Laois Parish Seeks More People To Take On Services

By Staff reporter · Midlands 103 · 22 October 2026

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The parish in Clonaslee is looking for people who are trained as ministers in the Eucharist and of the Word.

A Laois village parish is searching for more people to take on services, amid an ongoing priest shortage in the Catholic Church.

Recently, a deacon had to step in to say Sunday morning mass, as the parish priest Fr. Tommy O’Reilly was unavailable.

Reporting by Staff reporter for Midlands 103, funded by the News Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.