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Podcast: LaoisToday
Episode: Philip Meagher interview - the man behind Forest Fest, Laois's newest music festival
Description: This week's LoveLaois Podcast is a little later than usual coming to you - but our special guest this week is Philip Meagher, the well-known Portlaoise-based solicitor who is now the main man behind Laois's newest music festival, Forest Fest.
The three-day festival takes place once again this year in Emo on the weekend of July 21-23 and Philip joins us to chat about how the whole thing came about.
How does a solicitor end up as a concert promoter? What was his motivation for going down this route? And what are his plans for the future?
Plus he discusses...