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The LoveLaois Podcast — 166 episodes
Ali's gloves | 9/11 memories | career guidance | record-breaking house sale
Alan's Amble apology | Steven's celeb spotting | Another incredible Electric Picnic
Press day, spoofers, acts and experts - looking forward to Electric Picnic 2026
Pearse Doherty of the Saw Doctors on his time managing Electric Picnic, coming back to play the Main Stage and the Green and Red
Meet the Killenard entrepreneur behind golf's newest coaching and fitness app
Rows in the chamber | Alan's confession | zoning challenges
Le Skinny Chef - the French man behind the award-winning brand representing Laois at the National Enterprise final
From Latvia to Laois - The story behind one of Portlaoise's most-loved flower shops
Runaway Joe: Wanted for murder, a new identity, living in Rosenallis, escaping to Cyprus - the mad story of Joe Moloney/Michael O'Shea
By-election memories | Council meetings | Bertie's comments
The people, the fun, the history and the routes behind the Gordon Bennett Classic Car Run
Convent housing | Dr Sean | Council goings-on | Greenfields | Tradfest
FF decides | Minister in Mountrath and Portarlington | Main Street challenges
Growing up with music, European tours, two bands and Portlaoise Tradfest
Samanta Danne | Latvian-Irish | Penneys relaunch | Alan to get on his bike
Derval O'Rourke interview - business after sport
Padraig Fleming | Irish in the Middle East | Laois's first Centenarian Award
Gerry Duffy on the resources available to business leaders - but most never use
Lessons for business owners from Lean expert John O'Shanahan
Portlaoise band The Controversy on Electric Picnic, humble beginnings and plans for 2026
Renaming a roundabout, an underground car park in Laois and SNA debacle
100 years of Fianna Fáil, movie stars in Stradbally and the Killanure Klassic
Willie Aird on life in the Dáil, milking less and being a TikTok star
Menswear, the best of frenemies, new school, malting barley and Motion of the Day
Council meeting catch up, Young Scientist achievement and a memorial bench
A live audience of one, panto experience, a mannerly council meeting and our Dancing Star
Laois County Council CEO Michael Rainey on housing, roads and investment across the county
Goldilocks and the Three Beours - Portlaoise Panto set to go centre stage again
Brian Stanley on Border Poll, Mary Lou and Team Independent Republican
The Christmas, The New Year, the Darts, the great Ben Dunne, Netflix and a Charity Sky Dive
Pigs in the council and looking back on the highs and lows of 2026
Sean Fleming on Jim Gavin, Micheal Martin, Fianna Fáil and a proper private audience with the pope
Aaron Doran - Assisting Evan Ferguson, battling set backs and trying to make it in the League of Ireland
Pat McDonagh yarns, Musical magic and council observations
Meet the young Laois man whose political activism saw him invited to the inauguration of Catherine Connolly
The new President, County Council drama, a trip to the Aviva and bottle lids
Polling day is upon us at last - and Cumann na mBunscol mayhem
Presidential race nears the end, Jim Gavin remembered and the new Portlaoise Bus Service
A Fine Gael head - is there such a thing? And observations from Jim Gavin's canvass in Portlaoise
Heather in the library, Maria Steen falls short and Jim Gavin making sausages
Previewing the IFC final plus B and relegation deciders as well as Junior A and C
When the Irish Presidential Election meets Laois County Council
Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins on getting her new car, learning to say no and what lies ahead
Reviewing Electric Picnic 2025, performing twice and 2026 ticket scramble
Leo Moran of the Saw Doctors and Neven Maguire join us ahead of Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic fever, press day, Main Stage prep and Alan's excitement
Our preview of Sunday's Ladies Intermediate All-Ireland final
Cathaoirleach Barry Walsh on his new role, route into politics of love of community
The Laois man working at his fourth British and Irish Lions Tour
Meet the Laois teenager who is making waves with St Pat's in the League of Ireland
Our Leaving Cert columnist Aoife Fitzpatrick reflects on exams and looks to the future
Council rows, Laois Abroad and new careers interview series
The Timahoe Male Choir take on Pints In A Field 3 with The 2 Johnnies
Beniamin Petre, Electric Picnic, Paschal's path and building a museum in Laois
Transition Year Series - Eoghan Deegan (Portlaoise CBS)
Transition Year Series – Sean Tuohy (Portlaoise CBS)
Meet Conor and Ross Dunne - the Portlaoise twins behind Mooving.ie
New Laois Rose Katelyn Cummins - electrician, farmer, dancer and looking forward to Tralee
Alison O'Kelly on her business journey, educational stereotypes and hopes for the future
Nina Carberry on adjusting to life as an MEP and who she'd love to see as President
April Fool's gone wrong, housing situation, Laois company sold and much more
Austin Stack on his new book 'Justice for My Father'
Ballyfin's Dash to 44 - a wonderful, novel, community event and brilliant fundraiser for local school
Shane Buggy - the Laois man in New York on pub scene, their history and the Irish community
Reflecting on a week in New York and Electric Picnic attendance increase
The New York parade, Mike Dunphy, Michael Rainey, Padraig Fleming and much more
Manhattan, Mumbai and Minnesota - Timahoe Male Choir make themselves known to US audience
The Friday Panel joined by tillage farmer, brewery owner and now TV star - David Walsh-Kemmis
Friday Panel on council drama, school issues, the Laois man in San Fran and unspeakable local tragedies
Transition Year Series - Doireann Brennan (Presentation Thurles)
Senator Maria McCormack, whirlwind year, Justice for Joe and JP's 40 years
New Friday Panel, Seanad elections, double-barreled names and those we have lost
Friday Panel returns - New Year's Resolutions, Government, Seanad and Alan says No!
John Whelan, poetry and Pogueology's Fairytale of New York
LaoisToday live from Dáil Eireann
Transition Year Series – Joe Larkin (Portlaoise CBS)
The Friday Panel returns - with a new guest and a quiz!
Our comprehensive General Election review, winners and losers plus The Monk
Day 1 at the Laois General Election Count Centre
Transition Year Series - Cathal Carroll (Knockbeg College)
Our final General Election preview as Laois set to go to the polls on Friday
Charlie Flanagan interview
Week 3 of the General Election with the finish line now in sight
Debates, coalition options and predictions - our Friday panel is back!
10 minutes with Brian Stanley (Independent)
10 minutes with Austin Stack (Fianna Fail)
10 minutes with Rosie Palmer (Green Party)
10 minutes with Elaine Mullally (Independent)
10 minutes with Maria McCormack (Sinn Fein)
10 minutes with Jason Lynch (Independent)
10 minutes with Pauline Flanagan (Independent)
10 minutes with Willie Aird (Fine Gael)
10 minutes with Aisling Moran (Independent)
10 minutes with Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
From Ballyfin to the Sunday Times - Claire Scott on General Election 2024
DCU Politics professor Gary Murphy chats Laois, posters and the history of TV debates
Our General Election chat with Ivan Yates
Week 2 of the General Election campaign as we go 'On the Canvass'
General Election discussion as we introduce our panel
Transition Year Series - Andrew Whelan (Portlaoise CBS)
General Election latest – recording woes, campaign trails, memories and plans
Our preview as runners and riders saddle up for General Election 2024
Transition Year Series - Megan Kavanagh (Scoil Chríost Rí)
People First Credit Union: 'It is so rewarding for us to see progression'
Council streaming war, new CEO and jumping out of an aeroplane with the parish priest
Ploughing, politicians and the Abbeyleix man fundraising for Childhood Cancer Ireland
Fine Gael drama, publicans, authors and county council meetings are back!!
Politics, back to school, Rathdowney Outlet Centre and the Ploughing
Meet Elaine Mullally who will contest the General Election as an Independent candidate
Zach Tuohy interview - looking back on his amazing career and the prospect of playing with Portlaoise and Laois again
Our Electric Picnic review featuring Damien Bowe, Roisin Barrett and Alice Laffan
Meet John Maye - the new principal of Knockbeg College
Talking Points, Tommy Mulligan interview and LaoisToday Awards
Portlaoise: Mulligan breaks through, Tuohy holds on, Connell loses out and Skies oer Ballyroan
Reflecting on the gripping contest in Graiguecullen-Portarlington
Looking back on the battle in Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
Conor Bergin, James Kelly, Ollie Clooney, John Joe Fennelly, Joey Kennedy, Aaron Kelly and John Moloney
What are tallies? How does PR work? What's the quota? Local Elections in Laois explained
10 minutes with John King (Fine Gael) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Dom Dunne (Independent) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Maria McCormack (Sinn Féin) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Barry Walsh (Fine Gael) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Bolaji Adeyanju (Independent) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Marie Tuohy (Labour) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Willie Aird (Fine Gael) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Thomasina Connell (Fine Gael) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Rosie Palmer (Green Party) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Pauline Flanagan (Independent) - Portlaoise
10 minutes with Caroline Dwane-Stanley (Sinn Féin)
10 minutes with Aisling Moran (Independent) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with PJ Kelly (Fine Gael) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Eoin Barry (Labour) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Charlie Hackett (Green Party) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Paschal McEvoy (Fianna Fáil) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Ben Brennan (Independent) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Vivienne Phelan (Fine Gael) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Aaron Kelly (Sinn Féin) - Graiguecullen-Portarlington
10 minutes with Paddy Buggy (Fine Gael) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Conor Bergin (Fine Gael) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Fintan Cuddy (Fianna Fáil) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Lorna Holohan-Garry (Sinn Féin) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Kevin Drennan (Independent) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Helen Campion (Sinn Féin) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with James Kelly (Independent) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Brian Phelan (Fianna Fáil) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Fiona Dunne (Green Party) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
10 minutes with Bryan Corrigan (Labour) - Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick
Stephen Dowling from Dunmasc Genetics on his business story and representing Laois at National Enterprise Awards
What happens when 'the establishment' tell people that something is 'wrong'?
'Tis the season for Local Elections with launches in the air
Referendums fallout, businesses open and up for sale and St Patrick's Day parades
From Mountmellick to Toronto and back again - the incredible story of Laois author Gary Colton
Nightclub closures, Local Election and Referendums, Pat Critchley and Schools QuizCast
Francie Gorman on his bid to become the next IFA president
Blaise Brosnan on his Owner-Manager Development Programme with Local Enterprise Office Laois
David Walsh-Kemmis on family history, beer, brewing and his plans for Ballykilcavan
Crime, live streaming, political convention and a new bus route
Philip Meagher interview - the man behind Forest Fest, Laois's newest music festival
Time to Shine, poster saga, housing issue and paying tribute to Will Sherlock and Jim McDonald
LoveLaois Podcast: Meeting the Housing Minister, a Laois man in Offaly and more Ditch discussion
Photographing the Irish community in Australia, Fianna Fáil getting ready for battle and the Laois man on Dublin Bus
Political movement, The Ditch and legendary photographer Michael Scully on his life and times
Roundabouts, rights of way, election countdown and festival fever
Laois Rose interview - plus Biden, Kolbe, Mr Personality and Shergar
Harry and Meghan reaction, meeting Hilary Clinton and big excitement in Abbeyleix