Portlaoise Men's Shed

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

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

A fantastic series of nature podcast episodes brought to us by Ricky Whelan Bio Diversity Officer at Offaly County Council and Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland. This episode is all about the much loved and equally hated Pine Marten or Cat Crainn ( Tree Cat ) in which we get a lovely mention from Dr Denise O'Meara of SETU and Ricky for our den box builds at Abbeyleix Bog. Always delighted to get a mention of our collaborative work in the area of bio-diversity.

In Your Nature Ep 40 - The Pine Marten with Dr Denise O'Meara In Your Nature · Episode

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.

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.

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

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.

WATCH: Laois Men's Shed Choir play heartwarming songs 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...

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

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

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.