HUGELY popular Fr David Vard is set to become parish priest of Stradbally next month. After two years as parish administrator, he will be officially appointed parish priest of the ‘little town’ on 3 October.

Pupils from St Colman's NS, Stradbally and Scoil Mhuire Fatima, Timahoe recently received the sacrament of Confirmation at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Stradbally.

A BEACH in land-locked Laois was the unlikely location for the latest episode of ***At Your Service***, as the long-running RTÉ television series featured the show’s first-ever wedding.

TEN adrenaline junkies led by Stradbally PP Fr David Vard jumped out of a plane at 10,000 feet to raise funds for new sound systems for three churches in the parish.