Leinster Express - Lifestyle Feed

Midsummer Slieve Bloom Walk for youth services

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:02 GMT

This midsummer night Friday, June 21, the public are invited to head up to the beautiful Glenbarrow waterfall in the Slieve Blooms for a fundraising walk.

STX goes live

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:58:04 GMT

STX live music venue will be launched in the Barrow Lodge on Friday, June 21 at 8.30pm admission €5.

Regrets - have too few to mention

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:03:04 GMT

I was recently reading a piece by Bronnie Ware, care worker who works in the area of palliative care. she has worked with countless number of patients who are sadly seeing their last days on earth. Bronnie questioned the patients about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, five common regrets surfaced again and again and I thought I would share them with you .

Coconut curry and eton mess

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:02:33 GMT

I quite like one pot dishes and especially the variety that can be made the day before and heated up. Curry is always popular with people; it takes a bit of time to cook but holds well for a couple of days.

Summer Fruit and Vegetables

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:23:36 GMT

THE gooseberries will soon be making an appearance and as soon as I see them I want to make something with them. The obvious thing I suppose is a tart or a pie ( a tart has pastry on top and bottom, a pie just has a crust on top), also at this time of the year the roadside will be white with the beautiful flowers from the elder tree.

Busy summer arts schedule for Laois

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:42:35 GMT

THE Arts Office have a busy schedule of events for both adults and children this summer. Already they enjoyed a very busy month with lots happening throughout the county for Bealtaine.

Music aplenty this weekend in Lethean

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:25:34 GMT

THIS weekend Lethean will be hosting plenty of music to keep feet tapping for those not heading away for the bank holiday.

Hitchcock comes to the Dunamaise

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:24:27 GMT

“WHAT if someone good made a horror picture?” asks Alfred Hitchcock of his wife Alma Reville early on in Sacha Gervasi’s clever and witty drama about the making of Psycho.

Tom Crean in Riverbank

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:24:19 GMT

THE Riverbank Arts Centre will be hosting Tom Crean: Antartic Explorer on Wednesday May 29 at 8pm.

Festival of writing and ideas

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:24:11 GMT

THE Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas comes of age in just its second year, with Martin Amis, Ben Okri, Don McCullin, Paolo Tullio, Paul Murray, John Boyne, Colm O’Gorman, Isabel Fonseca, Giles Duley, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Olivia O’Leary, Lenny Abrahamson, PJ Harvey, Michael Craig Martin, Anne Enright, and culminating in Spitting Image writer Sean Hardie’s hilarious new play ‘Margaret and Ken and the End of the World’.

Robert Plant among additions to Electric Picnic

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:15:37 GMT

THE legendary Robert Plant is among the additions to this year’s Electric Picnic. Probably the most talked about festival of the year so far, the much anticipated weekend is now less than 100 days away and will finish off a busy summer of festivals for music fans and revellers.

Community Arts Day is here

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:15:22 GMT

HYND’S Square in Portlaoise will be awash with colour this June bank holiday Saturday as a community arts day will take place there from 10.30am to 5pm.

Community arts day for Portlaoise

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:06:58 GMT

A COMMUNITY arts day will be held in Hynds Square in Portlaoise on Saturday June 1 from 10.30am until 5pm.

Have your say on Laois heritage

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:53 GMT

THOSE looking to have their say on the heritage Laois can do so by submitting ideas to Laois County Council and by attending a meeting next week.

Jim’s multi-functional Peperonata

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:53:03 GMT

Peperonata is brilliantly multi-functional-you can serve it hot, warm or at room temperature, as part of a mixed meal or as a vegetable side dish with meat, poultry or fish. Or you can use it as a cooking sauce for the above. It also makes a very nice pasta sauce, just stir it into hot cooked pasta, and sprinkle some parmesan on top.Peperonata

Slieve Bloom hike for charity

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:39 GMT

Hill walkers and Pieta House supporters are being invited to take part in a memorable day long hike in the Slieve Blooms next Saturday May 25, in aid of the suicide counselling service.

Talented Sarah is the Voice of Laois

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:25 GMT

It may have been Eurovision Final night across Europe on Saturday night last, but in the Castle Arms Hotel in Durrow all eyes were on the 15 finalists vying for the title of Young Voice of Laois 2014.