Portlaoise Men's Shed

24/12/2023

Wishing all our families, friends and supporters a very merry Christmas and happy new year. From all of us at the shed.

13/12/2023

Tonight our Men’s Sheds Music Groups gathered in Laois Music Centre for a little Christmas Party. Fabulous singing, playing and craic! Well done Portlaoise, Mountmellick and Rathdowney and Musician Educators David Harte and Denise Anne Boyle and special guest James O' Connor Music Thank you to Laois and Offaly ETB Community Education for continuing to support this programme. Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board Music Generation Ireland
Mountmellick Men's Shed - An Seid Cumann na BhFear Móinteach Mílic Portlaoise Men's Shed Rathdowney MENS SHED Laois County Council

01/11/2023

This week we kick off a brand new project in collaboration with Noel O'Farrell from LOETB Portlaoise Further Education and Training Centre A podcast project reflecting the shed and it's members with some great little stories emerging.

27/10/2023

We recently had an enquiry from Laois LSPCA to help out on an ongoing project in making up cosy waterproof dens for neutered feral cats. Our man Eamonn who is heading up the project busy at work with the first batch yesterday.

26/10/2023

Many thanks to Laois Partnership Company for facilitating a 5 week digital skills course for our members. They will be whizz kids in all things tablet, mobile phone and internet by the end of it

25/10/2023

We were delighted to recently host a visiting group of students and lecturers from SETU currently working on their MSc in Organic and Biological Agriculture course on their way to Abbeyleix bog. We gave a talk on our involvement in bio diversity builds at Abbeyleix Bog and the many other sites we have worked on in the past and how small actions like our own can play into local and national bio diversity conservation actions.

Many thanks to John Geraghty (Agricultural Science), Cara Daly (Horticulture), and Yvonne Grace (Horticulture) and Denise O'Meara ( Molecular Biology) SETU for including us in the Agroforestry and Landscape Biodiversity module visit.

05/10/2023

Four Men's Shed groups in Laois came together for a special and heartwarming performance this week. Singers and musicians in the Laois Men's Shed choir who are from Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Rathdowney and Mountrath gave a lovely performance at the official opening of the Laois Partnership Company n...

26/09/2023

Free daytime and evening courses available in Portlaoise. Spaces still available. Portlaoise Family Resource Centre Laois Public Participation Network Treo Nua Portlaoise Resource Centre Portlaoise Men's Shed

14/09/2023

Some of our members attending the Laois/Offaly Irish Mens Shed networking meeting in Portarlington today.

25/07/2023

Clem Fallon of the Irish Cancer Society dropped in this morning with our Daffodil bench kit which we hope to start working on shortly.

The Daffodil Bench is a visual reminder that while cancer is all around us, there are people there to help and listen. The Daffodil Bench is a collaboration between The Irish Cancer Society, The Irish Men’s Sheds Association, Portlaoise Mens Shed, Laois County Council and Portlaoise Tidy Towns.

19/07/2023

A bit of quiet time in the garden.

03/07/2023

Many thanks to Laois County Council and Laois LCDC for approval of our submission for the Community Support Fund 2022 which is a once off fund provided by the Department of Rural and Community Development and administered by Local Community Development Committees, with support from the Local Authorities.

30/06/2023

A beautiful wellbeing article from Emma Coonan of the Offaly Express following our recent 10 year anniversary event.

Emma begins this month's column as the longest day of the year ends

28/06/2023

A short wellbeing video put together by Ronnie and Joe showing some of the chat, the craic, the music, the projects and activities.

21/06/2023

The first shed in Ireland to put a minister in the stocks. Many thanks to minister Sean Flemming for going along with the fun at our recent anniversary celebrations.

By Stan Henderson TEA, coffee and cakes were aplenty for over 100 people who travelled from near and far to celebrate Portlaoise Men’s Shed’s tenth anniversary, with a party at their permanent home in the Equestrian Centre on the Timahoe Road on Saturday 10 June. A decade ago a small group of

16/06/2023

Lovely community work completed by our members in collaboration with Laois Volunteer Centre at Sue Ryder facility Ballyroan. Seats all refurbished and tested and a bit of gardening put in for good measure. Another job well done.