Podcasts
Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Schools update, managers, new rules and various Laois teams
In the week that the inter-county action returns, we are back with an early Podcast to keep things over.
Steven Miller is joined by Alan...
Laois Football Podcast: Catching up with Laois football manager Justin McNulty ahead of 2025...
The Laois footballers begin the 2025 competitive season next weekend when they make the long trip to Ballinamore to play Leitrim in the opening...
LoveLaois Podcast: Friday Panel returns – new Government, Seanad elections, New Year’s resolutions and...
The first Friday Panel of 2025 as presenter Steven Miller is joined by regular guests Brian Phelan and Gavin Deering while Alan Hartnett makes...
Laois Hurling Podcast: Interview with new Laois hurling manager Tommy Fitzgerald
As the 2024 GAA season was beginning to wind down last autumn, being involved with the Laois senior hurlers certainly wasn't on Tommy Fitzgerald's...
Laois Hurling and Football Podcast: Club manager update, fixtures confirmed and new rules
We are into the third week of January and the return of competitive GAA action is just over a week away.
Steven Miller is joined...
Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Snow everywhere, managerial appointments and inter-county updates
After the Christmas break, the second episode of the Laois Football and Hurling Podcast is here.
Steven Miller is joined by Alan Hartnett for this...
Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Shane Keegan on Laois Gaels, new football rules and...
On the latest episode of the Laois Football and Hurling Podcast, Alan is joined by Laois Coaching and Games manager Shane Keegan.
Laois Gaels, the...
Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Our end of season awards – Flop, Manager, Controversy...
And just like that, the end of 2024 is almost upon us.
So before the year gets wrapped up, Steven Miller is joined by Alan...
LoveLaois Podcast: 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...
LoveLaois Podcast: Live from Dáil Eireann as new term gets underway
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...
LoveLaois Podcast: Transition Year Series – Joe Larkin (Portlaoise CBS)
The fourth episode in our Transition Year series is where we hear from Portlaoise CBS student Joe Larkin.
From Stradbally, Joe is spending the second...
Laois Football Podcast: Glory for Stradbally Parish Gaels and end of the line for...
The Laois GAA season is almost at a close and the Laois Football Podcast is here to look back at the action from the...
LoveLaois Podcast: The Friday Panel returns – with a new guest and a quiz!
The LaoisToday Friday Panel proved somewhat of a hit in the run-up to the General Election and it returns today for the postmortem.
Previous guests...
Laois Football Podcast: U-20 final preview, Laois schools, club league and plenty more
If it feels like you haven't heard the dulcet tones of Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett talking about GAA in Laois for a long...
LoveLaois Podcast: Our comprehensive General Election review, winners and losers plus The Monk
The General Election has come and gone with all seats now filled both in Laois and nationally.
Willie Aird (Fine Gael), Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)...
LoveLaois Podcast: Day 1 at the Laois General Election Count Centre
The story of Day 1 at the Laois General Election count centre was the stunning success of first time Fine Gael candidate Willie Aird,...
LoveLaois Podcast: Transition Year Series – Cathal Carroll (Knockbeg College)
The third episode in our Transition Year series where we hear from Knockbeg College student Cathal Carroll.
From Stradbally, Cathal spent the first half of...
LoveLaois Podcast: Our final General Election preview as Laois set to go to the...
The finishing line is in sight. After months of speculation and weeks of canvassing, the country will go to the polls on Friday.
And so,...
LoveLaois Podcast: Charlie Flanagan interview on his life in politics – and what it’s...
General Election campaigns by their nature are always about the candidates.
On this occasion in Laois, it is also somewhat significant for who isn't running.
Charlie...
LoveLaois Podcast: Week 3 of the General Election with the finish line now in...
General Elections are marathons not sprints - but we are in the sprinting phase of things now.
Four days away from polling, Alan Hartnett and...
LoveLaois Podcast: Debates, coalition options and predictions – our Friday panel is back!
After a successful first outing, our Friday panel for our LoveLaois podcast for the General Election is back for another episode.
This is once again...
Laois Football and Hurling Podcast: Fitzgerald appointed, Leinster club ahead and U-20 update
We are into the second last weekend of November and there is still plenty of GAA action to talk about.
The big news is the...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Willie Aird (Fine Gael)
A dairy farmer in Portlaoise, Willie Aird is a veteran elected representative of 45 years, having been first elected to the old Portlaoise Town...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Pauline Flanagan (Independent)
Pauline Flanagan shocked us all, and maybe even herself, as she announced herself as a candidate at the last minute.
Co-opted as a Laois County...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Sean Fleming is now the longest-standing politician on the ballot paper. First elected in 1997, he has held his seat in each of the...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Jason Lynch (Independent)
Jason Lynch was very late to declare but has entered the race as an Independent.
A paramedic from Portlaoise, his story is very interesting and...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Maria McCormack (Sinn Fein)
Maria McCormack, who lives in Portlaoise but is a native of Ballyroan, is Sinn Fein’s candidate - replacing Brian Stanley.
A candidate in the recent...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Aisling Moran (Independent)
Aisling Moran from Killeen is an Independent – and has enlisted the support of her Laois County Council colleagues Ben Brennan from Crettyard, James...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Elaine Mullally (Independent)
Portarlington woman Elaine Mullally, who owns Clown Around play centre in the town, was among the first confirmed candidates in Laois for this General...
LoveLaois Podcast: 10 minutes with Rosie Palmer (Green Party)
From Ballinakill, Palmer was the Green Party’s candidate in the Portlaoise Municipal District in the Local Elections back in June.
But that was a tough...
