THERE were jubilant scenes in Stradbally last Friday when People First Credit Union reopened its brand-new branch office in the SuperValu Shopping Centre.

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.