RANDOM IMAGES FROM THE 1990'S...

... when the Soviet Union collapsed, Mad Cow Disease hit Britain, and Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa. OJ Simpson was arrested for double murder, scientists cloned a sheep, Bill Clinton was impeached and Viagra gave half of us a lift. Teletubbies were unleashed, the world feared the Y2K bug and Mrs Lorena Bobbitt lived up to her surname. Seamus Heaney became the fourth Irish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, the ban on divorce was lifted and we didn't all go to hell. Boyzone released their debut album, the Celtic Tiger started roaring, homosexuality was finally decriminalised in Ireland and no-one went to hell. 'The town' won three Laois Senior Football and two Senior Hurling titles, Jessop Street was opened, and disc parking came to Portlaoise, Mike Murphy and Mick McCarthy were special guests at the official opening of Laois Shopping Centre, and our town looked like this: Use the Ctrl+ and Ctrl- keys to change the size of the pictures HOMEPAGE