter Steven Miller is joined by regular guests Brian Phelan and Gavin Deering while Alan Hartnett makes his debut on this particular episode. We chat about Government formation, Michael Lowry and the Healy-Reas, Micheal Martin, Super Juniors, Seanad Election and everything in between.

    53 min

  7. 12/20/2024

    John Whelan, poetry and Pogueology's Fairytale of New York

    The hugely talented John Whelan joins us on the latest version of the LoveLaois Podcast where he tells us of his journey into writing poetry. John has essentially been writing for a living for almost half a century though poetry is certainly a different style. Mixing nostalgia with emotion and observation, he reads three of his poems - Conkers, Stoked and Miscellany. He chats about childhood memories, setting up a surf club in Laois and Christmas trips to the much-loved Miscellany shop in Laois. The poems recited are taken from a new collection entitled 'Stoked', which is due to be published later in 2025.And in keeping with the festive season, we close out with Fairytale of New York, from the hugely popular local band Pogueology.

    43 min

  8. 12/19/2024

    LaoisToday live from Dáil Eireann

    The LaoisToday team of Paul Dargan and Steven Miller travelled to Dublin on Wednesday for the first day of the 34th Dáil. We caught up with the three Laois TDs as well as the newly-elected John Clendennen (Fine Gael) from Offaly and Mark Wall (Labour) from Kildare South. For Fine Gael's Willie Aird it was his first day in the Dáil after 45 years in local politics while Sean Fleming (Fianna Fáil) and Brian Stanley (Independent) were returning for their latest term and also spoke of their immense pride in representing the people of Laois.

    17 min
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      2023 - 2025
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