LIVING IN PORTLAOISE (2).

This sample survey was conducted via the internet and notices in local newspapers. The survey was restricted to people currently living in Portlaoise town and environs.

TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 84
Where respondents gave more than one answer to each question only the first one is counted.
All percentages rounded to nearest unit.


AGE PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS

 AGE   <20  20 - 29   30 - 39  40 - 49  50 - 59  60 - 69   70 - 79 
%      0      17        32       18       13       12       8




A TOURIST STOPS YOU ON THE STREET AND ASKS YOU TO RECOMMEND ONE PLACE WORTH SEEING IN THE TOWN.
WHERE WOULD YOU SEND THEM?

TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 80*

DUNAMAISE ARTS CENTRE       35%    
THE 'BERNRIDGE' (RIDGE ROAD GRAVEYARD OVERLOOKING THE CONVENT)        11%    
SS PETER & PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH       10%    
ST PETER'S CHURCH OF IRELAND        8%    
THE PRISONS        8%      
THERE IS NOTHING WORTH RECOMMENDING        6%    
LAOIS SHOPPING CENTRE        6%    
OTHER        6%    
PORTLAOISE LEISURE CENTRE        5%    
PEOPLE'S PARK (TIMAHOE ROAD)        5%    

OTHER: Each received a single vote: The Train Station, The Courthouse, The Wren's Nest, County Hall/Civic Plaza, The War Memorial at Mill View.
*Four respondents chose places outside the town.




YOUR FAVOURITE SPECTATOR SPORT?

TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 81+

GAELIC FOOTBALL    23%    
NO INTEREST IN SPORT AT ALL    20%    
SOCCER    18%    
HURLING    16%    
RUGBY    14%    
OTHER      9%    

OTHER: Each received a single vote: Ice-skating, Golf, Track & Field, Formula 1, Cross-Country Running, Snooker, Hiking,
+One respondent skipped this question. Two meaningless responses are not counted here.




YOUR FAVOURITE PASTIME/HOBBY

TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 84

WALKING/EXERCISE      21%    
LISTENING TO MUSIC      18%    
READING      18%    
PLAYING MUSIC        5%    
FACEBOOK        5%    
COOKING/BAKING        5%    
PHOTOGRAPHY        4%    
WATCHING TV        4%    
YOGA        2%   
ART        2%    
CYCLING        2%    
OTHER      14%    

OTHER: Each received a single vote: Listening to talk radio, Football, Art/Culture, Playing cards,
Snooker, Writing, Camping, Comedy, Walking while listening to music, Gardening, Running, Watching DVD's




YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME/SERIES?

TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 77~

SPORTS PROGRAMMES      6%    
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES      5%    
FRIENDS      5%    
FATHER TED      4%    
EMMERDALE      4%    
CSI      3%    
MONTY PYTHON      3%    
THE SIMPSONS      3%    
DEXTER      3%    
THE WEST WING      3%    
PRISON BREAK      3%    
SCIENCE & NATURE DOCUMENTARIES      3%    
COOKERY PROGRAMMES      3%    
LOVE HATE      3%    
HOME AND AWAY      3%    
MAD MEN      3%    
NEWS PROGRAMMES      3%    
OTHER    44%    

OTHER: Each received a single vote: The Late Late Show, The House of Eliott, Lost, Embarrassing Bodies, Fawlty Towers, Waterways,
Battlestar Galactica (Original Series), ER, Tonight with Vincent Browne, Operation Transformation, The Royle Family, Yes Minister,
Upstairs Downstairs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Coronation Street, Strumpet City, Arrest & Trial, Hall's Pictorial Weekly,
Justified, The Frontline, The Wire, Any comedy, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue, Modern Family, Twin Peaks, Dallas, Star Trek(s),
Different (Strokes?) Beavis and Butthead, The Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who, Dad's Army, The Jack Benny Show,
~7 respondents skipped this question.

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Thanks to: Barry Flynn, Julie Winters, Noel Tuohy, Denise Dunne, Tom Downey, Sharon Byrne, Frank Parker, Richard Connell,
Sean Cahill, Joan McCarthy, Catherine Howe, Maria Conroy, Mel McCarthy, Joe Murphy, Elaine Slattery, Paddy Ging, David Grant,
Bridie Healy, Jim Healy, Aisling Phelan, Brian Flanagan, Michael Larkin, James McCormack, Eugene McDonough, Adrian Robinson,
Noel McCarthy, Vincent O'Brien, Jean O'Brien, Christy Bannon, John Pattwell, John Casey, Jarek, Lal, Stu, Elena, Andy, Aaron, Sam,
Ciara, Seán, Noreen, Rebecca, Frank, John, Pauline, Deirdre, Frances, Liam, and all those who wished to remain anonymous.

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