LAURA IS GETTING HER LIE-INS SHARE Former Virgin presenter is lapping up break
IRELAND’S hunkiest
● farmers are setting pulses racing as they strip off to pose topless with cute farm animals.
The annual Irish Farmers Calendar, now in its 13th year, is back once again with its 2023 edition as eye-popping as ever.
This year there’s
● twice as many agricultural hunks to admire as it includes photos that were not published due to a Covid hiatus - with 23 images in the calendar instead of the usual 12.
The 2023 edition features farmers from
TV presenter Laura Woods says she is lapping up her lie-ins and slower pace of life after years of “hectic” early mornings on Virgin Media’s Ireland AM.
The broadcaster departed the breakfast show last summer during a series of cuts and changes within the station.
One year on, she said she has been “reassessing” her goals and embracing a break after a busy decade in her career.
Offaly, Mayo, Dublin, Wicklow and Kilkenny who were brave enough to bare their farmers’ tans to a global audience.
In some shots, the
● farmers flaunt their muscles as they wield axes and pose with farm equipment wearing only jeans, wellies and a cap.
The calendar boys also show they have a softer side as they cuddle up to bunny rabbits, baby goats, cats, dogs, a lamb and a duck.
An alpaca even
● makes a surprise appearance in March and Santa’s in December.
Laura told The Star: “I think it is no harm to take a step back sometimes so you can see where you are in life, reassess your goals and look to the future.
“It has been a really interesting year, a year of meeting new people and getting new opportunities.
“We are probably conditioned as humans to put our head down, go to school, learn our trade or whatever path it is, and then work, work, work. I am taking life at a slightly slower pace.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Virgin Media, but it was hectic enough with early starts and I’ve small kids.
Sleep
“It has been a decent break to sit back and have the odd lie-in.
“In fact, I think I have been the one who sleeps the most while I catch up on a decade of no sleep.”
Laura also told how she has been embracing having more time with her family as they prepare for huge milestones.
The mother-of-two, who was the face of Ladies’ Day at the Dublin Horse Show this year, added: “We have one more year of primary for my eldest.
“People always say that the days are long, but the years are short, and they really are.
“It doesn’t feel like I have a 12-year-old, I still look at him and see my baby.”