Tag: Laois Abroad

There were several Laois emigrants present at a recent event in London, celebrating the Irish diaspora in the city. Laois/Offaly TD Sean Fleming, Minister for...

A look back to August where we documented the exploits of two Laois men on their travels from Laois to the southern tip of...

It all began with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Bourman travelling from London to Africa by bike in a docu-series in 2008. Philip O’Connell from...

The first instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2022 is here and a woman from Camross gets us underway. Maureen Dowling moved to San...

A popular regular feature on the LaoisToday site since its beginning is the Laois Abroad series. Here at LaoisToday, we love to talk to Laois...

The seventh instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and a well-travelled Stradbally woman is up next. Sinead O'Brien's journey began back...

The sixth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and one of the most travelled people we have ever interviewed is...

The fifth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and two brothers living in Eastern Europe are up next. Laois people that...

The third instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and a couple from Mountmellick up next. Lauren McCormack and Dylan Baxter departed...

The second instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and a woman from Abbeyleix is up next. Zoe Killeen packed up her...

The first instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and a man from The Heath gets us underway. At the end of...

A popular regular feature on the LaoisToday site since its beginning is the Laois Abroad series. Here at LaoisToday we talk to Laois natives who...

The Covid-19 pandemic has been difficult for everybody. Job losses, restricted movement, huge lifestyle changes and a massive level of uncertainty. For people living abroad,...

Meet Rebecca Fitzell! Rebecca has lived in Spain the past ten years and the Portlaoise native is the subject of our latest installment of...

The Coronavirus or Covid-19 has well and truly spread across the globe now. After originally breaking out in China, in Wuhan to be exact, it...

Meet Pippa Anderson from Abbeyleix - the latest subject of our Laois Abroad series. Pippa moved to Toronto last year and is loving life in...

Popular regular feature on the LaoisToday site since its beginning is the Laois Abroad series. Here at LaoisToday we talk to Laois natives who have...

Patrick Harding is from The Rock but is currently living the high life in London. Patrick has a very impressive CV from being a physio...

Paul Flynn from Killenard has been living in Indianapolis, the capital city of Indiana, in the USA for the last eight years, having lived...

Meet Lisa Moylan! Lisa moved to Toronto over two years ago and has been enjoying the Canadian lifestyle so far. The Portlaoise woman spoke to us...

Twenty five year old Martin O'Reilly swapped the green fields of Killenard for green fields from further afield almost two years ago and hasn't...

We've had Laois Abroad interviews from all over the world - from Abu Dhabi to South America.  In March of this year, we caught up...

In 2018, we caught up with Jim and Esther McCormack about how their new life in South Africa was treating them.  The pair packed up...

We caught up with the the Portlaoise woman who made the trip to Australia 24 years ago and fell in love with the Cobar. Safe...

Bob Wynne moved to Canada a little under 30 years ago and has enjoyed life in Ontario ever since. The Graiguecullen man spoke to us...

Julie Connell has fulfilled a lifetime of travels and has met famous figures from all over the globe in her job as a Director...

Portlaoise woman Mary Urquhart has lived in Cobar, New South Wales (NSW) for 24 years now. She went there on a working holiday Visa at the...

Our Laois Abroad series has allowed us reach out to Laois people all over the world and this week we caught up with Dan...

Bea Morrin and Gary Ryan moved from Laois to Canada in 2016 and have set up their own successful careers across the Atlantic. Stradbally native...

Trumera woman Donna Hosey and her partner Gary Brophy moved to Australia in 2012 and haven't looked back since. After orginally moving Australia to work,...