Park-Ratheniska impress, junior farce, Electric Picnic and Ireland soccer

<p>With the local sporting action coming thick and fast, we're going into overdrive with our podcasts these days.</p> <p>In our latest <a href='https://www.laoistoday.ie/category/we-are-laois/podcasts/'>Talking Sport</a> episode, we discuss Park-Ratheniska's stunning start to the intermediate football championship and their <a href='https://www.laoistoday.ie/2021/09/01/connolly-and-dunne-to-the-fore-as-park-ratheniska-record-big-win-over-timahoe-on-intermediate-return/'>17-point win over neighbours Timahoe</a> last night.</p> <p>Are Park now serious contenders to win it out and go senior? And are Timahoe in danger of dropping to junior?</p> <p>We also look briefly ahead to tonight's games - the senior clash of Portlaoise-Courtwood and the intermediate games between Crettyard-The Rock and Arles-Kilcruise-Mountmellick.</p> <p>As well as that we discuss the farcical situation in the junior football championship where two walkovers were given last night and one club won't play a meaningful game now until mid-October.</p> <p>Plus we discuss a dramatic hurling penalty shootout the other night as well going off topic discuss the heartbreaking loss for the Ireland soccer team and the official word that there will be no Electric Picnic this year.</p>