Tag: 1982
From the Archives – Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday archives in the run up to the 2020 General Election. As this year is the 40th anniversary of...
Eugene Fennelly – How an Abbeyleix man played a record 200...
200 holes, 45 miles, 1 eagle, 24 birdies, 113 pars, 821 shots, one man, his golf clubs - and a partridge in a pear...
Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly resolutely remains Fianna Fáil...
So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s.
The 80s, the decade that...
Haughey/Gregory drama proves an entertaining trip back in time
The political drama of the early 1980s was well before my time but as someone who has always had an interest in both history...
Tributes paid as legendary Matt Connor retires from An Garda Síochána
Matt Connor, one of the most legendary gaelic footballers of all time, has called time on his 40-year career as a member of An...