Living in Dublin at the moment but im from a town of about 5000 population. Just got engaged so looking for a family home and I Like GAA. Went to view the houses and seems like a nice place, my aprting days are over anyway so the nice quite life will suit me fine, plus Dublin is not far I came down in one hour. Portlaoise seems to have alot of services also. The mjor plus I think is how central you are to everything plus the houses are good value there. Thanks for all your comments