Laois SHC 2024

[Laois man]

Portlaoise must of put nó effort into this group there shocking underage there strong in the football so the hurling will take a back seat.

[Laois345]

They've no one strong st U20 unfortunately. A poor team. That result is to be expected.

Bit still shocking from the club. As a previous poster said, some degree of effort is being put in with younger groups but it will take time. To me it's just shameful the whole thing.

When you look at some other clubs struggling for numbers.

[Laois Rising]

I know that it has been said before but how can a club with passionate clubmen like tommy fitz, Cheddar and Critchley and a history of winning hurling titles in the 80s and 90s show such disregard for the development of hurling. The chickens have come home to roost at underage which has been at a deplorable standard for a number of years now and with the u20 side struggling to compete even at 'B' standard. A club the size of Portlaoise should never find itself playing in B competitions. I would love to see the establishment of a hurling only club in Portlaoise. Even in a hotbed of football like Tralee in Kerry a hurling only club was set up and is beginning to flourish. I think they won the Kerry minor championship and have players filtering into the underage Kerry teams. There is so much untapped potential and a new club that puts a proper emphasis on the development of hurling in the town could only be seen as a plus. I know in reality it's never going to happen but it would be fantastic for the development of hurling in the county.   

[Laois man]

A lot of passionate club men making money helping other clubs and doing nothing in there owe club.