Tag: Talking Sport
Big season for Sean Masterson as he looks to make his...
The professional rugby season takes its first steps this weekend in the most unusual setting - two games in an empty Aviva Stadium as...
Talking Sport: A Laois man in Longford, lifting the lockdown and...
Will Laois be lifted out of lockdown? Will GAA matches be allowed to resume on Monday?
The truth is, we don't know - but we...
Talking Sport Podcast: What does the lockdown mean for Laois’s club...
In this week's LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast, Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett discuss what the latest restrictions mean for the local sporting scene.
Explaining the...
Talking Sport Podcast: Looking ahead to this year’s Laois football championships
The Laois football championships get underway this week with games in all five adult grades.
And we were joined by former Laois player and current...
Talking Sport Podcast: Looking back on a busy weekend of championship...
What a weekend of club championship action.
The Laois hurling 2020 season is up and running at last with a selection of highly competitive games...
Talking Sport Podcast: Looking ahead to this season’s Laois hurling championships
It's an episode of the Talking Sport Podcast that we didn't think we'd get to produce this year: our preview of the Laois club...
Talking Sport Podcast: Live streaming, ticket demand and Coronavirus fears
In less than two weeks time the Laois GAA championship season will get underway.
Right now clubs around the county are preparing as best they...
Laois GAA set to stream games live as crowd restrictions force...
Laois GAA have confirmed that they will be live streaming club championship games this year, starting with the senior hurling championship next week.
It will...
Incredible experience as Laois goalkeeper recalls Europa League run with UCD
What young soccer player doesn't dream of those big nights in Europe?
For Clonaslee's Niall Corbet, he got to experience an unlikely run in the...
Talking Sport Podcast: GAA back on, county training, finances and soccer...
With club GAA action now within sight, the latest LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast sees Steven Miller and Alan Hartnett catch up on all the...
Talking Sport: Niall Corbet on UCD, playing in Europe and his...
Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here.
Alan Hartnett is back in the presenter’s chair once again after his holidays and he is joined on...
Ireland cap still the aim for Masterson as rugby eyes a...
Getting capped for Ireland is still the ambition for Portlaoise man Eoghan Masterson as he prepares for his sixth professional season with Connacht.
Though this...
Talking Sport Podcast: Laois GAA chairman on looking after club players...
Ever since the GAA announced their roadmap for clubs and counties for the 2020 season, players and coaches across the country have been figuring...
‘We tried to be fair to players’ says Laois GAA chairman...
Laois GAA chairman Peter O'Neill has said that a desire to be fair to club players was their main priority as they set out...
Death stares, Thomas Gravesen, young footballers and Roy Keane – A...
In November 2005, Roy Keane's Manchester United career ended when he contract was cancelled by mutual consent.
The then 33-year-old signed for Celtic a couple...
Talking Sport Podcast: GAA roadmap gives us a championship season to...
We don't know yet what way the year will play out - but following the latest easing of restrictions on Friday, we will have...
Advice to aspiring young soccer players from a Laois man exposed...
Portlaoise’s Paul Cahillane has offered some advice to young Laois soccer players who may be offered the opportunity of a professional career abroad.
The former...
Talking Sport: Paul Cahillane on Celtic, Portlaoise, Ireland, Laois and Roy...
Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here and we bring you a brand new format.
Alan Hartnett is in the presenter’s chair once again and...
Willie Dunphy recalls ‘greatest memory’ when Laois defeated Dublin in Portlaoise
Laois senior hurler Willie Dunphy says that his greatest ever memory in a Laois jersey was when the O'Moore's defeated Dublin last July.
The Clough-Ballacolla...
How a Carlow footballer has had a big influence on a...
Carlow football and Laois hurling are not two things that you would expect to come together - but that is exactly what happened on...
Talking Sport: Laois hurlers Willie Dunphy and James Keyes on getting...
Our latest Talking Sport is here and we are continuing with the same format as the previous three.
Alan Hartnett is in the presenter’s chair...
High praise for three of Laois football’s greatest servants
There was high praise from Laois's current longest serving footballer for three of his former teammates in this week's Talking Sport Podcast.
Aidan Fennnelly, Noel...
Ross Munnelly on the secrets to playing football at the highest...
Ross Munnelly joined his inter-county colleague Evan O'Carroll on this week's edition of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast.
In a wide-ranging chat which saw the...
The tale of a 17-year-old Evan O’Carroll, Justin McNulty, a missing...
A 17-year-old Evan O'Carroll made his senior inter-county debut for Laois in the summer of 2013.
It had been a whirlwind year for the Crettyard...
Healy reflects on London challenge, recovery from injury and his full-forward...
With no live Irish sport to watch at the moment, Laois GAA star Cahir Healy gave supporters something to keep an eye on last...
Talking Sport: Laois footballers Ross Munnelly and Evan O’Carroll on Coronavirus...
Our latest Talking Sport is here and we are continuing with the same format as the previous two.
Alan Hartnett is in the presenter’s chair...
How it came about that a Laois hurler was crowned the...
There have been many mad moments throughout this lockdown - but a Laois hurler winning an online FIFA tournament on the PlayStation has to...
Matthew Whelan with high praise for ‘outstanding trainer’ Brother Philip Ryan
Matthew Whelan is the longest-serving Laois hurler still involved and has made more appearances for Laois than anyone in history.
Over a long career with...
Mark Timmons on the influence of Sean Dempsey and his disappointment...
Long-serving Laois footballer Mark Timmons was a recent guest on the LaoisToday Talking Sport podcast where he was joined by colleague Sean O'Flynn as...
Willie Hyland, Zane Keenan or James Young – we set two...
Willie Hyland, Zane Keenan and James Young - how could you pick one between the three of these Laois hurling greats?
Well those are the...